We love spending time outdoors during the summer! Well, I LOVE to be outside no matter what! The kids really enjoy it as long as there’s something fun to do.
Outdoor Fun
Enjoy these fun things to do after school including a free printable set of 20 Questions to ask your kids! Once our kids started school, I quickly realized that time together during the week was going to be VERY limited. They don’t get home until 3:30 pm here — and of course there are days …
“The Lorax” will be hitting theaters on March 2nd, and what a great way to introduce kids to the topic of ecology! Take this opportunity to share one of the many messages from Dr. Suess’ story about “The Lorax”: the long-term consequences of a decision, why we should protect nature, and how one person can help to change the world.
Enjoy these DIY Fairy Garden Ideas for kids that incorporate science, math & engineering learning! Today we are combining a few of our favorite things — gardening, fairies and STEM in this month’s feature of manipulative play and small worlds for kids! We’ve been talking about planting a Fairy Garden for a year now and …
Explore the life cycle of a butterfly with these hands-on nature activities that can be done at home or in a classroom! We had some wonderful crafts & activities shared on our Discover & Explore: Butterflies linky! For our butterfly feature post, I thought I would share some of the fun ideas that relate to …
Woohoo! The U.S. National Park Service has announced their FREE entrance days for all National Parks in 2017! One of the big family travel trends for this coming year is nature-focused vacations — unplug, recharge and enjoy being together. We are HUGE fans of the National Park system and try to visit at least one …
Those long, cold days of winter can give us all a little cabin fever so push aside all those ‘must do’s’ and just have some fun with your kids. It’s amazing how many ideas and activities we parents think of as ‘regular things’ are super cool to our kids! Helping them to build a fort, …
Welcome back to our monthly Virtual Book Club for Kids!
This month we’re exploring the books of David McPhail, who is both an author and illustrator.
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Gulf County Florida. All opinions are 100% mine. We love to go on outdoor adventures as a family! Sometimes it’s as easy as a creek walk at a local park and other times it’s trying something totally new (like snorkeling) when we …
We played outside all the time when I was a kid! Seriously, those had-to-be-called-in-to-eat type of days. Even on school days, I remember walking home with friends and talking about what we’d do that afternoon before dinner. Just like this Come Out and Play! video (definitely brings me back to childhood) — …