Coding doesn’t have to involve a computer, or even being able to read. Kids can start learning the basics as soon as they start learning that some things go in a certain order.
These printable apple coding worksheets from JDaniel4’s … Read More ...
How to Make Thanksgiving Or Halloween Pumpkin Slime with Real Pumpkin
The other day I shared some pumpkin carving templates and mentioned that some kids like to play with the guts of the pumpkin while their parents do the carving.
If you have a kid who likes the goopy mess inside … Read More ...
Pumpkin Carving Templates for Kids
If your kids are learning from home this year, carving pumpkins counts as art class, right?
Whether you do it for fun or work it into the school curriculum, it’s just about time for turning pumpkins into faces, ghosts and … Read More ...
Book Review – Totally Spooky Writing Prompts
This collection of writing prompts is like no other. WRITTEN BY A KID FOR A KID, this fun resource makes use of your child’s interest in everything spooky, creepy, and mysterious.
By combining creative story starters with an already … Read More ...
Halloween Playdough Recipes
It’s been a long time since I’ve made homemade playdough. Now that my daughter is a tween she’s much more into slime and other dramatic sensory experiences, but every now and they she still wants to make and play with … Read More ...
Color by Letter Jack O’Lantern Page
Color pages that use letters to show which sections should be colored each color are a fun way to add letter recognition to the art area.
This printable jack o’lantern color by letter page from Sight and Sound Reading uses … Read More ...
Printable Preschool Pumpkin Math Activity
Here’s another fun printable activity for little ones using pumpkins to help with counting.
Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds has a printable pumpkin math activity that you can use with counters, pumpkin seeds or anything else you want to … Read More ...
Sight Word Pumpkin Patch Sensory Bin
Teaching sight words to kids is all about repetition, and it helps if you can find different ways to make it fun for them to keep seeing the same words until they learn them.
This sight word pumpkin patch sensory … Read More ...
10 Activities to Do with One Pumpkin
Pumpkins are starting to show up everywhere these days and they’re a fun way to bring in some seasonal learning activities. If you plan it right, you can do a bunch of different activities with just one pumpkin (or one … Read More ...
Homeschool Pumpkin Engineering Project
I love this idea for a pumpkin engineering project you can do at home with one or two kids. All you need is a pumpkin, a tree, and some imagination (OK, some other materials, too).
Thriving STEM shares this idea … Read More ...
Get Started Paper Quilling with this Fun Apple Craft
Paper quilling is a fun and easy craft that involves wrapping strips of paper around themselves to form into different shapes. There are special paper quilling tools
you can buy, but to get started you can cut your own card … Read More ...
Book Review – Real Science Experiments
Take your scientific exploration to the next level with real experiments.
Here’s a hypothesis you can prove: science is a ton of fun! These science experiments for kids give you the opportunity to test this theory using 40 exciting activities … Read More ...
Make a Mandala with Natural Materials
I love collecting natural materials for art projects, and my daughter and I have had a lot of fun through the years collecting leaves, sticks, acorns, rocks and other materials from our yard, neighborhood or local park to use for … Read More ...
Tons of Outdoor Learning Ideas for Kids
I know it’s still hot in a lot of places, but fall is a wonderful time for outdoor learning. If kids are learning at school, teachers might be looking for opportunities to get kids outside where they can distance more … Read More ...
Top Tips for Setting up a Virtual Learning Center at Home
I feel really lucky that my daughter has been able to go back to physical school full-time and so far it has been going well. I know a lot of people are struggling with choices around back to school and … Read More ...