I did not announce it much bet we just spent the last 5 weeks traveling. It has been an amazing 5 weeks traveling across the United States. And one we will remember for a long time. We took the time to be a family and have time. We also limited out computer and internet time…
This month was hard to pick out books. Why, because we traveled the whole month! These are books we found in libraries on our trip. Yup, you can have fun and visit libraries while traveling. It was interesting to see the many different libraries and the different books they carried. Each one arranged books differently…
The ocean is one of our favorite themes. It has not mattered how old my girls have gots we are always looking for new ocean themed activities. Today I have the last of the summer themed number color and trace. We have a fun ocean theme for those kids that love ocean activities! This set…
What I love best about art projects is that time I get to spend doing them with my girls. We always enjoy doing this. Watercolors have been a favorite activity for us the last little while. We are always mixing up we are doing. Today a have an art project my 8 year old decided…
Watercolors have to be one of our favorite types of painting to do. We love painting activities and do them often. For the summer, we pulled out some cookie cutters we have had for a while and did an ocean themed cookie watercolor painting. It is super simple, and we love painting this way. It…
I love having different themes for working on numbers. The latest set I’ve made is for a beach theme. This is a fun set and loads of fun. These are a great way to work on numbers during the summer months. Plus beach of one of our favorite themes during the summer. This set is…
We have been working on arrays with math facts and with rows and columns. They are both fun ways to learn with. I have done several sets of task cards with these and I wanted to change it up! Today I have a shell themed array math fact book for kids to complete. It is…
ABCs are something you work on over a period of time. I love having simple ABC coloring page printables that kids can use. Plus coloring pages have to be a favorite at our house. We are always using them for something! These free ABC coloring pages are great for preschool and tot age kids to…
Sensory play is always important to have. On some of the long summer days that get a little too hot to be outside. I want to have something inside for my girls to do. We do sensory bins just for that. This is simple and easy to put together. It also makes a great beach…
Well, normally I tell you about my goals and what I’m doing. And this year I’m taking a month off. I have a few posts I have done already for July. But I’ve decided that I need a break and I want to spend time with my girls. A family is important and so is…
Every now and then we do a sensory bin that lends itself to doing other bin that is similar. And a rock and water bead is just like that. We have been doing a space-themed part to our summer and we wanted to do a water bead sensory bin again. We did a black and…
Summer happens to be our favorite time to read books. We are always at the library and bookstore looking for new books to read. It is amazing just how many new books come out each year. This month we have a few from the library and some we just had to add to our house…
Every summer I am apart of the summer book series at Rainy Day Mum. I love doing it every year. This year I picked the space theme and we all had tons of fun making the craft for the book. I hope that you enjoy our craft and the book choice that we did. We…
Sequencing sets have been so much fun at our house. We have loved these sets. I am highlighting some of the new space sets that are in the Sumer Sequencing Bundle. There are three sets: phases of the moon, the moon landing, and the planets. Easy of these sets if great for kids and loads…
Space is one theme we just love at our house. We have been doing space activities it seems like forever. I love looking at stars and constellations. They always make such great shapes in the sky. With that thought I made these free star themed shape playdough mats. So have some fun with the space…
Space is one of our favorite themes that we always seem to come back to. There are so many activities that you can do with it! Lately, we have been making wreaths to decorate the house with. We love having them around the house! Today we have a space-themed wreath that is tons of fun…
I know that we struggle to get math during the summer. It is one of the hard times to find a few minutes to do it. I also don’t want to dig around to find what I’m looking for. It is one reason I made these fun no-prep zoo math printables. They are simply just…
Zoo has always been a favorite during the summer. We are always doing some zoo theme during that time. I’ve also had tons of requests for more zoo themed printables and I thought it would be fun to have another set. I love that using ten frames builds up to learn to do so many…
We have been busy having fun with our zoo themed activities. We all have favorite animals that we just love. One of those animals is the lion! I’m always looking for fun crafts to do that we can spend time together doing. This torn paper lion craft is a simple and easy one for kids…
I think zoo has to be one the themes we love to do during the summer. We are always doing a trip or working on some theme for it. It has always been a requested theme during the summer as well! Today I have some fun new number color and trace sets with zoo themes….
Doing animal gross motor has been a staple at our house for years! We have always pulled out the gross motor printable list and use the list of animals from there. I’m always looking for new ways to do our animal walking. Today, I’ve created fun animal-walking dice for kids to use. You can get…
There are many parts of learning to read and I love having a variety of tools to teach those skills. Easy reader books have been a favorite for us. Everyone now and then something just pops up and make a good easy reader book. I love the different variety of zoo animals that there are….
There are loads of areas that I’m working toward having more of. I always seem to forget about working on time. I know that there are always fun activities around the clock that you can do. Zoo has always been a favorite theme during the summer and sometimes all year long. I know that animals…
I’m always getting asked for more easy reader books. There are so many ways to use the books. Today I have a fun zoo abc letters that work on lowercase letters. I know that sometimes when we change up how to work on the letters, it makes it easier for kids to learn them. Plus,…
Puzzles have to be our favorite learning tool at our house. We are always using them in some way! Plus I always get requests for more puzzles and more variety of numbers. Since it is summer I wanted to do a summer theme for it. And what is more, fun that zoo for that? Zoo…
Zoo has to be one of my favorite themes for the summer. The zoo theme was one of the first packs that made on 3 Dinosaurs and it has always been a favorite for us. I’m bringing you 5 days of zoo printables. I have always loved this theme. There are so many activities you…
Sensory bins have become a staple sensory play at our house. We are always switching them up or changing them often. We have been doing a summer theme and one of our favorite summer activities has been collecting rocks the different places we have gone. Now we have a new sensory bin with our rocks…
Summer is always a time I think about being outside hiking, camping and having fun. Today I have a mini set for the start of the summer sequencing. These are fun ways to work on learning a sequence with a bit of writing thrown in. This is a simple activity for camping in the backyard….
May I took the time to slow down and enjoy life and I really did enjoy it. We had so much fun and got back into a routine of activities that we have not done in ages. It was loads of fun to do. Plus it was a nice change of pace. As we head…
We love to build on activities we have done before. We made a wonderful torn paper mountain a few years ago. We had a blast making them. My girls wanted to do that again. So I said let’s change it up. I’ll tell you 3 things you have to have in your picture and we…