Here are some simple games to play in the car with kids on a long ride that need no equipment. 1. Yellow Car: Everyone looks for yellow cars. The game scores as follows: regular yellow car – 1 point, yellow pick up truck – 5 points, yellow mustang – 5 points and yellow Hummer – […]
My 6 year old daughter came up with this idea for homemade glowsticks. She laced some fancy star beads and glow in the dark beads onto pipe cleaners. She made a loop at one end so she could hang them up at night when we are camping. They came out really pretty. She plans on […]
Here is a fun science activity for the outdoors. You can create these rockets from household items. The idea for the cork rockets came from Zoom’s Lemon Juice Rockets. We found vinegar to work much better than lemon juice when creating the blast off.
I have made homemade dot markers before using cardboard circles and stamp pads. This time I wanted to try creating some homemade dot painters. These were super simple and entertained my toddler for quite some time. Just put some washable paint into a small recycled water bottle. Cover the top with a scrap of […]
I am a week late but here is the next Pretend Play Box – Veterinarian. So far it has been a big hit. The kids seem to love all the unique, not all the shelf objects that are in the boxes. Here is what is in this one:Laminated pages of dog exam, cat exam, new […]
If you want to increase physical activity time in your children here are two simple tips. Provide choices and encourage mastery of a skill. A recent study indicated that providing children with a choice of active toys increased physical activity time by nearly 200% for girls and 42% for boys. The active toys that were […]
With the kids on vacation this week there was plenty of down time earlier in the week. They invented this game of outdoor survival. It was a huge hit with them and even a bigger hit for Mom and you will quickly see why when you read the objective of the game. They played it […]
If you have not seen this yet, you need to take 10 minutes to sit down and watch it. Incredible feel good story about a young boy who has free time on his hands and what he created. Look at what children can do if they have free time. So wonderful.
