Do your kids know what the poppy is – or what it represents? How about the peace sign? Or even Remembrance Day or Veteran’s Day? When I recently realized that Onetime was finally old enough to start to understand some of these things, I decided to come up with a fun way to introduce some…
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Winter Warmers: Building Connections Through Indoor Positive Play
The average family spends more time watching Netflix than playing or connecting together, according to a recent study. If you’re looking for ways to redress the balance in your family, and spend more quality time at home with the kids, then the winter is actually a great time to get started. Grey days and weekends can…
10 Ways to Enrich Your Child’s Pretend Play
My son Onetime has always loved imaginative pretend play. When he was a toddler, it started off with pretending that the large black ottomon in our living room was a train and we would take endless rides together. Can you say “Choo-chooooo!?” At the age of 6 now, Onetime continually blows me away with his creativity and innovative…
Indoor Soil Science and Engineering Challenges
Do your kids loving playing in the sandbox, or digging around in the garden in the summer? If so, then they’re going to love today’s indoor soil science and engineering activities and challenges! Although you may only think of it as mud, soil is super interesting to kids when they have a chance to really…
Heavenly Scented Christmas Playdough Recipes
Welcome to Day 2 of our 12 Days of Christmas Playdough series where I will be sharing a dozen of my favourite Christmas playdough ideas that I created using the Christmas Sensory Mix and Match Activity Planner. Today’s playdough invitation includes the recipes for 4 different heavenly scented Christmas playdough recipes! They say that SMELL is…