The snow that arrived earlier this week in full force – the storm that left us almost a foot of snow – has come and gone. I believe I said it was here to stay. But this morning we have green grass. A blessing really – a second chance for us newbie farmers to REALLY…
45 Christmas Crafts for 3 Year Olds!
Time to break out the Christmas crafts for kids! These ideas will keep you and your little ones in the holiday crafting mood for quite some time. Most of these are perfect for even the littlest of holiday crafters! As well, be sure to make these holiday Quiet Bins to keep your little ones calm…
The Ultimate Apple Theme
Oh the Apple Theme! No kindergarten, preschool, or homeschool would be complete without a good old Apple theme. And for good reason. There is so much learning to be had with this one little fruit. So I thought it would be a good idea to compile a whole slue of ideas right here: Apple themed…
Gorgeous Fall Leaves Crafts
I feel as though I need to begin this post on Fall leaves crafts with an apology. I am sorry if it feels as though I am rushing past summer and right into Fall. I am not meaning to – I am just a bit of a planner. Well, I suppose that isn’t even exactly…
45 of the CUTEST Fall Crafts for Kids
Happy August friends! Autumn is just around the corner, so let’s start things off right with a great big list of Fall Crafts for kids, shall we? There is just something about Fall that brings out the crafting side of me … perhaps it’s the beautiful colours that inspire me, or the cooler weather that…
Nancy Number Face
A photo on Friday. Happy Friday! The kids and I had so much fun with this number math art. It is as simple as it looks, we just cut out numbers and turned them into eyes, ears, hair, and noses. It was a great chance for my little ones to look at numbers closely, compare…
Breathtaking Nature Crafts for Kids
We sure do love our nature crafts around here. Summer is in full swing, so we are spending more and more time outside. This means two things: Our quiet time bins become incredibly important in helping those tired little souls get through the dinner time hour, and More and more outside things find their way…
45 Nursery Rhyme Crafts
Hey Diddle Diddle, I know the sound in the middle, And that spoon does rhyme with moon. The first letter’s clear since it’s nursery rhymes I hear, and I will be reading by noon. Voila! What do you think? Be kind, I’m not much for rhymes – only sometimes. Mostly when eating limes (which I…
Independent Toddler Activities
Guess what? I have been doing this for a long time now. Writing and sharing ideas in this space. So long in fact, that I am re-using my own ideas! This post on independent toddler ideas I wrote when I had a new baby. Now that new baby is well into toddler-hood himself. And while I…
FLYING Egg Carton Helicopter!
We store up our cardboard egg cartons during the winter to use in the spring for starting our seeds for our garden. However, this year we were given some little peat pots from a friend, leaving quite a few extra egg cartons lying around. And around here, if anything lays around for too long it…