I am very pleased to begin sharing seasonal posts with you in partnership with The Pencil Grip . This post contains affiliate links. If interested, you can purchase these awesome Kwik Stix right here. With the beautiful weather appearing more and more we are finding ourselves outside more and more as well. One of the things…
Hatching Chicks with Kids!
Happy Spring!!!! The weather is finally warming up and joining us in our celebration of spring on the farm. The baby chicks are hatching, the Mama hen’s are happily laying a bountiful supply once more, and our little lambs got their very first shearing. Since we are just in the midst of our second hatch…
Books about Death for Kids
Books about death for kids. As a teacher, a parent, and a blogger about resources for young children there are some topics I feel I NEED to write about, but I don’t particularly WANT to write about. As many of you know, we lost our baby at the end of October. Since then we have…
4 Sneaky Ways to get kids reading this summer!
I am excited to partner with YMC and TD Summer Reading Club on this post about getting kids reading this summer! I had such big plans this summer for my little on-the-verge-of-reading guy. We were going to snuggle up and read each afternoon. We were going to have extra long bedtime stories. We were going…
The BEST Rhyming Activities for Kids
Goodness! The beautiful weather is here! We have sunny skies and birds singing and (dare I say it) I think we are done with the snow. Well, I do tend to say that every April and Mother Nature often drops a bucket full of snow right on my veggie garden early May. But this year…
Weather Activities for Preschoolers
Have you ever stopped to consider how amazing this world is? I think it helps that I am surrounded with little people all day long, but every time we head outside we have at least one “WOW” moment. Children are so great at slowing down and noticing things. The amazing variability of weather we have…
How to Stay Healthy in the Winter
Winter is in full swing for many of us. This also means more germs and viruses floating around. Many people find themselves getting at least one bad cold or flu bug each winter season. If you also have little children, those germs can seem like they multiply much more quickly! Thankfully, there are lots of…
How I boosted my shy son’s confidence
I am so thrilled to be partnering with The Little Gym today to let you know about the incredible role they have played in boosting my shy son’s confidence. But just before I do, please let me set the stage … And as normal, this might take awhile … My little Benjamin has been shy…
Take your time …
A good friend of mine told me that she is working on strengthening one parenting skill every month. I found that pretty admirable. And while things often seem sunshine and butterflies in this space, there are many parenting skills I could strengthen. Many is probably not the right word … loads? Plenty? Let’s just stick…
Learning with a BIG and Simple Catapult
Very hard to believe, but the first day we used our log balancing beam, we simply used it for balancing. The boys were so engaged with that neat activity that they didn’t even notice it’s launching capability. Until Day 2. Sam stepped on the beam a little bit too quickly and noticed how fast the…