Reading bonds love and learning. It is a perfect activity for all ages. A child’s first book report: the story rope activity, is one more step in creating an added level of learning after you read your child a book. As a former classroom teacher, I actually used this idea in a first grade classroom. The story rope idea works for preschool, kindergarten, first grade and on up … [Read more...]
Family Conversation Starters
Building a strong family connection can take some intentional work. Regular family conversation is a great way to grow both as individuals and as a family unit. These family conversation starters will get you building or furthering those connections. <<Be sure to grab the free printable family conversation starter cards too!>> Having conversations about a … [Read more...]
Food Groups Activity: Healthy Eating Plan {First 5 CA}
My kids would be content to eat cheese crackers all day every day, oh, wait, add chocolate chips too. If they could survive on cheese crackers and chocolate chips, they would be happy all the time. The fact is that my kids get picky sometimes. I wanted to show them with a food groups activity just what they were eating, and what they were not. My oldest two have been asking … [Read more...]
Teaching Children to Be Thankful {Free Printable}
We need to be better about saying grace before meals in our house. It is something that my husband and I have been wanting to teach the kids for a while. A combination of trying to keep up with our kids and also the fact that neither my husband or I grew up saying grace before regular meals has left us unsuccessful at making sure we say grace with the kids at dinner. I created … [Read more...]
Number Salad: Healthy Snack and Counting Activity
Number Salad is a fun recipe, counting activity, pre-reading practice, and promotes following directions with the free printable recipe counting cards. (We can’t pack more learning into one activity, can we?!) The best part about number salad is it is a great way for kids to feel like they are making their food, which helps ease the resistance of picky eaters at times. … [Read more...]
Skeleton Anatomy Activity for Kids
This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure. Children are often more eager to explore and learn when the learning is about them. This skeleton anatomy activity uses your child's own image and two free printables to help them understand how the skeletal system is constructed. Sounds complicated, but it is not. Due to how simple this learning activity really … [Read more...]