After telling (or more like yelling) the kids to go outside the other afternoon, I began thinking about the size of your family and time spent outdoors. Now this is just my hypothesis and I have ZERO research to base this on except for everyday living as a mother of 6 children and from growing […]
As the cold weather approaches and you are lucky enough to get snow, send the children outdoors for hours of fun and fresh air. Most kids truly don’t need many ideas of how to play in the snow. They usually run outdoors and jump, roll, sled and even eat the snow creating so many wonderful […]
Spud is definitely on my top 10 list of games to play with a large group of children in an outdoor space or indoor gym. All you need is a soft ball to toss around and one adult or child who is not playing. To start, the person who is not playing, whispers a number […]
Here is an amazing FREE download to mix things up in the Easter basket. The kids will love playing with you instead of eating candy all day. All right, maybe they will still want to eat candy all day but… when it is gone they can use the coupons to work off all the candy […]
First all sorry it has been so long since my last post. After having our sixth child things have been a little crazy around here. I’m finally getting into more of a routine so hoping to be able to post more often. When I saw this idea at Teach Preschool at http://www.teachpreschool.org/2014/06/pool-noodle-water-hose-play/ for a pool […]
Here is a simple outdoor tag game for children of all ages. Similar to Red Light, Green Light but Wolves and Sheep is even easier (and less cheating and arguing). How to Play: 1. Pick one person to be the wolf. This person stands on one side of the yard. 2. All the rest of […]