We’re screen people, between blogging, and enjoying Netflix individually. We also really like sitting down together for family movie nights, my kids are huge Marvel movie fans. But we can easily, and often do enjoy screen free time too! *This posts contains affiliate links, see my disclosure policy for more information.* 32+ Ideas for Screen …
There is a very common sight on the highways here in Saskatchewan during the winter and that sight would be snowy owls. They sit on the tops of telephone poles in the cold winter weather. Learning about Snowy Owls in Saskatchewan *This post contains affiliate links, see my disclosure policy for more information.* Once in …
I have animal lovers here who have been loving our science curriculum work right now, it’s about animals around the world. This week we learned more about arctic animals and this science experiment is perfect for learning more about them and how they stay warm. Arctic Animals Science *This post contains affiliate links, see my …
Now that you have a pen pal for your child, what are they going to write to them time after time? Kids really can talk, they have no filters (or at least mine don’t). Writing to a friend isn’t as hard for them as it might be for you and me. What Your Kids Can …
This year the curriculum we are using comes with some really great read-aloud books. We’re just finished with Charlotte’s Web, a favorite of mine from growing up. To add a little more Charlotte’s Web to our day, we did this watercolor web as an art project. Charlotte’s Web – Watercolor Web *This post contains affiliate …
We started something new this week, and for the first letter anyways, it was super fun to write and makes an awesome way to practice language skills that she has been learning in our homeschool. We wrote our first letter to a new pen pal. Something new, and foreign for us, something that has turned …
How can you make getting in the kitchen fun for your kids? Well, you can start with some of the other posts about getting your kids in the kitchen. You can also make it fun! Here I want to show you some fun activities that you can do with your kids to get them interested …
I love having our kids in the garden with me, gardening is teaching them more about life, the science of how the food grows, and why we want worms and bumblebees. They learn more from doing in the garden than a science book is going to tell them about the process. Kids in the Kitchen …
There are so many reasons to get your kids in the kitchen and to teach them to cook. There is no way I could list them all here. Here are some of the reasons why kids need to learn to cook and how you can get your kids interested in cooking. Why Kids Should Learn …