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…
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10 Ways to Make Halloween More Than Just Trick-or-Treating
What do children want to do for Halloween? They want to get dressed in a costume and go trick-or-treating to collect as much candy as possible. Parents are ready to throw out the candy by the end of the day on November 1st. Continue on to find ways to make Halloween fun for the kids as well as a learning experience that can last for several days. A win-win for you and your littles.
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10 Fabulous Fall Activities
The cooler air is arriving and the the leaves are changing colors. Fall is such a beautiful time of year. The temperatures and beautiful colors are calling you outside. What a wonderful time to explore the outdoors with your child and make new memories and traditions.
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Earth Day: Don’t Throw Their Future Away!
A Native American Proverb: “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors. We borrow it from our children”. This means we need to protect the earth and teach our littles how to protect it as well. There is no better day to start teaching them how to respect and care for the earth than Earth Day. Our earth needs all of us to be more responsible so our children and their children have a place to grow up. It is our responsibility to instill the love for our earth. There are so many ways to be able to involve your littles in caring for the earth. Continue on to…
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Spring Has Sprung, Fun Activities Inside and Out
Spring is such a beautiful time of year, the sun warms us, flowers bloom, grass turns green, the leaves return. The earths rebirth is abounding. There is so much to look forward to. However, mother nature loves to play games too. One day it is warm, the next is cold, it rains, snows, it may even feel like summer. You never know what you will be able to do from one day to the next. Some days your plans are ruined because of the weather and you are left thinking now what can we do besides sitting in the house on another rainy day. Don’t get me wrong it is…
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Easter Learning Fun
The kids are getting so excited. They know Easter is coming and they are full of energy and want to do things that remind them of the holiday. There are many traditions you can turn into learning experiences and they won’t even know they are learning. What a better way to fill the time around this holiday, especially if your children are in school and are on Spring Break right now.
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Easter Egg Fun and Learning too!
Have you ever had a ton of leftover plastic Easter eggs and you don’t know what to do with them? Children get so excited over those little plastic eggs and they love to play with them. What a better time, then now to use those eggs to help them learn. You can use them for very simple activities for your toddler to more advance activities for your first grade child. Get ready to have a lot of fun with those little plastic eggs and watch your littles enjoy learning with this Easter favorite.
