Category: Parenting

Bickering: How to Handle It without Yelling or Time-Out

What is it about sibling relationships that feeds the bickering bus all day every day?  Is it the sheer proximity our kids have with their siblings?  Is it the similar genetics, the limited resources of parental attention and living space, or the ornery enjoyment of pestering another person that drives our kids to continuously push […]

Story Hour for Preschoolers: Everything You Need To Know

Does anyone else feel like story hour for preschoolers and younger can be a little…tricky at times? Anyone have rambunctious rugrats who can’t sit still for five minutes? Who seem to prefer shredding paper to snuggling on your lap to hear a story? I’m so with you! Today we’re gonna talk about story hour for […]

Simple Method To Make Your Own Ink

Simple method to make your own ink that your kids will LOVE to experiment with. Make writing fun with this easy ink your kids could make!!

Have you ever thought to make your own ink? I never did until I started homeschooling my boys. We found a couple different methods that involved eels, and crushing up different colored rocks.  Since eels aren’t a common fish we catch here up in the mountains (HA HA) our option was colored rocks. We just […]

Stress Free Tips to Teach Your Child to Read

Easy stress free tips you can do daily to teach your child to read. A Natural, fun and exciting way to teach your children to read

Are you looking for stress free tips to teach your child to read? Look no further! I am here to tell you that teaching your child to read can be incredibly easy if you let it be easy. I have been in a unique situation in that I have had 5 boys and I have […]

Entertaining Geometric Paper Towel Art

This geometric paper towel art activity will have your child busy and wanting more! The designs your child can create are endless! Each paper towel will look different. Great activity your child can do while you are reading aloud to them.

Alright people!! Are you ready to have your mind blown of the simplicity and ease of this activity! This geometric paper towel art is sure to be an activity that your kids will do over and over again. I have 5 boys and they sit doing this for 30+ minutes, sometimes more! Another fun activity […]

DIY Water Wheel & Pros and Cons of Hydropower

The pros and cons of hydropower can be discussed as your kids play and experiment with make their own water wheel to see how hydropower works first hand! Hands on activity to discover the water wheel and how it can create power. Is it a good or a bad thing! Discover the pros and cons of hydropower!

Are you ready to discuss the pros and cons of hydropower as you create your own water wheel? Hydropower, or hydro electric power, is truly a marvel of human engineering. With the right equipment, people are able to harness the energy generated by water’s moving force and use it to power the cities we live in. […]