Creating a home that's nourishing, creative, and fun through crafts, kids activities, learning activities, and lots of family fun.
Most of the projects we've done for Halloween have been crafts. We do love crafts, especially holiday crafts. But, I did want to sneak in a little learning with some Halloween Shape Poems. My 2nd grader can get overwhelmed quite easily ...
It's almost impossible to write without any inspiration. Inspiration can come from anywhere, such as a writing prompt, picture, a question, an idea, or maybe some pretty themed writing paper. This fun printable Apple Writing Paper can be a ...
Sometimes, all it takes to get a kid interested in writing is a special book to hold their thoughts. My daughter spends a lot of her time at school writing in spiral notebooks or composition books. So, I thought I'd spark her interest at home with ...
Punctuation can be fun. Seriously. Don't laugh. It can be fun with you make into a game and when you add a hands-on element. This simple punctuation game with printable cut and graph sentence strips is a great way to add the element of ...
I've stumbled across the idea of a paper bag book several times. I've filed it away in the back of my mind as "something I want to make with the girls some time." Now that I'm working on writing with my oldest and we also plan to do some ...
The closer it gets to Valentine's Day, the more I want to add hearts to every activity. Don't you? If you're like me, and wanting to plaster everything with hearts, I've found a great selection of fun Valentine's Day literacy activities to help ...
I'm a writer, so punctuation comes naturally. It seems like it's something I've always known. But, I know that's not the case. Once upon a time way back in elementary school, I learned the basics - how to end a sentence. Do you use a period, a ...
Poetry can be such a daunting subject. There is verse, structure, rhyme, and meter. There are sonnets, haiku, limericks, and odes. Then there are the metaphors... oh, the metaphors. Where do you begin? These simple handprint poems are a ...
If you were a superhero, what would your super powers be? Would it be invisibility? The ability to fly? Or super strength? I recently asked the girls that very question and had them come up with their own super-secret super hero ...
Summer is winding down, but there's still time to bridge that gap between school and vacation with a fun writing project. Some of my favorite writing projects don't include paper at all. With this project, we took a summer toy and turned it into ...
