Mother’s Day in the United States is coming up a lot faster than I realized, and doing Mother’s Day themed writing prompts with kids is a great way to get a little writing practice in that can also be a … Read More ...
The How-To Cookbook for Teens: 100 Easy Recipes to Learn the Basics
A couple of weeks ago we shared a cookbook for teaching cooking skills at home, and one of our readers wrote in and recommended this book for teens. It is for teens who can read, do and make themselves. … Read More ...
Printmaking with Yarn
As a knitter, I have a lot of yarn in my house, and I’m always looking for different ways to use it in my crafts.
This video from Meri Cherry caught my eye on Instagram the other day. It shares … Read More ...
How To Fold An Earth With This Printable Earth Day Origami
PrintWorks offers a variety of fun, eco-friendly printable crafts that are perfect for celebrating Earth Day, and one standout option is their Earth origami download. This downloadable craft is a wonderful blend of creativity and sustainability. You simply print … Read More ...
Jack and the Beanstalk Planting Craft
This time of year is all about sprouting seeds and watching them grow, making observations and having fun with growing things.
This Jack and the Beanstalk activity from Sun Hats & Wellie Boots adds a fun spin to growing a … Read More ...
Book Review – 50 Art Lessons For Kids
Fifty K-12 Art Lessons: Deluxe Color Edition
: Creative Differentiated Explorations In Art
This FULL COLOR book contains fifty differentiated art lessons for K-12 students, with extensions for advanced classes. Many include links within lessons that will connect to mini-video … Read More ...
Upcycled Nature Explorer’s Kit
This upcycled nature exploration kit from Barley and Birch is supposed to be for kids, but if I’m being honest I’d love to have one for myself.
It starts with a shoebox that gets lots of embellishment and additions so … Read More ...
How to Make a Barometer
It seems like a lot of classes do a weather unit in the spring (at least where I live, where spring weather can be, shall we say, interesting with tornadoes and other severe weather). Making your own weather observation tools … Read More ...
Logic Roots Monster Sock Factory Multiplication and Division Game
HAVE FUN WITH MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION: Monster Sock Factory
is a super cool math board game. Kids help cute little monsters dispatch warm socks to everyone in a snow-filled valley. They will develop multiplication and division skills along the … Read More ...
How to Grow Chia Egg Heads
The convergence of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the celebration of Earth Day later in the month makes it a perfect time to bring out some projects that involve growing things and creative reuse.
Chia seeds Egg Heads are … Read More ...
Book Review – Cooking Class
So my 13 year old recently went on a school camp for 5 weeks and one of the things they had to do was cook for themselves. Of course for lots of children this was a brand new concept which … Read More ...
Learn about Ramadan and Make Ramadan Crafts
Ramadan is an important month in the Islamic calendar, and teaching kids about Ramadan is a great way to introduce religious and cultural experiences that they might not be familiar with.
Looking for more resources for Ramadan? Check out these … Read More ...
Ramadan Lantern Crafts
The holy month of Ramadan begins on April 12, and lanterns are an important symbol of this time of year as they symbolize light and hope. Homes are often decorated with lanterns during this month, and making lantern crafts is … Read More ...
Easy Preschool Climate Experiment
This time of year in the Northern Hemisphere we’re all about activities that have to do with sprouting seeds and how plants grow. This one brings in the idea of having the right kind of conditions for a seed to … Read More ...
Easter Egg Sudoku Puzzle
Sudoku is a fun logic puzzle for kids and adults that usually uses numbers but it can also be done with pictures. The idea is to fill the grid without having a number or shape repeat in the same row … Read More ...