How to make your own planters with your child. Planting potted flowers is a great sensory project with instant gratification. Your toddler...

"Mom, she's messing up my project!" I love having children of several different ages, but hearing this phrase is one of t...

Do you put the egg shells back in the carton or throw them away directly? We always threw them away when I was growing up, so that is what...

Every month we love participating in the Book Club for Kids. Julia Donaldson was a new author for us this month.  The book that we f...

"A" is for apple. Our first alphabet books were in the mix almost accidentally, board books that appealed to toddlers who ...

Most baking includes eggs, and any time you're working with eggs is a great time to throw in a little biology.   You can talk about ...

Play dough is an amazing substance.  My kids will play with play dough for hours.  When I had two preschoolers I tried to pull the playdou...

We love making sugar cookies for any holiday, or in between holidays.  I use a recipe from the Mennonite Community Cookbook, edited...

Our family moves every few months right now, which makes it really tough to build up a good supply of craft materials.  It's har...

Ten little green bananas hangin' on a line, A bird eat one, Dat left nine. Nine little green bananas swayin' in de br...

My preschoolers loved learning to count with   A Caribean Counting Book  by Faustin Charles and Robertan Arenson. We enjoyed the book so ...

With my son's fourth birthday came our household's first set of real Legos.  (Thanks, Grandma!) He plays with them almost every...

This was a fun project because it gave me a glimpse of my children see when they look in the mirror. It's also a great way to...

Board books are great for the period of time from when those little hands start grabbing, until they finally get the co-ordinatio...

This project originated with our creative Aunt Ranae.  When she came to visit us last fall, she arrived with a whole stash of art suppli...