When it comes to fall crafts for the kids, decorating pumpkins is a must. While spooky (or funny) carved Jack’O Lanterns are fun to see glowing on porches during trick-or-treat, the kids always love no carve pumpkin decorating ideas the best. This Paint and Glitter Pumpkin has become my sparkle-loving daughter’s favorite. I’m sure […]
10 Activities Using Real Pumpkins
Fall is the time for pumpkins. People everywhere love to carve pumpkins, or use no carve pumpkin decorating ideas. Do you have pumpkins? Wish there was something else to do with them besides just carving or painting them and waiting for them to rot? Here are 10 fun pumpkin activities that use real pumpkins. […]
Candy Learning Activities
This year Halloween was cold and wet! The kids wound up with tons of candy, though. (I think the weather made people extra generous.) Instead of letting all that candy go to waste (or eating it all at once), I’m planning a homeschool unit full of learning activities using candy. Over the past […]
Sight Word Tic-Tac-Toe
Phonics skills are important for helping kids sound out unknown words. Sight words also play a big role in teaching early reading skills. Sight word games can make sight word practice at home more fun. You can easily make your own sight word tic-tac-toe game, and modify it to match the season or interests […]
Putting the “Trick” in Trick-or-Treat
This year we were tricked. Well, maybe not exactly on purpose, but when it comes to “Trick or Treat” this Halloween — a trick is what we got. It all started on the school steps when I was waiting to pick up my daughter from kindergarten. A few other moms were talking […]
