by Jaimi Erickson | Jul 3, 2016 | activities
My second grader has been learning more about multiplication and division. I wanted to give him a hands-on division activity to explore. I was teaching him that multiplication and division are opposites. They are both focused on how we group numbers together. As a...
by Jaimi Erickson | Jun 22, 2016 | activities
There are many free or cheap kids activities in eastern North Carolina. The area gets a bad rap for not having “much to do,” but it is one of my favorite places we have ever lived. [Not in Eastern NC? View the entire Free or Cheap Kids Activities series here.] My...
by Jaimi Erickson | Jun 21, 2016 | activities, organization, quick tip
Heading to the beach with kids is not so simple as just jumping in the car and leaving, especially when you have toddlers and infants in tow! There is planning and preparation that goes into spending a fun day at the beach, There are some safety rules to follow as...
by Jaimi Erickson | May 4, 2016 | activities, homemaking, organization
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Miracle-Gro Gro-ables. All opinions are 100% mine. Last year I tried to start a container vegetable garden, and with the demands of being a mom and the water restrictions we had going on in California, it did not...
by Jaimi Erickson | Apr 14, 2016 | activities
This practicing addition busy bag gets the process of addition into the hands of school age children and even preschoolers. The more hands on a learning activity is, the younger the child is who can explore it. I truly believe our kids can learn big concepts-or begin...
