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A fun way to introduce engineering to preschoolers is with simple machines. If your last physics class was over a decade ago like me, for reference, simple machines include a lever, wheel and axle, pulley, inclined plain, wedge and a screw. Gears can be considered a simple machine as a…
Blowing bubbles with our homemade bubble solution has been one of the girls’ favorite summer activities. However, halfway through the summer, our giant Dollar Store bubbles wands are beginning to fall apart. So this week, I decided to seize upon the girls’ favorite outdoor activity as a learning opportunity with…
Do you know the story of the Brooklyn Bridge? Twenty One Elephants and Still Standing tells the tale of the construction of this famous landmark, and serves as the inspiration for this week’s Architecture and Engineering activity with a fun engineering science for kids challenge. Can You Build A Bridge for Twenty-One…
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #GranolaMyWay #CollectiveBias If it were up to my girls, we would eat pancakes for breakfast EVERY.MORNING. But as a breastfeeding mama to a rapidly growing 5 month old, I need a heartier breakfast, with…
Compared to my oldest, Lil’ M (age 2) has never had any attention span. But now that she is getting older, and when my preschooler is at school, she has started requesting her own ‘projects.’ And, more surprising, without big sister around to takeover, she is fully engaged for 15-30 minutes, an…
Easter is coming up quickly! Whenever it comes in March, it always happens so fast, I never feel prepared. So to that end, this Friday, we’re in love with Easter! With 100+ Easter Ideas for Kids and Families, we have something for everyone – from activities and crafts, to food…
Easter is early this year, and rapidly sneaking up on us! Last week, the girls and I got busy making some fun Easter decor, perfect for decorating your brunch table. These DIY lanterns for Easter are so simple, even Lil’ M (age 2) made one. And they are both so…
Four years at Notre Dame teaches you a few things. God. Country. Notre Dame is a strictly held mantra for life… and St. Patrick’s Day comes second in celebration only to Christmas! So of course I HAD to host this week’s It’s Friday, We’re In Love featuring all things green, rainbow…
Despite Easter being less than a month away, it snowed here again this week… and since moving to New England nearly 10 years ago, I have seen more than my fair share of egg hunts amidst patches of snow, it’s always important to plan indoor fun for Easter, just in…
Last month, the girls and I read Look at that Building! and went on an Architectural Scavenger Hunt to connect the vocabulary in the book with the world around us. The story ends with the kids in the book designing and building their own dog house, a great architecture for kids project… and…
It’s Girl Scout season, so it’s easy to find a box of the delightful Thin Mints… but y’all, these are better than that. And better yet, you can make them all year round. Better Than Thin Mints, Chocolate Mint Cookies! Better Than Thin Mints Cookies I almost called these ‘Amazing…
Anyone else have Ladybug Girl fans at home? I have two – and I love encouraging it because she makes a great pint-sized heroine for little girls to love. Ladybug Girl is adventurous, creative, imaginative and independent, all things I want to inspire in my daughters. And after my mom…
Last year, I tried to make colored eggs with Big M and a friend… I thought I had it toddler-proofed, and within 30 seconds of sitting her in her booster seat, she spilled an entire cup full of yellow dye in her lap. Her legs were yellow for days! While…
Lil’ M has been struggling with recognizing her colors. We keep practicing through play, and she now names about half of them correctly, most of the time. For this month’s Rainbow-themed Top 10 series , I sought out to find more fun color matching activities. Top 10 Color Matching Activities for Toddlers…
Irish legend holds that a pot of gold can be found at the end of a rainbow, guarded by leprechauns. I prefer to equip my kids with their own financial savvy, and instead of searching for fairy tale gold, encourage them to make their own luck by filling their pots…
Growing up in Texas, it only snowed with any accumulation twice in my whole life… the month I was born and when I was 3. Now, living in New England, I love experiencing winter with my kids because I feel like a kid myself – sledding, building snowmen, making snow…
In the last week, we’ve had three snow days and a weather advisory to stay indoors due to a windchill up to 30 degrees below zero! To say cabin fever has set in would be an understatement. For my own sanity last week, I needed the kids to burn some…
With two ND alums in our house, you can bet our house is filled with Irish spirit, if not Irish blood, year round. St. Patrick’s Day is a momentous celebration around here, not only because of our Fighting Irish schooling, but also because it typically signals the beginning of Spring…
Any Daniel Tiger fans out there? My girls are and one of their favorite episodes, which they often quote in real life, is when Daniel and friends build “the tallest tower in the world!” This week’s Architecture and Engineering series activity invites them to build a tower and do just…
My girls love math games – especially when they involve lots of shiny, new loose parts. But official math manipulatives can be expensive, ranging anywhere from $10 to upwards of $30 for larger sets. The good news is you can play and teach all sorts of arithmetic with math manipulatives that…