Activities
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How to make the easiest Lego table ever!
If you travel by car as often as we do, eventually the fun of travel books and games will start to wear off for your kids. That’s when you have to dig deep and get creative to keep the peace in the backseat! I’ve got the ultimate road trip activity hack and it will take you less than five minutes to make. Read ahead to find out how to make a Lego table for the car. Some links may be affiliate links. By clicking on them and making a purchase I may make a small commission at NO extra cost to you. Thank you for your support! Lego on Amazon…
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The Mitten: Easy Activities and Curriculum for Young Learners
Jan Brett’s ‘The Mitten’ is a classic story for early childhood or elementary aged children. The perfect book to read during the winter, it offers several ways to creatively teach curriculum standards. Follow along for my ideas! This post may contain affiliate links, by clicking on them and making a purchase, I may make a commission at no extra cost to you. Sidebar: These mittens from Amazon are excellent for kids! They come in three different sizes and have zippers to make putting them on easier. The Mitten ‘The Mitten’ is a story that I can remember learning in elementary school and one that I have passed on to my…
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My Top 10 Favorite Toys to Gift!
Are you looking for the perfect toy for a favorite kiddo in your life? These are my top 10 favorite toys to gift at the moment. Nothing too messy or loud in the bunch! Scroll on for links and photos. Some links on this page may be affiliate links. As such, if you click on the link and make a purchase, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you! This list of my favorite toys to gift caters to a range of age groups. Everything on the list is gender neutral and will make great hand-me-downs to the next kid in the family as well! These…
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Apples and Dr. Seuss: The Things Fall Is Made For
Ten Apples Up on Top is an excellent early reader book with so many cross-curricular opportunities. Choose to teach this book in the fall, during prime apple picking season, or wait until March to help celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday! Do you have a copy of Dr. Seuss’ Ten Apples Up on Top? – Grab one here: Some links may be affiliate links. By clicking on them and/or making a purchase, I may make a small commission at no extra cost to you! The best way to start an apple unit or introduce Ten Apples up on Top, might just be to go get some apples! In the midwest it’s an…
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Whis-Kid Slow-cooker Chicken Tacos
June 2020 Have you wanted to get your kids in the kitchen but not sure where to start? Look no further than Erin Chase’s, new program Whis-Kid! The Whis-Kid cooking lessons are simple to follow and you can choose from a digital or physical copy. Keep reading to see how my 10 year old made dinner for the whole family with these kid’s cooking lessons. I am an affiliate for Whis-Kid & Erin Chase’s other programs. By clicking on a link in this post I may make a small commission at no extra cost to you. I received the Whis-Kid program as a gift from $5 Dinners, but this review…
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Quarantine Birthday-Or How to make a birthday cake no one eats
Originally posted Summer 2020 *I am writing this piece realizing how lucky my family is that Covid has only affected us in superficial ways. Please consider donating to a deserving charity (see below) if you are as lucky as we have been during this difficult time. *Some links may be affiliate links. With no extra expense to you, I may earn a small commission if you click on them and make a purchase. Thank you for your support! A no gift birthday, how to celebrate a birthday during quarantine With the quarantine lasting this long, someone was bound to have a birthday. That someone was little M. This year was…
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Ohana means Family- Remembering the Magic of the Polynesian Resort
Ohana means family. It is also an amazing restaurant at the Polynesian Resort in Walt Disney World. One of our favorite Disney memories is dining here in 2017. When Covid forced us to have a staycation, we chose to recreate this meal as our Grand Finale to “Disney at Home Week”. Originally posted Spring 2020 Some links may be affiliate links. By clicking on them and/or making a purchase, I may make a small commission at no extra cost to you. While the Ohana restaurant serves breakfast and dinner, we have only dined there for dinner. Updated November 2025- I’ve finally eaten breakfast at Ohana! Read all about the experience…
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Simple Beauty and the Beast Dinner Menu & Decor Ideas
In Disney World you can visit the Beast’s castle (of Beauty and the Beast fame) by eating at Be Our Guest restaurant in the Magic Kingdom. That’s just what we did for our sixth evening of our Disney staycation. Below I’ve captured our semi-homemade meal and table decor for a fun family theme dinner! Some links are affiliate links, by clicking on them and/or making a purchase, I may make a small commission at no extra cost to you. The Disney Store on Amazon Beauty and the Beast Theme Night Back in the early days of New Fantasyland in Disney World, Be Our Guest restaurant had a seperate lunch…
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A Homeschooling Experiment to Get Your Heart Pumping
To go with our homeschooling circulation week, I found this heart pump experiment on Pinterest from www.Team-Cartwright.com. As usual I found a great idea and tried to make it my own, keep reading to see how our version of the heart pump experiment turned out. Look here for more blood and circulation curriculum ideas Some links may be affiliate links. By clicking on them and/or making a purchase, I may make a small commission at NO extra cost to you. Thank you for your support! Heart Pump Experiment Materials Needed: Step by Step Instructions for the Heart Pump Experiment 1)Protect your work surface to avoid staining from red food coloring.…
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Incredible Circulatory System Activities for Homeschool STEM Explorers
When homeschooling became mandatory (article originally written in 2020, updated September 2023) it was clear the kids needed more to keep them busy than what the school was providing virtually. I decided to go back to what I had learned in elementary school. Things like cursive, memorizing multiplication facts and the states & capitals. I also decided to dive into the systems of the human body. (Affiliate links included, I may earn a small commission if you click on one of the links, at no extra cost to you!) We started with the basics-what is blood and how does it work in our bodies? Keep scrolling for blood and circulation…
