My parents got our children a wonderful set of blocks for Christmas and they've been in almost constant use since. I'm always amaz...

My daughter starts kindergarten this year. We have decided to homeschool. This year. Just meaning I have no earthly idea if either one of...

Recently, during one of my rounds of nursery duty at co-op, I brought along a bag of cotton balls. The babies (one and two year olds) enjoy...

After reading my daughter's National Geographic Little Kids magazine with her yesterday, we decided to try the featured science experim...

Today I have a post up at Blissful Kids on hosting a family tea party. I included links to some yummy recipes, so go check it out and head...

This is one of our favorite books. So fun and surprisingly educational. I've shared our experience with this book over at Blissful Kid...

My daughter initiated this project the other day and I was happy to follow along with her. She requested some of my colored paper, markers,...

Make your own Memory matching game with brightly colored cereal boxes. Find boxes with enough solid color surface area to cut out multiple ...

I don't particularly enjoy washing dishes, but there's really no way around it. My kids, on the other hand, think it's a great ...

This morning we studied Australia with our one-morning-a-week preschool friends. Aside from the anticipated "G'day, mate!" g...

Sunday marked the Chinese holiday of Mid-Autumn. This is traditionally celebrated in China, and Chinatowns around the world, through the Mi...

We couldn't get out this afternoon like I had planned (I really should check the forecast now and then), so we pulled out a can of shavi...

You may recall my affinity for wooden blocks and bright colors. These are no exception. A friend gave me these nesting blocks before I h...

This is one of those activities you have most likely seen on every blog or read in every child's activity book, but there's a good r...

I saw this great idea from Betz White. This is my kind of project. Materials on hand, total assembly time less than 5 minutes. I don...

This morning (rainy) we tried a couple quick, no-fuss activities that I thought were worth sharing. I found both of these in The Preschoole...

I am not a gardener. I have no experience growing anything besides a cup of grass. Which I can do well, but I think that's because it...

...pink wiggly cheese, a calendar, bread, milk, trains, red hot marshmallow squirters....) I recently saw grocery list activities at Angry C...

Now you can really see the color changes (see project description here ). The celery in the red water turned yellow with red veins, the gre...

So today's on-the-fly experiment: Capillary action with celery and potato plants. Inspiration from: Wonderplay, Too! Another book th...