Earth Day is on April 22nd, so what better time to get those kids outdoors on a nature walk? Earth Day activities don’t need to be complicated. In fact, sometimes it is the simplest of activities that can be the most meaningful to little ones. Going on a nature walk is simple, full of fun…
Colorful Crafts for Kids
With my revelation last week about the lack of colour in winter causing me to go colour crazy in spring, I thought it best to go all out. Why not find the most colourful crafts for kids around? I certainly didn’t need to look very far. Turns out every single March I share oodles of…
Colourful Easter Craft for Kids
Are you looking for colourful Easter crafts to do with your kids? Maybe not. Maybe adding colour to everything this time of year is just me. Yesterday I was telling Madeline how I would love her to make some nice and bright art for our home. I had asked her to do this for me…
How to Teach your Child to Play the Recorder
I am excited to partner with Oak Meadow today to bring you this GIVEAWAY and sponsored post on How to Teach your Child to Play the Recorder. A long time ago, when I was freshly out of teacher’s college and hunting for that first time teaching job I had an interview for a position as…
Easter Egg Crafts from Paper!
Easter egg crafts!! What is it about Easter that gets me in the crafting spirit? It must just be a bit of Spring fever that has me breaking out all the crafting supplies. A little mess can’t get me down this time of year! I wanted to find some nice and simple Easter egg crafts…
Easter Egg Craft with Mess-Free Sensory Play
Spring you guys!! Spring is just around the corner. The air is fresh, the weather is turning mild, the snow is MELTING! It feels so spring-like we decided to start some Easter egg crafts yesterday. Sensory play is always a fun addition to a crafting project – and this sensory addition is fairly mess-free too….
Spring Nature Art for kids
We had our very first bout of spring last week and it was marvelous. It really made me realize that spring is truly right around the corner and my thoughts are drifting to warmer days, green grass and all of the beautiful flowers. We are so excited for the first blooms of the spring. We…
5 Busy Bags with ANY Deck of Cards
Oh Busy bags! You just have to love them! Though I really don’t love the name, to be honest. Busy bags sound to me like they are about keeping kids busy. While that is all well and fine (and certainly can serve a purpose), I prefer to think of them as quiet time activities. Quiet…
Gorgeous and Inviting Outdoor Play Spaces
Spring is almost here — time to wake up from my hibernation and get these little cubs of mine outside! The warm sunshine never fails to make me want to spruce up our outdoor play spaces. We like to keep outdoor play, well, natural I suppose. So when I am planning outdoor play spaces for…
Seed Germination for Kids – The Results!
A little while ago I wrote a post on seed germination for kids. In that post, I told you I would do a follow up post on the seed activities for kids we did as the seeds were growing, and about the results of which seeds grew fastest (or grew at all!) Wonderful news! You…