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 ...
Make an Upcycled Camp Lantern from a Plastic Jar
I feel like we are all going to be doing a lot of summer camp crafts at home this year since the kids are going to be home a lot more and probably not going away to camp.
This upcycled … Read More ...
Painting with Sunscreen
This is a fun variation on making sun prints to try with the kids while you’re playing outside this summer.
Team Cartwright has all the details on painting with sunscreen, including how to do it and why it … Read More ...
Adorable Llama Weaving Project
I like doing little weaving projects with kids because they don’t take a lot of attention span, are great for fine-motor skill development and always come out looking great.
This llama weaving activity from Pink Stripey Socks adds another layer … Read More ...
Mystery Science Lessons for Kids up to Fifth Grade
Here’s another company that’s offering some free educational content for our kids in these weird times. Mystery Science has a selection of its video science lessons for kids from kindergarten through grade five available for free.
You can use them … Read More ...
Become a Junior Ranger Online
The National Parks Service in the United States has a cool program called the Junior Rangers, where kids can complete activities and learn about the parks they visit and earn a patch or a passport stamp.
While kids are at … Read More ...
Nature Crafts – Make a Milk Carton into a Bird Feeder
One of the tenets of the environmental movement is reduce, reuse, recycle, and creative reuse of items that might otherwise get thrown away is one of my favorite things.
It’s hard to recycle paper milk and juice cartons because the … Read More ...
Nature Crafts – How to Make Seed Bombs with Kids
April is Earth Month and more people are looking to start gardens — even flower gardens! — this year, so it’s the perfect time to be making seed bombs with the kids.
These seed bombs from Little Bins for Little … Read More ...
Dandelion Crafts and Activities for Kids
As we’ve been outside this week we have been noticing that the dandelions are coming on aggressively, which means it’s time for dandelion crafts and activities.
Years ago I dyed some yarn with dandelions, which is a fun process … Read More ...
Staying Home? Check out these Virtual Field Trips
While so many kids are home as a result of the covid-19 outbreak, lots of people are pulling together resources and sharing information to help us keep our kids entertained and learning at home.
One fun thing to do while … Read More ...
Signs of Spring Scavenger Hunt
My daughter loves looking for and pointing out the signs of spring we see on the way to school and in our neighborhood, like grass turning green and the first spring flowers blooming.
When you have a warm day you … Read More ...
Go on a Nature Walk and Build a Bird’s Nest
It’s just gotten warm again this week where I live, and we all want to just be outside all the time. It’s light enough in the evenings that we can go on little walks, so I think this would be … Read More ...
Coding the Phases of the Moon
Lots of kids are interested in space and the moon, and when they have that interest is a great time for them to learn about the phases of the moon, not only why the moon appears to shrink but what … Read More ...
Winter Unit Study for Early Elementary
There’s still a lot of winter fun to be had this season in the Northern Hemisphere, if you live somewhere that it snows. This winter unit study from Keeping My Kiddo Busy has a month full of activities all about … Read More ...