With the last frost due later this month, it's time to get the gardening season off to a start with the kids. We have a brand new garden and as we ...
Nurturing the Love of Learning and Supporting your Child's Education
"Education is the most powerful weapon for changing the world"
Nelson Mandela
Learning begins at home, from practical life activities to supporting your child's academic progress and providing encouragement when they find areas difficult or the teaching doesn't match their learning style.
Frog Life Cycle Memory Game
With spring here in our family that means just one thing we are on the hunt for frogs. Ever since my youngest was a toddler he has been a little ...
Community Helpers Beginning Letter Sounds Activity for Toddlers and Preschoolers
Community Helpers or Heroes as they are being called here in our home due to the school's topic is a fabulous topic for kids to learn about and this ...
You Can Entertain your Kids This Summer Without it Costing the Earth
Did your last venture into Pinterest cost you a fortune in new supplies? Are you fed up with activities and crafts to do with your kids taking longer ...
10 Classic Farm Animal Nursery Rhymes and Songs
I love the theme of farms and farm animals with kids, you can fit it in anytime you head to the farm or in spring or autumn when farms feature with ...
Feed the Lion Number Game
Kids love posting things, as a parent, I can prove this by shaking our old DVD player as a teacher it was a great way for kids to work on all sorts of ...
Activities for Newborns and Developmental Milestones
Having a new baby is a beautiful time for mother, father, relatives, and friends. The first few weeks are filled with celebration, introductions, and ...
Layers of the Earth Needle Felted Model
Models are a great way for kids to be able to learn different things. In my science classroom, I had lots of different models, some that I purchased ...
Plastic Egg Easter Time Tables Practice
With our Easter Egg hunt over we are left with plastic eggs - I could be really Frugal and save them for next year but we've got homework to do over ...
Nursery Rhymes to sing with Babies and Toddlers
Nursery Rhymes have so many benefits for your child - not only do they help language development but they are also great for introducing counting, ...
Easter Story Stones
Like Christmas, Easter has become a little bit off target and the message about why it is celebrated can be hidden amongst the Easter ...
Birds Nest Math Activities – Counting, Addition and Subtraction
The best activities I used in my classroom were ones that I could put together quickly and use with all of the abilities in the class but have ...
Egg and Chick Number Bond Puzzles
Puzzles are a fun way to get children hands-on with their learning, they are reusable and don't usually take a lot of space to use and to store. Where ...
Testing Soil – Simple Science for Kids
Kids love to dig in the soil and see what is there. But, soil is much much more than just something that is fun to play with as part of our rock ...
Easter Race to 100 Maths Game
When I taught mathematics I remember having a giant hundred's chart in my classroom we would work on counting backwards and forwards from different ...
Five Little Ducks Went Swimming One Day Craft Foam Rhyme Props
Props are a great way to engage children more in the stories and rhymes that you are singing. For some it can bring to life some concepts that they ...
DIY Egg and Chick Math Game for Toddlers and Preschoolers
I firmly believe that one of the best ways to learn especially for children is through hands-on activities. Most children are Kinesthetic learners - ...
Spring Bucket List for Families to Enjoy!
Although I do like Winter and the cold, icy, sunny days that we occasionally get, as the weather starts to warm up, I love how our garden changes. The ...
Salt Dough Layers of the Earth Model
Science is full of concepts that are a little abstract and you can't actually experience yourself. Things like there is zero gravity in space or the ...
St Patrick’s Day Rhyme and Shamrock Puppets
Singing rhymes and songs is one of the easiest ways that you can help babies, toddlers and preschoolers to develop language skills. As a teacher in ...
Investigating the Impact of Humans on Ocean Animals – Plastic Bag Jellyfish
Everyone goes on and on about plastic and plastic bags being bad for the environment but if your children are anything like mine they like to ask why? ...
