You want to raise kind kids who care about others.You want to slow down and be more present during the holiday season.You want to make Christmas memories that your kids will look back on with a smile.You just want to finish your Christmas shopping before Christmas Eve.Feel like you should be focusing more on spreading kindness with your kids but don't know how to fit it all in?The answer could be as simple as downloading a free printable Random … [Read more...]
Easy Thanksgiving Corn Craft for Preschool Kids
Thanksgiving is a great time to slow down and connect with your children. We love to spend the month focusing on gratitude with our thankfulness tree and making memories together. My kids love to do crafts especially holiday ones and this corn craft is a simple one I came up with last year to do at the preschool Thanksgiving feast. The beauty of this craft is that as long as your kids are past the stage where they put everything in their mouth (I … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving Math Puzzles
While I'm sure not many kids are thankful for math I do hope they will be loving these Thanksgiving Math Puzzles. Math should be fun and these crossword, well cross-number puzzles are a perfect example of how you can make it fun for the kids. Printable Thanksgiving Math Puzzles These are perfect to put on the table while the kids are waiting for the Thanksgiving dinner as they will keep them busy and have them practice basic addition and … [Read more...]
An Easy Way to Teach Kids to be Grateful
Teaching kids how to be kind and grateful is so much harder than just telling them to share and be polite. It takes daily effort, but simple acts add up and it's much easier to fit into your life than you think. In our house we focus on acts of kindness after having had a really profound experience counting down to Christmas with random acts of Christmas kindness a few years ago. I knew it would be "good" for all of us at the time, but I really … [Read more...]
ABC Fine Motor Preschool Busy Bag
Busy bags are a great way to keep little ones actively engaged on the go or at home. We've been getting them out a lot lately for my preschooler to do while the big kids are doing their homework and it's been working out really well.This ABC and fine motor busy bag is easy to put together and perfect for preschoolers who are learning their letters!Grab your supplies and you'll have this preschool busy bag prepped in just minutes.Don't worry … [Read more...]
Flying Tea Bag Experiment for Kids
There is nothing like a cool science experiment to get kids excited about learning something new.This flying tea bag experiment has to be one of the most fun ways to teach kids about heat energy--between the fire and flying they are sure to be captivated.It's also way easier and less messy than you think! Flying Tea Bag Experiment SuppliesHere's what you'll need to try the flying tea bag science experiment:Flying Tea Bag Science Experiment … [Read more...]
Preschool Math Pattern Printables
Preschool math patterns!Are you a preschool math pattern lover? You should be!Math patterns are a great way for kids to work on sorting, classifying, and grouping skills. They also help kids learn math "rules" and stretch their critical thinking skills. You'll see preschool and kindergarten teachers working on patterns a lot because identifying patterns truly is the foundation of mathematics at every level.But that doesn't mean practice has to be … [Read more...]
Printable Monster Play Dough Mats
One of the basic rules of parenting is that kids are willing to play quietly as long as you don't need them to. The second you need to make a call or get into the shower they "need" you or immediately get into everything and anything they aren't supposed to play with!That's why busy bags and quiet time activities are so popular with parents of younger kids. We all need to be able to pull something out to keep the kids happy so we can get something … [Read more...]
