Today I am teaming up with +Jamie Reimer from hands on: as we grow and +Jackie Higgins from Ready Set Read for a Valentine's Day for Kids Google Plus Hangout! We'll be sharing Valentine's Day themed letter activities for preschoolers--it will be so much fun! It will air LIVE both here and on my G+ profile page at 3pm EST today. But no worries if you miss it--you can check back to either place anytime you want to watch the video! As you can see … [Read more...]
Go Red for Women Blog Hop
We are excited to join with some bloggy friends to Go Red for Women today with the American Heart Association! Heart disease is the #1 killer of women and today people and groups around the country are spreading the message about the risks by wearing red and sharing information. Having a healthy heart is something we care a lot about in our family. My oldest was born with a ventrical septal defect, the wall between the left and right ventricles in … [Read more...]
Valentines for Kids: I’m Stuck on You Printable
Do you make your own valentines? Download cute printable ones? Buy them at the store? My kids like to make their own valentine cards and like to make holiday decorations. So today we combined the two with some window cling valentines for kids! The first thing we did was make the window cling hearts. Yep, those colorful glittery hearts are actually homemade window clings. You can read all of the directions in my Make Your Own Heart Window … [Read more...]
David McPhail Book Activities for Children
This month's Virtual Book Club for Kids author, David McPhail, was new to us so I am super excited to see all of the fun book activities for children featuring his work that everyone is linking up. We checked out many of his books from the library, but the one we had the most fun with was Piggy's Pancake Parlor (Action Packs). Piggy's Pancake Parlor is the story of a little pig who is taken in by a farmer family. Mrs. Farmer teaches him how to … [Read more...]
Acts of Kindness for Kids: Kindness Challenges
Are you ready to do some acts of kindness??? This morning we begin the first in the Acts of Kindness for Kids series on Google Plus. Today I will be talking about some of the kindness challenges that you can participate in with your family. I will share some of the things we are doing for Toddler Approved's 100 Acts of Kindness Project and be speaking with Kim from The Educator's Spin on It who is also participating with her family. She's also … [Read more...]
Kindness Challenge: Love the Environment
Today is the first day of Toddler Approved's 100 Acts of Kindness Project! We are doing 52 Weeks of Kindness this year and are super excited to spend the next 4 weeks participating in the Kindness Project. It's a fantastic family activity and I was thrilled when Kristina asked me if I wanted to give the first challenge! Week 1 Challenge: Show some love to your environment! This week we are challenging you to perform an act of kindness that helps … [Read more...]
Squishy Snow Sensory Activity for Preschool Kids
We love fun activities for preschool kids and toddlers at our house so it makes sense that this squishy snow sensory activity is a big hit during the winter! Squishy snow, also called clean mud, is easy to make, fun to play with, and NOT a mess to clean up. All you need is a bar of Ivory soap, a roll of toilet paper, and 1-1.5 cups of hot water. I set out a large plastic bin and let the kids rip up the roll of toilet paper into it. Even making it … [Read more...]
Picasso for Kids: Cubist Portraits
We love doing kids art projects in the style of great artists for the bimonthly Kids Get Arty series. This month we had fun doing an easy Picasso for kids activity-- cubist-style portraits! We went online and studied lots of different portraits that Picasso had done. We talked about the differences between his work and portraits done by other artists and looked at other cubist style portaits to find similiarities. The 4 year old, 6 year old and I … [Read more...]
