I have been using this homeschool crate system now for five years. With 4 kids, it has become a crucial part of our homeschool. While it takes a lot of planning and prep work over the summer, it makes the school year run incredibly smoothly. Even when life gets busy, I know the bare minimum my kids need to get done each week to be where we want to be in June. Rather than making our homeschool too rigid, I feel like it provides us with more flexibility. While I have modified this system to better suit our family, I did not come up with it. Several years ago, a friend showed me this post where a mom designed a...
By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use. This post may contain affiliate links. Read our disclosure policy. Follow us on Instagram for more fun ideas for kids! Watch the video below to see this amazing Pencil in Water Bag Experiment. Make sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel for more fun videos! This amazing Pencil in Water Bag Experiment is a cool science project for kids that creates an instant wow factor. Have you heard of this classic Pencil in a Bag Experiment? What we love about it is that it’s seriously so easy to set up and always gets a wow reaction from the kids! My son loves mesmerizing science experiments like Elephant Toothpaste or Magic Milk Experiment so he...
We have some good news for anyone out there with a sweet tooth looking for something healthy to snack on. You don’t have to deny your cravings for sweets to live a healthy lifestyle. Just commit to changing the way you “do” sweet. Put down the processed candy, the rich bakery cakes, and the packaged cookies, and start getting your fix of healthy sweet snacks from wholesome foods like fruits, nuts, and dark chocolate. We’ve put together a list of healthy sweet snacks that also happen to pack a nutritional (and energizing) punch. As you enjoy these robust sweets instead of empty sugar bombs, your body will be trained to crave better-for-you treats with substance instead of just sugar. Healthy...
These Key Stage 2 science experiments are great for school or home and perfect to sit alongside science in the classroom for Key Stage 2 in the UK or for children aged between around 7-11 who love science! If a science challenge is more your thing, we’ve got easy STEM challenges using newspaper, FREE STEM Challenge cards and lots of easy ideas for science fun at home created in association with the Primary Science Teaching Trust. If you like a good science book This IS Rocket Science has lots of easy ideas that cover forces including gravity, air resistance and friction as well as a science activity linked to each planet in the solar system. Plant Science Investigations for Key Stage 2 Dissect a...
While many of us currently cooped up with our families might kill for a so-called “sister-wife” right now, even those who have one—namely, cohabitating sisters Hannah Olavarria and Kelty Green—are hitting bumps in the road. In today’s Mom Talk essay, the twin sisters (whom we recently profiled) behind the podcast Upbringing fill us in on their current reality and how they are striving to find connection with their kids amidst the chaos. Every day begins with so much promise. We’ve begrudgingly acknowledged that there’s a “new normal” upon us as our two families hunker down on our shared farm for the foreseeable future. We’ve staked out makeshift office nooks on our beds and in our closets. We’ve painstakingly crafted...
