“You never know when you are making a memory.” -Rickie Lee Jones. Well, I know how memories aren’t made – while scrolling social media or playing a game on your phone. So I’m ready for a summer swimming with my girls, dance parties in smoke bombs, slip-n-slides, water balloon fights,
Looking for fun and simple Earth Day art projects that promote recycling and reusing materials? You’re in luck! We’ve put together a list of five easy art projects that preschoolers will love. From recycled Earth paintings to CD suncatchers, there’s something for everyone. So get creative and have fun! This
Happy Earth Day, teachers! Ready to celebrate our planet with some fun and educational activities? This Earth Day scavenger hunt is perfect for preschoolers (and you if you like to have fun)! They’ll have a blast finding clues to solve the mystery of the litterbug while learning about the different
Preschoolers are never too young to learn about being environmentally responsible! Earth Day is a great opportunity to teach them simple ways they can help take care of our planet. One way to do this is by getting them involved in fun fine motor activities that also promote conservation and
What better way to celebrate Earth Day than with some fun and educational activities? These math games will help your children learn essential skills like counting, graphing, and sorting. They’ll have a blast doing hands-on work like stuffing the recycling bin or counting ten frames of bus passengers! So go
Looking for books to read with your preschooler this Earth Day? Check out these titles that celebrate our planet! From nature stories to board books about recycling, there’s something for everyone on this list. So get ready to learn about conservation and the environment while having some fun, too, with
Do you want to help your preschoolers understand and appreciate our planet? Engage them in these Earth Day literacy activities! They’ll learn about the natural world while having fun and developing new skills. Plus, you can feel good knowing that you’re helping to cultivate future environmentalists. Here are some great
The first jobs we dream about as children are the jobs of community helpers such as firefighters, police officers, or chefs. For me, it was to become a teacher. And yet, when I went to college, I changed my major four times before I realized that this was my calling.
For some of us, art lost its magic when we realized we weren’t as talented as others. And then, poof! We just stopped creating art, thinking that it’s only for those rare, gifted individuals. But here’s the thing: art is for everyone, and art should be about having fun. And
Give preschoolers something to do with their hands and their attention can be held for hours. I’m serious. Every time I create a new sensory bin, I end up walking around aimlessly while my kiddos splash into the world of their imagination. What starts out as a simple nursery rhyme
Hickory Dickory Dock; let’s learn a lot with these books of nursery rhymes! Nursery rhymes are an essential part of early literacy instruction by helping children learn rhythm, rhyme, and comprehension through short poetry. We had so much fun learning some new nursery rhymes (including extended versions) and practicing some
I have an abnormal child. And please, don’t send me hate mail over this. My youngest loves to sleep. In fact, today she said, “I’m cold. I’m ready for night-night.” This isn’t the first time. This girl loves her sleep, and she’s four and a half years old. Now, I
