Next time you are planning a long road trip with the kids (or any occasion where you need them to sit still for an extended period of time), check out this book create using several activity bags. Now is the … Read More ...
The Top 25 Board Games for Upper Primary Children
If you are looking for a wonderful way to spend quality family time together, or to help out your older kids when they start complaining about being bored, check out this collection compiled by the folks over at School Mum. … Read More ...
Beginning Letter Scavenger Hunt
You can easily create your own alphabet scavenger hunt using items you have lying around the house. Megan, from Coffee Cups and Crayons, created this set by writing the letters on colorful milk caps but you could use just about … Read More ...
Frog Printable Alphabet Activities
It is important to keep kids learning over the summer, and it is even more important to make that learning fun. Frogs are a wonderful theme for summer time. For younger kids, besides learning more about frogs, how about … Read More ...
DUPLO Rhyming Word Matching
If you have a preschooler, one thing you can do with them to help them get ready to read is to team them all about rhyming words. Knowing this, Becky from This Reading Mama, created this fun rhyming word matching … Read More ...
Ice Bowling with LEGO
This is a fast and fun outdoor game you can play with the kids that requires very little preparation! All you need is a bunch of LEGO Duplo blocks and some ice balls. You can easily find the ice ball … Read More ...
Traveling Play Kit for Kids
I recently found a vintage looking suitcase at a rummage sale so I went online to find a creative way to use it for the kids. When I ran across this idea, posted by Britney on The Princess and Her … Read More ...
Goin’ on a Color Hunt
This can be an almost instant activity for the entire family. Brittney , from The Poe Farm, decided she wanted to do a fun activity every Monday with her second born and that is what inspired her to come up … Read More ...
Preschool Numbers and Colors Grid Game
This is a great game you can make to help kids practice counting and color recognition. All you need to make one is a paper with a 20 square grid on it, a pair of dice, and several small items … Read More ...
Beginning Letter Sounds Sort Game
If you want your children to get more practice with figuring out beginning letter sounds, try this fun and easy game created by Jamie, from Hands on as We Grow. She started out by writing the letters they were working … Read More ...
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Game
Are you familiar with this story/song? It was one of my favorites when I was young and also when my kids were young. While there are many activities you can come up with for this story, I would encourage you … Read More ...
DIY Mini Foosball Table
Next time your kids start complaining about being bored, pull out a shoe box, some clothespins, and a few basic craft supplies and teach them how to make this fun foosball game. Becky, from U Create, came up with this … Read More ...
Crown Jewels Math Game
If you have a princess lover in your household, you might want to try making and playing this game created by Lisette, from Where Imagination Grows. While Lisette’s main goal with this game was to help her child practice math… Read More ...
Run and Count Game
Carolyn, from The Pleasantest Thing, created this game so her kids could practice letter recognition and counting; and, while it does do these two things, it does much more. You can also use this game as a great way for … Read More ...
Giant Shape Sort
While working on shape recognition with younger kids, what do you use? Do you use workbooks, blocks, or stickers? Jenae, from I Can Teach My Child, went big with her idea for helping her kids sort shapes. She created fast … Read More ...