Combine movement and gross motor skills with a fun alphabet game and you get Letter Soccer! Lots of variations make this a great preschool activity. Boys. They have a lot of energy. Preschool boys. They have MORE energy. Five preschool boys. They feed off of each … [Read more...]
12 Ways to Get Kids Excited About Reading!
It's never too early to get your kids excited about reading! Whether your child is an avid reader or too young to learn yet, you can still use these tips. One of my favorite things about parenting is reading to my kids. I love snuggling on the couch or bed with a pile of … [Read more...]
Fun STEM Activities for Preschoolers
This post brought to you by Nickelodeon’s Blaze and the Monster Machines. The content and opinions expressed below are that of 365ish Days of Pinterest. Have you seen Blaze and the Monster Machines on Nick Jr.? Recently I had an opportunity to sit down and watch an episode … [Read more...]
Graduation Cap Card Box
My middle son is "graduating" from Kindergarten this year. I can't wait to take his picture with a cute little graduation cap on his head. It seems like yesterday we were bringing him home from the hospital! I can't imagine how it's going to feel when my boys graduate … [Read more...]
Back to School Ideas
This year I had a great teacher gift for Henry's Kindergarten teacher, but it wasn't really worthy of its own blog post. I wanted to share it with you, though, as I think it's an easy idea and something that a teacher would actually use after school is out. So I pulled together … [Read more...]
How to Dye Coffee Filters
I had originally planned to make some of those beautiful flowers made from dyed coffee filters that you see all over Pinterest and put them on the mantel with all my other Spring decorations, but the season seems to be running away with me, and now I'm already looking … [Read more...]
Pizza Box Tic-Tac-Toe: Vol. 2, Day 35
A few months ago, List 25 featured 25 things you can do with a pizza box. Some of the ideas were creative, some were funny, and some were artistic. However, as a mom of young kids, the Pizza Box Tic-Tac-Toe caught my eye. I'm not sure how List 25 works, because I … [Read more...]
Craftstick Scarecrow Craft
Today we took our little co-op group for a field trip to In-n-Out. Best. Field Trip. Ever! Well, it was our first one, but I still think it was awesome! However, I digress. Because we had the field trip, we didn't do school work today. So I … [Read more...]
Vol. 2, Day 22: Desk Makeover DIY
A few weeks ago, the boys and I walked down the street to a HUGE fundraiser garage sale. I was just about to leave with only a few little toys for the kids, when I saw this wood desk. It really needed some work, but it had good "bones" and the drawers still opened and … [Read more...]
Day 252: Valentine Compliments
Today's idea doesn't come from Pinterest, but I'm going to pin it to Pinterest because I thought it was such a great one. Bryce came home with an assignment last week to make Valentine's for his class. This is typical, as they don't want anyone to feel left out, so the teachers … [Read more...]
