Brighten the Neighborhood with Art
Create your own stained glass window. This collaborative project is a great way to get everyone involved in creating a little beauty for you to enjoy in the house while also sharing it with your neighbors.
Activities
19 Creative Shows to Binge Watch Today
Is the food situation feeling like an episode of Chopped? Get inspired by this list of must see, family-friendly, reality shows featuring both children and adults and get creative in this time of social distancing.
Everyone Needs Something to Do.
Since we’re all housebound and Amazon is still delivering, it’s a perfect time to shop online for some fresh arts and crafts activities. All kids light up at a new creative project, but especially our right brain kids. They need to create. They need to make stuff.
Getting Creative While Raising a Right Brain Thinker
Being a right brain thinker is amazing as a kid and adult, but it can take some growing into. Right brain thinkers are so full of ideas, creativity and unique ways of doing things, it can be overwhelming even for them. Here are a few things that are crucial for your child’s success.
Survive and Thrive this Winter Break
When faced with an extended period of time off school, it’s exciting to be free from schedules and homework. Fear strikes when you realize no school means no routines and nothing for the kids to do all day. But have no fear! There are ways to make your time off fun, maybe even fruitful. You could even get a bit of mom time in!
How to Get Your Kids Writing.
Kids have an easier time communicating their ideas using pictures and visual kids think in images… lucky for us, drawings are the best story starters! If you need an activity to encourage the love of writing, this story paper package is going to help.
5 Reasons the Kids Should Be Making Thanksgiving Dinner
Cooking with our kids is a great way to spend time together, while involved in purposeful activity. But there’s much more that happens when we invite our kids to engage in the kitchen.
How to Ace This Week’s Spelling Test
Rote memorization and recitation are just not the way visual thinkers learn new concepts. So, we have to come up with more creative, visual, hands-on techniques to achieve great results.
Let’s Admit It… We All Need Some Screen Time
As the weather cools off and the daylight starts to disappear, the kids are going to be spending more time indoors. That usually means more screen time. Tablets and phones can be utilized as valuable teaching tools for children, and their mobility means they can go anywhere a child does. Amidst some of the the silly, useless apps out there are some that can make the difference in your child’s learning and vocabulary development. Here are our top iPad app picks for elementary school learning by grade:
Learning on the Go
From doctor’s appointments for school physicals, waiting in line at amusement parks or riding in the car on road trips, waiting is everywhere this summer. Use the down time to stop summer brain drain.
