One of my favorite happy meal/ kids meal toys is a CD or an audio book on CD. My son, loves, loves, loves the Magic Tree house series (mostly due to last summer when Wendy’ had the CD’s and he first heard one he wanted to get the books out at the library). After that […]
Category: keep them busy
Summer Challenge: 3 things every little kid should do this summer!
Teaching My Little Bookworm posted a challenge called Summer Challenge: 3 things every little kid should do this summer! I thought I would add three to her list… so far she has 1: take a walk in the rain! The cold front finally came goodbye 90’s hello low 80’s (daytime) and 50’s (nighttime) but it […]
We all scream for Icecream…
What could be tastier on a summer day than ice cream? I bought my parents an ice cream ball for Christmas and this weekend we pulled it out and found out working for your ice cream makes it taste even better!!! With the unique Play and Freeze Ice Cream Maker, you can make ice cream […]
Outside Toys!
Well, the weather is finally delightfully sunny here in the Burgh!!! I have been and always probably will be a sucker for a good toy! I recently have come across three toys that one could use outside on a summer day. I wanted to share these three toys! At the bottom of this post, you […]
Going To The Park to Play and Learn…
Summer is here and I am sure you will find yourself at the park with your kids. You may even feel like throwing some learning in while the kids are playing. I have a few ideas that you may wish to try on one of those days when you find yourself at the park… Bring […]
Time to Play Outside…
I know I will take this statement back mid July; but, I can’t wait till school is done for the year and we can be outside more. I love the summer months. I am really lucky to have a great group of girlfriends (some will love me for the pics. on this post) who enjoy […]
Erupt a Volcano!!!
One of my favorite activities when I taught was during an earth unit. We would discuss volcanoes and make our own. The kids loved this simple to do and easy to set-up activity. My son had a friend over yesterday and I try to do one fun thing when he has a friend over. Yesterday […]
Beach balls Everywhere…
The dollar stores have out all of their summer fun treats; like, BEACH BALLS! Here are a few ideas of ways to use those beach balls. 1.) Write out the numbers on the top and bottom sections. Throw the ball gently to a child and they have to add the numbers where there thumbs are. […]
Blogging From My Front Yard…
Here I am sitting on my porch while my daughter picks up cherry blossoms from the ground for at least 30 minutes now. It’s a “Keep Them Busy” post and I did not even know it. I know I haven’t posted much lately… I have been busy with a few things and now I am […]
Learning Fun With Food
I am getting ready to present to a group of preschool parents where one of my “bestest” gal pals teaches preschool. 🙂 I will be discussing Kindergarten Readiness and Learning Activities Parents can create at home. One of the things I love to share with PreK through second grade parents is using food to make […]