Today is National Children’s Craft Day, a day set aside each year to encourage crafting with children. Crafting as an activity is a great way for children to explore their creativity and imagination. It also encourages them to learn something new and to explore what inspires them. You can purchase Read more…
The windy days of March are a great time to fly a kite! To decide if it is windy enough, ask your family some questions: Do you feel anything blowing on you face? Are your clothes moving around? What about any tress or bushes – what are they doing? Are Read more…
Plastic Easter eggs make great learning tools for young children. In addition to using them to identify colors, if your young ones are just learning the letters of the alphabet, print an upper-case letter on one piece of an egg and a lower-case on the other piece. Mix all the Read more…
Play a game of dinosaur tag today. Whoever is ‘it’ has must scrunch up their arms insides their shirt to make their arms short like a T-rex and try to tag the others. And bonus points for making T-rex noises as you run around! The variations on this game are Read more…
Make your own snow globes today by grabbing an empty jar, such as a baby food jar, a mason jar or even an empty peanut butter jar. Fill it with anything sparkly you have – tiny beads, small plastic spangles, or glitter are all great ideas to use. Add water Read more…
Today is National Tell a Fairy Tale Day so celebrate by sharing fairy tales with your family. Tell a familiar story, such as one about Snow White and the Seven Dwarves or Rumpelstiltskin or make up one of your own. Family members can also pick their favorite fairy tale and Read more…
Create a “move jar” today for your family. Fill it with slips of paper that you have written phrases (or drawings for little ones who cannot read) of movements such as hopping on one foot, walking like an elephant, or doing a mummy walk. Children can take turns picking a Read more…
To make an indoor snowball letter game for young children: Write out the letters of the alphabet on paper and then tape it to a wall or door in your home. Give your children crumpled up pieces of scrap paper to be ‘snowballs’ that they throw at the letter when Read more…
National Random Acts of Kindness Day is today so try to do something totally unexpected to be nice to someone today. Maybe you can make a special care package for someone or make them a simple card to say, “Thinking of You.” You could also drop off donations of food Read more…
Valentine’s Day is this month! Turn your child’s handprint into a Valentine card by folding a piece of paper in half and tracing the child’s hand along the fold. Next, cut it out, except for the part that is on the fold line. When you open the hand, it becomes Read more…