by Jaimi Erickson | Mar 12, 2023 | activities
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...
by Jaimi Erickson | Jul 12, 2021 | activities
Two of my children are natural writers. They write comic books and plays. My 10 year old daughter has even written a few songs. Those piano lessons are paying off! I love hearing them read their writing. They are always so involved in the story because they crafted...
by Jaimi Erickson | Jun 9, 2021 | activities
When teaching my preschooler to recognize words and learn to read, I came up with a fun little game I call it at home preschool word find. This word find DIY idea is so simple with big learning! Best part about it is it takes one item that costs $1 to do this! You...
by Jaimi Erickson | Mar 15, 2021 | activities, parenting
Two lessons all children need to learn are how to make friends and how to navigate through the challenges of friendships. As parents we all want to teach kids how to make friends. Often our children learn hard lessons when they have to move to a new state or school....
by Jaimi Erickson | Mar 4, 2019 | activities
Reading to our babies is so important. Babies have a unique attention span linked very much to their need for food and sleep frequently throughout the day. The best books for babies will lead you to great choices. Reading a book to your baby will be more about...