Every year when I was growing up, my family would pack up the car and drive 16 hours to visit family in Canada. We always looked forward to these visits, which were accompanied by homemade treats, soccer games, and fabulous hat parties. Our hat parties included dressing up with my grandma and cousins in the most outrageous…
Collecting Nature Treasures
Well we had our “false spring” very early this year, and now we are back to a cold winter-ish snap. We are also on a 6 week lockdown. So … you know … what to say … But I am not going to complain too much, because I get to spend my days with a…
Doctor Pretend Play
Have you ever been told, “Don’t let your child play doctor.” I have heard all sorts of stories about things parents have seen and heard from their children and their friends when they play doctor. Some were funny while others were embarrassing or dare I say, somewhat alarming. Recently one of my students came to…
An Opposites Scavenger Hunt Idea (with Printable!)
Here we go for Scavenger Hunts in Egg Cartons take TWO! Yesterday I shared with you the colour themed nature scavenger hunt we did with little Norah and today I get to share with you how we made this fun “opposites” scavenger hunt super educational for my big boys. I have shared here before…
Nature Scavenger Hunt (with Printable!)
Who doesn’t love a good scavenger hunt? And a scavenger hunt in nature is even better! Today I am so excited to bring you some nature scavenger hunts for kids that have free printables (to make that fun and learning even easier). As you might know, I have many little ones of all different…
Toddler Butterfly Craft: Math Art!
Did you see my Math Art blog post from yesterday? The boys and I made beautiful flowers using a weaving technique. While they were nice and simple to make, they were not toddler simple. Not preschooler simple either. I really like giving my children crafts and activities they can truly do independently. A bit of…
Math Art: Yarn Flowers
We took a much needed break from our typical math work this week to do some math art. There is so much math to be practiced through art and creating! My boys thought this was a great art project and were thrilled to know it took the place of their typical math work for the…
Easter Art and Craft Printable {Easter Freebie #5}
Here we are on our final day of Easter Freebies! I hope these printables and activities have been helpful to you and yours. My goal has been to send some FUN and EASY Easter activities your way this week. Just in case you are joining us late, I want to catch you up: Day #1:…
Easter Go Fish {Easter Freebie #4}
Are you ready for a little bit of Easter game-schooling? There is just so much to be learned through playing simple little card games with our little ones! Today’s freebie is Easter Go Fish! (And Memory … and Guess Who!) I have loved creating these Easter freebies for you over the past few days. And…
Easter Number Games {Easter Freebie #3}
Are you getting into the “Easter fun and learning” zone now my friend? I hope so! I hope you are seeing how easy, fun, and natural learning can be with these little Easter freebies. We have learned letters on Day 1, colours on Day 2, and today we are diving in to learning all about…