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Today I'm sharing the top materials ordered by HWM readers through Amazon (US) in the year 2021. This post includes a ton of product links, if that isn't your thing please skip this post. I hope you find this useful and that you get some great ideas for your children for now or for the future!  Let's start by looking at toddler toys and materials. The Radio Flyer Classic Walker Wagon is popular year after year (mainly due to this article). My children adored the Melissa & Doug Deluxe Pound and Roll Wooden Tower and the Galt Pop Up Toy so...

Grown-ups dish on the appropriate amounts of New Year’s money to gift depending on the age of a child. With all of Japan now in the holiday lull that accompanies the biggest holiday of the year, New Year’s, it’s a rare opportunity for many Japanese people to kick back under the kotatsu, watch special TV programming, and spend their days eating, eating, and more eating. The younger crowd also has something to look forward to in the form of otoshidama, or New Year’s gift money that they may receive from various relatives. While there’s no clear consensus on the age...

Waiting is hard for young children who spent infancy being picked up, fed, and entertained. But it’s also inevitable. Around toddlerhood — really as soon as they can understand — kids are asked for something altogether new: patience. This is tough for kids but also important. Teaching little kids how to wait isn’t just instilling this virtue of patience in them, it shapes the kind of adults they’ll become.Children need to learn to wait for many things, and for many reasons. They are asked to wait their turn to play with a toy. They’re challenged to hold their pee while other...

It is the end of an era. My youngest child finally knows his alphabet well enough that these homemade wall letter posters no longer make sense to display in my home as if we were a full-time preschool. Before I take them down, I thought I would share some of the ways these wall posters have worked for us over the last 10 years. Originally, I didn’t start off by making them into alphabet displays. When my oldest was maybe 6 months old and we were practicing signing, I hung a few animals around the house….a frog, a deer, a...

Are you homeschooling Kindergarten? Looking for monthly Kindergarten no-prep activities that are simple to prepare {just print!} yet engaging for your kindergartner? Our January no prep packet is just what you need!  This seasonal printable pack provides your young child with loads of math and literacy activities to support young learners’ educational growth and review in a fun way! January No-Prep Activity Pack January is such a fun month in kindergarten! There are so many fun winter-themed ideas for you to explore and this pack has it all! Adorable polar animals, snow, snowmen, winter clothing, and more! With adorable graphics and engaging activities, your child will have loads of fun! Sometimes, coming back...