Oh summertime! How I love it. All that time with my little ones to play, enjoy, and get outside. Every time we adventure outside it seems learning takes place. Loads of it! Natural learning, through play-based and child-led adventures of course – and truly, most importantly of all. But summer is a great time to…
Building AMAZING Outdoor Forts with Sticks
I married a boy scout. And then I birthed two boy scouts (well, not immediately – thankfully – but they have grown into them) So now I have a backyard FULL of incredible outdoor forts tied together with boy scout knots that I cannot take apart. Which I think is kind of the idea of…
Sports Themed Learning Games!
As I mentioned yesterday, my Ben is quite the sports enthusiast. I thought I better get prepared with some preschool sports theme activities. Turns out there were a LOT to be found. Seems like oodles of people are teaching little ones based on their interests — how awesome is that! I believe we have a…
Garden Fun: Teaching Kids to Grow their Own Food
The snow is officially done here in Ontario (I hope you are listening Mother Nature – we are officially done … please). And this means it is time for some fun in the garden with my kids! Over the last few years I have really taken to vegetable gardening. I am far, far, far from…
Halloween Games for Kids
Halloween! It will be here before I know it. Costumes have been decided (well, one for sure, and the second keeps changing between a hockey player or a baseball player – my money is on a combo of the two). Crafts have already begun, and this year, for the very first time, we will be…
Raising a Wild Child
My kids are actually very well behaved. They are calm, kind, and inquisitive – as long as they are outdoors. Put some walls around those boys of mine and sooner than later they will start to bounce off them. This will change with time of course, as they get older. But for now? I’m raising…
An Even-Steven Name Scavenger Hunt for Everyone
Do you have competitive little souls in your house? Scavenger hunts seem daunting due to the inevitable squabbles? I hear you, loud and clear. LOUD and clear. But I have found a solution. A way for a scavenger hunt to be even-steven and fair for all, regardless of age. Having little ones search for their…
Tree Trunk Stoves
If you have been around here for awhile you may recall our brush with Mother Nature last year. A great big brush. Actually more of a crack. Lighting struck one of our great big trees during a thunderstorm last summer. No one was hurt, and no property damage was done, and all-in-all it was quite…
Laminate Roads
We were up at the cottage last week with some of my family. We had a fabulous time, with lots of little ones under foot, and lots of wine to ensure we were enjoying those little ones properly. Ha! This year, my brave sister Emily brought her brand new, little itty bitty babe, Carter who…
Just Plain Fun Summer Games!
Summer sure is flying right on by. It does have a way of doing that around here. Winters that go on, and on, and on (and on) and summers that vanish in a blink. But I will not let it slip away just yet. And we are going to squeeze each and every last drop…