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Salt dough Christmas ornaments with cloves! This is the best salt dough recipe!

Christmas Ornaments made with Salt Dough and Cloves

December 15, 2019 by Sarah 3 Comments

We woke up to a winter wonderland! And after quite a bit of snow disappointment too. We were told there would be snow on Monday – nothing. Tuesday for sure – nothing. Wednesday we would be buried! Nothing. Thursday: get those parkas out – nothing. Friday the snow finally arrived! But for some reason not…

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Filed Under: Activities for Big Kids, Activities for Preschoolers, All Ages, Art, Christmas, Create, Easy Crafts, Grade School, Kindergarten, Kindergarteners, Mama Creates Too, Nature Crafts, Playful Art, Preschooler, Preschoolers, Toddler, Toddlers, Toddlers Tagged With: Christmas crafts, Christmas ornaments, salt dough

Teaching Kids to Read Through Play

November 5, 2019 by Sarah 2 Comments

As a teacher, one of the things I get asked the MOST about is teaching kids to read. For some children it comes so quick and naturally. And for others … it doesn’t. So this post is for the Mama of one of those “others” (and I say that in a kidding and kind way…

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Filed Under: Grade School, Learn, Letters and Numbers Tagged With: homeschool, learn to read, reading

SUch sweet gifts kids can make!

45 Gorgeous Gifts Kids Can Make

November 1, 2019 by Sarah 19 Comments

  I remember being little and creating sweet homemade gifts to give to my friends and family. I loved sitting down to create something using nothing but a few crafts supplies, lots of time, and loads of love. Because those times were so memorable and meaningful for me, I want my children to learn all…

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Filed Under: Activities for Big Kids, All Ages, Art, Christmas, Create, Easy Crafts, Grade School, Kindergarten, Kindergarteners, Literacy, Loads of Ideas! Tagged With: christmas, easy crafts, homemade gifts

Constellation Cards and Myths for Kids

August 30, 2019 by Sarah 11 Comments

We are getting into a nice rhythm for our new home school year.  Right now in Science we are learning about the Solar System – and I am happy to report, my kids find it just as cool as I do!  After watching a star show in the planetarium at our local museum we decided…

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Filed Under: Explore, Grade School, Life, Natural Living, Other Learning Fun, Science, Science

Beautiful spring art for kids! This is such a fun and pretty art project

Colorful Spring Art Project for Kids

May 13, 2019 by Sarah Leave a Comment

This Spring art project for kids is so colorful and fun.  I must say – it certainly cheered me up today!  You see, I had the false belief that the beginning of spring would be … well … spring like.  And so far I have been very disappointed.  Today, I was driving home through a…

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Filed Under: Art, Create, Easter, Grade School, Playful Art Tagged With: art project, rainbow, spring art

Teach kids to grow their own food this spring and summer! A fabulous kids activity to get them outside and learning in nature. Growing your own food is an important skill to teach! #howweelearn #springactivities #summeractivities #Scienceactivities #getoutside #childhoodunplugged #gardeningwithkids #growingfood #vegetablegarden

Garden Fun: Teaching Kids to Grow their Own Food

April 8, 2019 by Sarah 4 Comments

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…

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Filed Under: Activities for Preschoolers, All Ages, Explore, Farm Life, Get Outside, Grade School, Healthy Living, Learn, Loads of Ideas!, Nature Crafts, Outside Play, Preschooler, Preschoolers, Science

This is such a cool science experiment and a great craft too. A true STEAM activity for kids! Use only vinegar to turn milk into plastic. #scienceexperiments #scienceexperimentsforkids #scienceforkids #sciencelesson #kidsactivities #learningactivities #HowWeeLearn #funforkids #STEM #STEAM

Turn Milk into Plastic!

January 28, 2019 by Sarah 199 Comments

Did you know you could turn milk into plastic? I didn’t. I had no idea! I did know that you can turn cream into butter, which is just what I was planning on doing with my Kindergarteners last week. We love easy science experiments! There I was armed with gallons of cream (which as it…

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Filed Under: Explore, Grade School, Other Learning Fun, Popular, Science, Science Tagged With: milk, preschool, science

How to teach your child to read using any simple, repetitive book! 10 fun games that will have them reading!

Teach your child to read using any Simple Story!

January 9, 2019 by Sarah 8 Comments

Can I tell you a secret? You know those dry, mundane, ‘The cat is brown. The dog is black.’ stories? I LOVE THEM. Yes, the storyline leaves a lot to be desired. Yes, the words and pictures are so predictable it can be a little (more than a little) painful. But these books can be…

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Filed Under: Activities for Big Kids, All Ages, Grade School, Kindergarten, Kindergarteners, Learn, Letters and Numbers, Letters and Reading, Literacy

The easiest way to teach kids to knit - with videos! #sponsored #knitting #knit #knittingforbeginners #kidsknit #kidsactivities #HowWeeLearn #OakMeadow

Teaching Kids to Knit

December 29, 2018 by Sarah Leave a Comment

I am excited to partner with Oak Meadow today to bring you this post on teaching kids to knit. Teaching your child to knit might sound a little daunting. It certainly did to me a few years ago when it was time to teach my son. I learned to knit myself when I was very…

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Filed Under: All Ages, Art, Create, Grade School, Life, Life as a Wanna-Be-Homesteader Tagged With: knitting, oak meadow

Minute to Win It Games for kids and families!! FREE printable cards! Awesome family fun with these simple 60 second challenges. #Minutetowinit #funforkids #newyearseve #newyearsevegames #familygames

SPECTACULAR Minute to Win It Kids Party Games!

December 27, 2018 by Sarah Leave a Comment

Has your family tried Minute to Win It games? We have recently gotten into them, and guys – they are AWESOME for family fun! I decided to pull together a collection of our 10 favourite Minute to Win It games for kids. As you might know, we have a big range of ages in our…

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Filed Under: All Ages, Art, Grade School, Life Tagged With: family fun, games for kids, minute to win it

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