Becky from a Sweet Hot Mess is with us today to share all of her favorite resources for teaching children anatomy… While we are a Homeschooling family, I have come to value more and more the idea that all parents can pick and choose the supplemental material they introduce to their children. What subjects we introduce can range from the traditional to the offbeat – from piano lessons to pitching practice to folk dance. In…
Joey from Made by Joey is with us today to share the amazing process of keeping Mason Bees in your own backyard… Now that the weather is beginning to warm up it’s time to get outside and explore nature! Mason bees are a fun way to explore insects right in your own backyard. They are native to North America and are a very docile bee that do not tend to sting. The males do not…
Monique Barker with us today to share some wonderful tips on how to bring focus to nature journaling excursions. She also includes lots of great resources and a lovely printable journal… My children love to keep nature journals. We bring them whenever we visit an outdoor spot like parks, beaches, or our local botanical garden. They run in to grab them whenever something in our yard peaks their interest. This year we are expanding our…
Randi from Swoon is here today to share a simple craft that invites children to explore all of the delights that the solar system has to offer—a perfect project for the budding young astronomers in our lives. My oldest child (age five) has shown recent interest in the solar system. It all started with questions about day, night, sun and moon. I love it when my children can learn a concept in a hands on…
Annie from Alphabet Glue is with us today to share some wonderful printables to enhance our bird-watching expeditions… When I wrote my last Playful Learning post, I was feeling particularly inspired by the birding adventures that our little family had been having lately. Well, with the recent sighting of a bald eagle in our neighborhood, as well as the return of some favorite migratory friends, our enthusiasm for bird watching doesn’t seem to be going…
We are in for a lovely treat from Randi of Swoon today. Spring is certainly in the air and what better way to welcome its arrival than with the creation of a fairy garden? Have you heard about the lovely little fairy gardens people are making lately? The concept is for children to make a little garden space where fairies would be comfortable, should they decide to show up. Since my children have recently fallen…
