How to Stock Your Art Cabinet for Inspiring Young Artists
There are just SO MANY reasons to incorporate art into your daily routine and into your home. But if you don't have a well stocked art cabinet it can be hard to know where to...
Category: Activities for Kids
25 Art Activities to Inspire Your Child’s Creativity
Creative thinking, creative expression, and creative learning are all goals of open ended are activities. Although I love a good craft, I much prefer open ended, process focused, art activities that don't constrain a child's...
DIY (Budget Friendly) Kids Toys to Make Today
Are you a parent struggling to keep your sanity during these crazy, pandemic times? Are you staying at home more with your kids because of lockdowns and quarantine? Are you attempting the juggling act of...
Top 10 Ideas for a Rainy Day
Do you dread days where you’re stuck inside ALL DAY? Maybe it’s just me, but getting fresh air and feeling the sun on my face makes the most unbearable days better. Outside time is vital...
How To Build Sight Word Recognition – Homeschooling Preschool
In my personal experience, teaching my daughter to read and teaching professionally in a preschool, site words come into play almost from the very beginning.
Books to Add Diversity to Your Children’s Library
It is important to create an environment where diversity is celebrated, but sometimes it hard to know where to start. Your book collection is an easy place to begin instilling these important principles into your...
Teach Your Child to Read: A Blog Series About Teaching Reading Skills at Home
You can teach your child to read. I will show you simple tips for teaching reading, and incorporating learning into your everyday life so that you won’t even notice that your child is learning.
How To Build Your Library to Encourage Young Readers
If you have boring books, and don’t read with your child, you’ll never spark their imaginations and their love of books! Loving to read makes learning so much more enjoyable and quite honestly it makes...
Teaching Letter Recognition – Homeschooling Preschool
This is the second post in a series of posts covering teaching literacy skills to young children at home. To see the first post go to “How to Begin Teaching Early Reading Skills“ Now that...
Christmas in July: Create a New Family Tradition
Do you need something to look forward to this summer? Ready to skip over all this pandemic uncertainty and live in the magic of the holiday season? Maybe it’s time for a new tradition: Christmas...