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Healthy Yogurt Parfait Bar Snack
When you have kids in your house, snacks are a must. With four kids, I go through a ton of snacks. We try to keep our snacking on the healthier side, with lots of fruits and vegetables and wholesome foods that will fill up the bottomless pit bellies that my kids have. Do your kids…
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Fidgeting During Homework
Ooooh, those wiggles. The wiggles start and then they become so distracting. It’s hard to concentrate on homework when the fingers are messing with the pencil sharpener, the feet are kicking, and the bottoms are sliding all over the chair. Mom gets frustrated, the kiddo gets upset, and the homework battle continues. Does this sound…
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Learn Cursive Handwriting on the Window
Looking for a fun way to learn cursive writing or practice handwriting? This cursive handwriting on the window activity will encourage a functional grasp on the pencil, an extended wrist, and improved letter formation. Learning cursive letters with creative writing techniques makes new concepts fun and memorable. My daughter is all about learning cursive lately. When…
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Mini Pumpkin Stickers Fine Motor Activity
This mini pumpkin stickers activity is a fine motor workout for little hands! Sometimes you have to make Second Grade boring homework a little more fun. Am I right?? Homework is definitely NOT play-based and after a loooong day at school, kids are ready to p.l.a.y! When they have to sit down to do homework…
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31 Days of Occupational Therapy with Free Materials
Coming up with fun ideas for occupational therapy activities for interventions can easily become nerve-wracking! It’s easy to fall into a routine and use the same old cookie cutter activities in OT treatment sessions. Here, you will find a challenge designed to change that recipe for burnout! Below is a strategy to use out-of-the-box occupational…
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Easy Vegetable Rice Recipe Kids will Eat
Our Cooking With Kids series has been such a hit, both on the blog in in our home. My daughter and I have created quality time together as we cook our way through the alphabet. We’ve love trying new foods and sharing them with you and your families! Today we’re sharing a go-to and easy…
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Nickel and Dime Skip Counting Math
Second grade math. It can be a complicated thing for kids. Second grade math moves along fast. We’re in our third week of school and my second grader is moving right along! We made this nickel and dime coin activity for our Second Grade Math series. This week’s theme is money and we used coins…
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Quinoa Lettuce Wraps Recipe
Kids can be hesitant to try new foods. Foods that look different or are a different texture than what they are used to. Sometimes, getting the kids active in the cooking process can help ease anxieties about trying that new food sitting on their dinner plate. Cooking with Kids is one of our favorite…
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Alphabet Discovery Bottle
Sometimes learning letters can be tricky for preschoolers and kindergarteners. Remembering all of those letters (26 is a lot!) is frustrating and difficult and kids just aren’t into identifying the letters of the alphabet. Many times you have a child who picks up on letters right away. You can see posts on Facebook where proud parents…
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Paper Football Sight Words
What do you do when your Kindergarten student would rather play paper football than practice sight words? You combine his love of flicking folded paper across the table with introducing new words! This Paper Football Sight Word game will get the most resistant student excited about scoring sight word touchdowns! Paper Football Sight Word Game This post…
