When kids are home for summer break, we parents often try to encourage them to keep doing some things that are vaguely educational in addition to the resting and relaxing that summer is all about.
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Printable Workbook – Frog Life Cycle
Printable Work Book – Frog Life Cycle Printable workbook – This small lapbook consists of 10 pages but is huge on content. You can download it here.
Children should investigate and learn about life cycles through observation and illustration to … Read More ...
Flower Shop Pretend Play Printable Set
This Flower Shop Pretend Play Printable Set is available for immediate download. 18 pages of activities to engage your little Florist.
When kids engage in pretend to play with friends or classmates, they develop social skills such as taking turns, … Read More ...
Latice Hawaii Strategy Board Game
LATICE HAWAII 
combines simple rules with evolving complexity for a unique game that’s easy to learn, quick to play, with strategic potential to last a lifetime. Be the first to play all of your tiles. Play faster by matching tiles … Read More ...
Activities for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
King Day is typically a time of service and reflection on what each of us can do to help make our communities better places, as well as discussions of racial equity and how our nation still falls short of … Read More ...
Explore Harry Potter’s World Online
I feel like this post should just say go check out the Arts and Culture section of Google right now and any time you or your kids need a break because there is so much cool stuff related to the … Read More ...
Coloring Pages from the Van Gogh Museum
If you’re looking for an art activity for older kids, or want to introduce kids of any age to a master, check out these great free printable coloring pages from the Van Gogh Museum.
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Harry Potter Alphabet Challenge Game
This printable Harry Potter alphabet challenge game is a super simple activity to have on hand for your favorite Potterheads.
It’s a free printout for subscribers to Rock Your Homeschool and it asks kids to come up with a Harry … Read More ...
What’s Your Word? Gets Kids Thinking about Goals
You might have heard about the concept of One Little Word, where you pick a word that will guide your thoughts and decisions for the coming year.
The Thinker Builder has a great activity for using a word in the … Read More ...
Resources for Teaching about 9/11
My daughter came home the other day talking about 9/11, which is something we’ve never really talked about at home, but is of course a big part of recent American history and something kids do need to learn about.
Whether … Read More ...
Make Fun Spin Art with an Upcycled Top
I love projects that combine STEM and art and play, and the blogger behind Babble Dabble Do has a new book that features projects of this nature called STEAM Play & Learn.
She shared this fun DIY spin art project… Read More ...
A Fun Way to Make Flexible Seating for a Classroom
Whether you have a classroom or a playroom, or even an outdoor area where you’d like more seats, flexible seating options are always a good choice.
These DIY crate seats are made out of plastic crates, plywood and foam, and … Read More ...
Ideas for Spring Break Activities for Tweens
As kids get older, it can be harder to get the interested in any kind of activity that involves hanging out as a family.
But we still have to do something over spring break, or any other holiday from school. … Read More ...
20 STEAM Educational Gift Ideas For Kids
These gift ideas have been composed with STEAM or STEM Education in mind. Imagine the kids having fun with their toys whilst learning and using their brains? Toys don’t need to be mindless and boring, these are some of the … Read More ...
Tips for Helping Kids with Homework without Doing it for Them
I feel really lucky that my daughter goes to a school where homework is not a priority. The kids have to study for tests from time to time outside of school, but on a daily basis there isn’t homework.
I … Read More ...