Car Games for Kids - a travel-friendly, kid-friendly game that develops logic and deductive reasoning skills

Car Games for Kids (…that are travel-friendly but can be played anywhere!) As we are preparing for a cross-country move, with a 2 week road trip between locations, we’ve been gathering travel-friendly items to keep the kids busy. I made up a kid-friendly adapted version of the popular “Guess Who” game that will work great […] Read more…

Fun Outdoor Games Kids Will Love - No Prep and No Props

Fun outdoor games kids will love Are you looking for fun outdoor games kids will enjoy this summer? Last week I wrote about 10 fun learning activities to do in your own backyard. Today I wanted to share a list of 10 games kids can play outdoors – that involve no preparation ahead of time […] Read more…

Outside Fun Learning Activities Math and Art

Outside Fun Learning Activities for Kids “Play is our brain’s favorite way of learning.” – Jean Ackerman This post contains affiliate links. Free Play Kids love fun outside activities; when you can easily weave in learning opportunities to their natural play – all the better! This is not to discount the unequivocal advantage of free […] Read more…

Our review of an affordable and convenient online series of children's music classes taught by licensed and certified Musikgarten instruction, Kathryn Brunner.

Children’s Music classes – Our review of an affordable and convenient online series of music classes taught by licensed and certified Musikgarten instruction, Kathryn Brunner. Read more…

Combinations to 10 - Free printable activity to help kids develop a conceptual understanding of how equations work like balance scales, while discovering and recording combinations that add to 5 and 10

Combinations to 10 and 5 – printable worksheets to help kids develop a conceptual understanding of how equations work like balance scales, while discovering and recording combinations that add to 5 and 10. Read more…

Are you looking for a new kind of chapter book series for young readers? Something that focuses on positive relationships and self-image rather than bullying? Something that portrays realistic characters in plausible adventures, exploring and creating their way through childhood?

Are you looking for a new kind of chapter book series for young readers? Something that focuses on positive relationships and self-image rather than bullying? Something that portrays realistic characters in plausible adventures, exploring and creating their way through childhood? Follow our progress on a new series! Read more…

Best books on coding for kids - interactive, lift-the-flap books, books with offline coding activities, biographies, and history books for a well-rounded unit study on computers and coding languages

This continues my series of posts on Coding for Kids. I’ve compiled a list of the best books we’ve found for a well-rounded unit study on computer coding. This list includes interactive, lift-the-flap books, books with offline activities, biographies, and kid-friendly books on the history of computers and coding.  Read more…

Our favorite homeschool resources for all ages and 7 subject areas

Here is a list of the best homeschool resources that I’ve run across as a homeschooling blogger and mother of 2 young children. These resources span all ages (preschool – high school) in 7 subject areas. Several of these are freely available to the public. Read more…

Review of RightStart Mathematics - developing number sense through hands-on activities

Review of RightStart Mathematics. The lessons and hands-on activities help students develop a strong number sense and mathematical reasoning skills. I love how these lessons are well-planned and result in discovery, deep understanding, and mathematical conversations. Read more…

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