Kids Activities

One of the biggest obstacles to open-ended play is time. Too often, a child's day is too scheduled to allow them the time to immerse themselves in make-believe. With the …

How many times have you given a child the latest, expensive toy only to have them unwrap it and find more pleasure in the wrapping paper and box than the …

Over the past few weeks, we've been studying about worms in science. Jonah has enjoyed learning how worms help the soil by digging tunnels and breaking things down by eating …

Everyone should know how to make a volcano with kids! This DIY volcano is at the top of the list of easy science experiments for kids. Little ones are fascinated …

Summer is the perfect time to explore shadows and sunshine with your children. The days are bright and the kids need something productive to do. Why not pack a little …

When I was a little girl, the days before Christmas were full of crafts and baking projects. Now that I'm a mom, I'm trying to make the same memories with …

Whether you love it or cringe at the thought of cleaning it up, there's no denying playdough and fine motor skills go hand in hand. Poking, squishing, and rolling "snakes" …

Using the book If You're A Monster And You Know It as our starting point, we played a Roll-A-Monster to review body parts and build our own silly monsters. It's …

Using some of our old magazines, we went on a letter hunt the first week of homeschool. Since Jonah still really needs more practice cutting, I helped cut some of …

Our life has been full of creepy, crawly bugs lately. We've watched caterpillars grow and change into butterflies. We've stopped to watch a parade of ants and then watched them …