Made By Humans
There are so many different ways to paint, things to paint with and to paint on, that you could really do a different painting activity every day of the year. If you don’t believe me, check out more than 200 painting ideas at Emma Owl’s Paintathon page. We’re excited to share an easy, low set […]
Links in this post are affiliate links, but all opinions are my own. I think we’re going to have it pretty easy this school year when it comes to the transition to first grade. The girl is going to the same school she’s gone to for two years, should know almost all of her classmates, […]
I used to have kind of mixed feelings about coloring pages for kids. I avoided buying the girl coloring books for a long time, feeling it was better for her to just draw what she wanted. But she finds coloring pages a lot of fun — and particularly enjoys the more “grown up” designs, which […]
I am an affiliate of Leisure Arts and was sent a review copy of this book. All opinions are my own. When I was teaching fiber arts to kids at my daughter’s school last month, I wanted to offer them a lot of potential means of entry into different crafts, and part of what I […]
Not too long ago, the girl and I were up early playing in the playroom, as we do sometimes on the weekends. She had pulled out some blocks and decided she wanted to make a sphinx (she’s very into ancient Egypt). After working on it for a while, she stepped back and determined it actually […]
I really hate the idea of calling anything you make “bad.” Things might not turn out the way you planned (so often) but that doesn’t mean it’s bad, just that it turned out differently. But “bad art” is what a lot of people feel like they make, those people who say they aren’t creative and […]
Some of the most fundamental learning our kids do early on has to do with learning letters and numbers, building the foundation for reading, spelling and math. And like most early learning, the best way to teach kids these early skills is through play, incorporating learning into everyday activities that are fun for both of […]