Teach Your Child to Read: Phonics Resources We Love

Teach Your Child to Read: Phonics Resources We Love

Teaching your child to read may seem a daunting task, but just as you taught your child to walk and talk, you can absolutely teach your child this wonderful and necessary skill. Here are the resources we have found most effective in supporting our budding readers. 

Christmas Classics: Tomie dePaola

Christmas Classics: Tomie dePaola

Get ready to grab some cocoa and snuggle in with your favorite kiddos for these wonderful Christmas books!

Fall Nature Walks

Fall Nature Walks

We’re out exploring in this beautiful autumn weather! Read more to see what we’ve found!

Election Day: An Introduction to Peaceful Parenting

Election Day: An Introduction to Peaceful Parenting

An introduction to peaceful parenting — how to raise your children without violence and coercion. Today is the day to start.

Walking Robot Project & The Physics of Easter Island

Walking Robot Project & The Physics of Easter Island

For thousands of years, the ingenuity of human beings has allowed us to do the seemingly impossible. Check out these two examples of how physics and a little creative thinking can have almost magical results!

Cooking with Kids: Applesauce & Apple Butter

Cooking with Kids: Applesauce & Apple Butter

The weather is finally cooling off and we are soaking up that autumn sunshine! We love apples anytime, but especially in the fall, so to celebrate, we’d like to share our favorite super easy recipes for applesauce and apple butter.

Tracking Your Preschooler’s Progress: One Easy Method

Tracking Your Preschooler’s Progress: One Easy Method

Recently, some friends of ours gave our kids a box of over 1000 stickers. As much as I enjoy scraping stickers off my hardwood floors, we decided to use them a bit more productively instead! Check out this fun and simple method for tracking and encouraging your preschooler’s progress!

Children Learn Everywhere

Children Learn Everywhere

Ah, the wisdom of John Holt!  It seems a simple idea, but we so often forget that our children are learning all the time through every experience they have and every idea they encounter. Read more to find out how our two-year-old reminded us of this simple fact in a surprising way!

Rainbow Rain

Rainbow Rain

Another great science activity — quick and easy demonstration you can do with items you already have around your house.

Read Aloud Book Recommendation: We’re Going on a Bear Hunt

Read Aloud Book Recommendation: We’re Going on a Bear Hunt

Helen Oxenbury’s beautiful illustrations bring fresh life to this classic tale of daring and adventure! Another highly recommended read!