by Jaimi Erickson | Aug 20, 2015 | activities
Number Salad is a fun recipe, counting activity, pre-reading practice, and promotes following directions with the 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...
by Jaimi Erickson | Jul 30, 2015 | activities
When the weather prevents the kids from playing outside, it can be tricky to figure out what to do indoors. I like trying to play indoor games that get my kids moving so they can burn some energy, but the activities need to be safe so we are not injuring ourselves or...
by Jaimi Erickson | Jul 4, 2015 | activities
How much do children love dinosaurs!? I don’t know about your children, but I think my children engage in pretend play with their toy dinosaurs on a daily basis. Since dinosaurs are such a great way to get children learning about science and history at an...
by Jaimi Erickson | Jun 26, 2015 | activities
I have been on quite a few road trips with my kids-some alone when my husband had to be away, and some with the car filled to the brim like when we moved from the East coast of the US to the West coast. All of these times traveling with kids taught me a lot of...
by Jaimi Erickson | Jun 14, 2015 | activities
Here are the most up-to-date free or cheap activities to do with kids this Summer. There are 32 ideas here! Summer vacation has started in our house, and I am ready to find some free or really low-cost fun for us to do with the kids. We keep things pretty relaxed in...