Now that spring has arrived there are so many things to do in nature and with nature. It is an exciting time of year for littles, especially those who love all things nature. My little is certainly one who is intrigued by anything that has to do with nature. She also loves butterflies and wanted to follow and catch butterflies. What a wonderful opportunity this lead to with learning about the butterfly life cycle and all things butterfly. In the spring the first thing we love to do is to start nature walks and looking for all the little creatures we can find. Our neighborhood has wonderful nature trails to…
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Read Aloud: Duck in the Truck
Duck in the Truck by Jez Alborough is an adorable book about animals being stuck and trying to help their fellow friend become unstuck. The animals a cute and friendly and try with all their might to help the duck. This story has a wonderful rhythm by which to read and it plays with words and rhyming which will get your littles listening and engaged. I remember playing with words with my children and helping them learn what rhyming is. They loved changing words in books and songs to fit what they were doing or to just be silly. We would laugh and have so much fun making up rhymes…
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Read Aloud: Ten Flashing Fireflies
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Read Aloud: Ten Flashing Fireflies
Ten Flashing fireflies by Philemon Sturges, is a wonderful book to read to your littles. It has soft nighttime illustrations that help bring the feeling of catching fireflies to life. It brings back loving memories for me when I was little. I loved catching fireflies in a jar when I was little. I would put them on my nightstand and when I was sound asleep, my grandparents would take the jar and let them all go. The next night I would get to go out and catch them again. It was always so much fun and a summertime activity I looked forward to each year. Maybe your littles can listen…
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Read Aloud: Duck in the Truck
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5 Steps to Help Your Little Set and Keep Goals
Do you talk to your littles about making a New Years Resolution? Have you ever helped them make a New Years Resolution? Did they succeed with their New Years Resolution? New Years resolutions are so hard to keep. We just talk about something we want to do better at and start off strong and then FAILURE! Instead of a resolution this year, help your child set 2 goals they want to succeed at this year and set 2 for yourself. Follow these steps and work together to reach the goals you have set for yourselves and teach your littles how to achieve their goals.
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15 Holiday Traditions to Start This Christmas
The holidays are such a busy time that traditions can be forgotten. Stop spending all your time shopping or trying to get the next best gift everyone wants. This is a time to slow down and think of what really matters. Does one more toy or one more gift really matter? Should I give the gift of time? What should the focus be during the holiday season? The easy answer is, FAMILY! What can you do to put your family first and and make the holidays truly joyful? Stop and give the gift of time to create family traditions that you can all enjoy for years and pass down for…
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25 Days of Giving
Have you ever wondered how to get you littles to stop with the “give me’s” at Christmas? Littles naturally have a giving heart and if it is nurtured their wanting to give will outweigh their need to receive. When My children were little I wanted them to enjoy receiving things, but I also wanted them to realize that giving was so much more special. We did some of the following activities as a family, but there was so much more we could have done. Continue on to see 25 ideas to help your littles learn how much fun and how exciting it can be to give rather than receive. Build…
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9 Thanksgiving Traditions to Begin This Year
The holiday season is in full swing, however, it seems so many look over Thanksgiving and go straight to Christmas. The stores have begun decorating for Christmas and want our money. Our littles are so excited about Christmas, Santa, and all Christmas has to offer. Let’s offer them a chance to enjoy a holiday where they don’t necessarily get anything materialistic, but can get a giving thankful heart from us. Have you ever thought about starting traditions that help your littles look forward to the Thanksgiving holiday and help them become thankful for the things in their life? Continue reading to find activities, adventures, books, and crafts to help your…
