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Inside: Get some fun inspiration for your next Girl Scout Meeting with 20+ Daisy Girl Scout Sunny Petal Ideas. Affiliate links are used in this post. Hello! I hope your Girl Scout year is off to a great start. I’m Laura and this is my second year as a Girl Scout Troop Leader. We have…
Inside: Get some epic Girl Scout Cookie Selling Shirts to help your scouts sell more cookies and make more dough! Ha! Get it! I’m adding some affiliate links to all the shirts for easy browsing and shopping. Cookie selling season is always a fun but hectic part of the Girl Scout year for troops but…
Inside: Get ideas and tips for new girl scout leaders from a troop leader who was recently in your shoes. Navigating the girl scout system can be overwhelming, try these tips to get started. I’m including a few affiliate links to helpful products as well. As you might have read in my Open Letter to…
Happy Summer! Has your family been doing any traveling this summer? If so, you’re going to love this list of fun games to play in the car! These games reinforce facts my children have already learned, and in a fun way that helps keep them distracted during a long car ride. Even though it’s summer…
You don’t often think of school readiness and summer at the same time but I say summer time is the perfect opportunity to get your preschooler ready for kindergarten! There is less pressure and fewer rushed routines over the summer plus you can advantage of the great summer weather to learn in a playful way! Every kid…
Today I am sharing ways to encourage your kids to be budding authors, or rather how to raise budding authors. Affiliate links are shared in this post. My 6 1/2 year old is a gentle, sweet, creative soul. She loves crafts, art, and anything DIY. My 4 1/2 year old son is a busy builder….
Today I am sharing a preview activity from my book The Unofficial Guide to Learning with LEGO®. These three LEGO Reading Aids are simple tools to use LEGO® to engage readers of any skill level, from emerging to eager. These LEGO Reading Aids are totally quick and easy to put together. You could surprise your LEGO®…
Today I am sharing how to use a super simple Dollar Store Hack to make an awesome Sing Movie Activity for Kids. Introducing the DIY Moon Theatre Stage! I’m popping in a few affiliate links for easy shopping. We went to see the Sing Movie over the holidays and everyone in the family loved it….
Do you love scanning Pinterest for gorgeous ideas for your kids and home, like me? Then I know you’ve seen tons of beautiful toys, play furniture and learning tools that look amazing – if only you had the resources! These DIY Kid Hacks are life hacks specifically for kids’ play ideas. Maybe you don’t have the room…
Today I’m bringing you Fine Motor Skills Activities with Clothespins! Think about the way you hold a clothespin and you will instantly see how great they are for fine motor skills activities. They utilize those tiny muscles in the thumb and pointer finger which helps prepare little hands for all sorts of tasks – not…
We had a bunch of fun taking Little Big Man’s favorite song, The Itsy Bitsy Spider, and extending it with a fun fine motor craft! Introducing the Itsy Bitsy Spider Finger Puppet, SURE to get your little one’s hands moving! Quick note – affiliate links are used in this post for your convenience. I discovered an…
Even more fun with Dr. Seuss Activities! These Seuss sticks, as I call them, were super easy to make and can be used as dominoes as well as math manipulatives! When I first thought about making these sticks, I pictured making One Fish Two Fish dominoes. We don’t have a fish shaped paper punch though, nor…
Today it is all about Dr. Seuss Activities! Today it’s time, it’s time, it’s time for SLIME! But wait you, say, but wait- well jinx! This post includes affiliate links! We’re here today to talk and play. About all things Seuss: the good doctor, I say! Yesterday we made Seuss Dominoes and before that, 3 Lorax Crafts….
Each holiday it seems like we build up more and more candy. Sometimes it’s nice to give non-candy kids Valentines, isn’t it? This Valentine’s Day collection has the extra bonus of working on those awesome fine motor skills! Click through to each one for any directions or free printables involved! The only problem is deciding…
TGIFMF! This Fine Motor Fridays post focuses on Valentine’s Day Cutting Practice but you can add in paper punching, pasting and coloring depending on what you have on hand. I like to think of these as CUT-Punch-PASTE art projects, which we have done before and really enjoyed. These could be used as kid-made Valentine’s Day gifts,…
I enjoy Valentine’s Day Activities as much as the rest of them, but sometimes it’s fun to think outside of the heart-shaped box. Here are some fun Anti Valentine’s Day Crafts and Activities for kids! I have seen people doing baked cotton balls before around the interwebs. I thought it looked neat, but I wasn’t…
Today I am sharing a cool but quiet bowling activity for kids using natural, sustainable KORXX Cork Building Blocks. Thank you SO much to KORXX for sponsoring this invitation to play! Affiliate links are included in this post for easy shopping. The LalyKids are quite opposite in personality. Both are equally loved, of course, but…
Fall is my very favorite season of the year. The whooshing of the leaves, the cool crisp air and cozy sweaters all make me smile! So it is no surprise that today I am combining my favorite season with my favorite type of activity- fine motor activities! Each fall themed fine motor activity below will…
Today we explore light and shadow using a gorgeous set of all natural cork building blocks called KORXX. We are thrilled to have this invitation to play and create sponsored by KORXX. I’ve been writing more lately about how we are transitioning away from harmful chemicals in our personal products and I look for every…
Today I am writing about a toy we received a few weeks ago. Bunchems and Bunchems Alive have been played with daily since we opened them. At our new house we have a play room upstairs but I always like to keep some games and activities in a drawer near our kitchen table. We spend…
