Kid fun

Handwriting has never been easy to teach to kindergartners, but it is in the Common Core Standards that they learn how to print letters correctly. Each year I have tried through the traditional ways of working on fine motor skills the first half and then formal handwriting sheets the second half of the year. It never worked so this year I tried something new... An inquiry about lines! I asked the kids what kind of lines they knew of. At first they drew straight lines, but then started to…

A garden gate does not have to cost you a king's ransom to be memorable, and we've collected some of our favorite ideas to get you started.

You don't have to limit the mobile to autumn leaves. You can use pinecones, birch bark, acorns, pine needles, rocks, the sky's the limit. I brought this activity to our nature co-op recently, and the children really seemed to enjoy it!

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Anchor Tattoos are hugely popular today and it’s not just men, women too love to get inked with these amazing tattoos. One thing, they look simple classy and elegant. More than that the symbolism of A

Guest post by Johanna Bless of Bless Nest Learning. In this post I’m going to show you how to make a butterfly or fairy wings costume using pressed flowers and contact paper. Superbloom blessed the California hillsides this past spring, and it was definitely a sight to behold! We came home from hikes with wildflowers and pressed them traditionally: between large, heavy books. Some of the flowers lost quite a bit of color in the process, so I searched for a better way to preserve flowers…

Kids paint and collage giant donuts cut from recycled cardboard.

Innovative creativity from PaperArtsy. Paint, stencils, and techniques galore for any mixed media enthusiast to enjoy.

children activities, more than 2000 coloring pages

An ode to Alexander Calder, these sculptures are so colorful and fun!

I said something to one of my daughters. It was only a few lines but those words opened up a new line of conversation for us. It started with my intuition. I