This week’s theme - OCEANS Find this week’s activity plan here! Monday, Explore in Books - Usborne Books has this amazing series that my kids are absolutely in love with. It’s called the shine-a-light series. We have several in the series including dinosaurs, animal camouflage, space, secrets of winter, and secrets of the seashore. The premise of this book is that, on every page, when you shine a flashlight behind the page, something previously hidden suddenly appears. For ...
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Weekly Summer Activity Plans
With a baby coming right at the beginning of the summer break, I knew that I didn’t want to have to worry about planning while trying to manage a newborn and I certainly didn’t want the kids spending a whole bunch of time on their iPads again after being cooped up so much last summer. With that in mind, I decided to make a weekly summer activity schedule with different fun themes for them to learn about. I had a few requirements as I went about planning all of this… It had to be accessible ...
Summer Activity Plans – Gardening and Plants
This week’s theme ... GARDENING AND PLANTS Find this week’s activity plan here! Monday, Explore in Books - One of my favorite tall tales is the story of Johnny Appleseed. As with all tall tales, there are many tellings and books about Johnny Appleseed, but one of my favorite retellings is the one by Steven Kellogg. I will admit that Steven Kellogg is one of my favorite authors, and I have a signed copy of one of his Pinkerton books. There is something whimsical about his ...
Summer Activity Plans – Animals
This week’s theme ... ANIMALS Find this week’s activity plan here! Monday, Explore in Books - Everyone has a favorite animal. Personally, my favorite animal is the penguin. Something about those cute little flightless birds just makes me smile. Maybe because I relate to their waddling. Maybe it’s the cute little chicks. Maybe it’s how many of them mate for life. There is just so much to love about them! Ask your kids what their favorite animals are and find a book about ...
I Want to be a Hallmark Movie
I have something to admit that some of you may think makes me a bad mom. That’s just going to be how it is, though. I started this blog to help parents, to help us all to make memories from the messy, and nowadays, things are really, really messy. And they seem to be staying messy for the foreseeable future. So here is my admission… You know how there will be that episode on that TV show you love or that Hallmark movie you watched recently where someone says some statement or makes a wish ...
What We Can Choose
I don’t know who needs to hear this. I don’t know who needs to read this. I don’t know who needs to have a hug or meet up for a little chit chat. It is ok to be disappointed in how our lives are right now. It is ok to be upset that events are cancelled, rescheduled, or indefinitely postponed. It is ok to crave getting out, going to places other than your house, to seeing people other than those that are normally living within the walls of your home. It is ok to be happy that ...