How to Play Pretend Post Office Do your children love to play pretend? And do your kids love to get mail? Here are simple directions on how to play pretend post office. My youngest is OBSESSED with the mail. He mails people artwork, letters, and candy all the time. It is a wonderful hobby for […]
I was thinking the other day about how much childhood has changed since I was growing up. I find myself more and more saying it just isn’t as good as it used to be. Perhaps I sound like a grandmother, maybe it just comes with age but here are 6 not so great things that […]
Download the Play Outdoors Tear Off Sheet Here Hang it up by the back door so children can tear off an activity idea when heading outdoors to play.
We played a super fun and free game at the museum today. We split up into three teams. My two oldest children are able to go around the museum by themselves so they were on their own team. My husband paired up with our two sons and I was with the two youngest girls. Our […]
Do you allow your children to explore enough? Risk taking is so important in childhood. This generation of children is so shielded from many risks that we were allowed to overcome as we grew up. Taking a risk and achieving your goal provides a child with a strong sense of accomplishment. Remember back to when […]
The kids helped make some delicious “grilled” cheese biscuits. I found the idea on Pinterest from OhBiteIt blog. We modified the recipe though. She called for one stick of melted butter which was not needed (too many calories and too much grease for me). The kids basically made this entirely on their own. They opened […]
Here is a simple ghost game using stuff from around the house. Make some tissue ghosts – three cotton balls under tissue, twist tie close and draw eyes and mouth. Hide the ghosts indoors or outdoors. On go see how quickly you can find them. We made two teams and whoever found three first was […]
As you can see from the lack of blog posts I am having trouble making the time to write. With children life can be very hectic at times as most of you know. Between work, after school schedules and a little one each day seems to fly by and the Christmas season is making it […]
I have been behind on blogging since back to school – very busy here at our house. Today we enjoyed an outdoor activity with our pool noodle parts and Autumn materials. We collected mums, leaves and twigs to create Autumn floral displays. You just need to pinch off the bottom of the flowers or leaves […]
