At what age should kids start dressing themselves? When my oldest child was 9 months old, he decided he hated clothing. At naptime and night, he would regularly strip out of all his clothes (diaper included) and hang out in the buff. Naked. Sans clothing. However, you want to describe it. He HATED clothes of…
Rainbow Hop
Bring on the rainbows! We have had a long winter. Mostly because it’s our first winter living in the snow (California –> North Dakota). The days are far less sunny than I’m used to, not to mention much, much colder. I am anxiously awaiting the end of winter and the beginning of spring- bring on…
Cathedrals in the Clouds- Magnetic Tiles Activity
This post contains affiliate links Our Magnetic Tiles (Magna-Tiles) never get old. They are played with more often than any other building material in our house (which is one reason we included them in our Gift Guide!). Last week my four-year-old came up with an amazing Magna-Tiles Hack that I was blown away by, and…
The Cold Weather Product You Never Knew Your Family Needed!
Two months ago my family and I moved from sunny Southern California to the Great White North of North Dakota! Talk about a drastic change- we went from a town of 200,000 residents to a town of approximately 6,000 residents (insert a little bit of culture shock here!). No Targets (goodbye Dollar Spot), no Costco,…
10 Creative Ways to Learn with Pencils
Number 2 pencils are a staple in the classroom. This is why it is so important to make sure you are completely stocked up with all your stationery products. At the beginning of the school year parents and teachers stock up on them, but the majority of the time they are only used as instruments…
Perfect Homemade Play Dough
If there is one activity my kids can do every single day, its play with play dough. It never gets old. We combine play dough with toy cars, animal figurines, alphabet stamps, dough tools, etc. etc. etc. My kids are always thinking up new ways to create and play pretend with it! If your kids…
How to Host a Painting Party With Toddlers
This post was sponsored by WaterWipes as part of an Ambassador Program for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in my post are my own. I received complimentary products to facilitate my review. When I made the decision to become a stay at home mom, I had two big questions: What in the world would…
Learning Tally Marks with Pencils
We are officially stocked up on back to school supplies- new glue sticks, full boxes of crayons, and beautifully perfect #2 pencils (nothing screams back to school more than #2 pencils)! Each of those school supplies are going to be used for loads of fun home preschool activities (see: Glue Bin, Melted Crayon Art, and…
Toys That Teach – Learning through Play with a One Year Old
I am a blog ambassador for Lakeshore and am compensated for my work. I received product free of charge, but all thoughts and opinions are 100% mine. The sweepstakes prize is provided for the winner free of charge from Lakeshore. Though it feels strange saying it, and while I don’t always feel like it, I…
30+ Clever Activities that use Marshmallows
By a virtual show of hands, who here *loves* marshmallows?!? If you could see through the screen, you would NOT see my hand raised. Nope. Not here. I am an absolute sugar fiend, but I just don’t like marshmallows…well…I don’t like eating them, at least. We happened to have a bag of them in…