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Halloween or not, we’re all afraid of spiders (well, most of us are anyway), so the fact that these little critters are associated with the year’s spookiest season is no wonder at all. Although most of us don’t want spiders casually hanging around our houses, during Halloween, it seems that we can set our fears aside and use realistic spiders as decoration, and everybody just seems to love them! Not only spiders, mind you, but everything related to them, such as spider webs, cocoons, and spider eggs, get us excited on Halloween, apparently. However, decorations producers seem to have picked...

Games + Circle Time = engaged whole group learning!  Whole group games work SOOO incredibly well at circle time.  I use them on the daily and these games allow me to work with students as a group to practice/review all those academic skills - but in a fun way! Sidenote...Did you happen to catch the Supercharge your Circle Time post?  It was all about adding some *newness* inside your circle time routine, while still keeping it... well... routine!  If you haven't went and checked it out, go do so - because it sort of sets the stage for this Circle...

The evenings are getting cooler, and I can sense that special, autumn crispness all around me. If you haven’t already done so, check your crafting supplies, because here come the autumnal-themed crafting ideas for you and your whole family. There’s something for everyone on this list.Grab your hot cocoa or warm cider, gather your supplies, and prepare to create some beautiful fall crafts with the family. There are many decorative materials right outside your door.Related Post: 25 Fun and Festive Fall Pallet ProjectsFall Crafts to ConsiderHere are 13 ideas to consider doing with your family this fall.Pressed Leaves and Flowers...

As technology advances, devices with screens get more sophisticated, cheaper, and, for parents, more worrisome. The pressure to plop the kid in front of an iPad for hours on end is strong, but so is the sense of guilt that pushes some parents to ban screens altogether. The correct response seems to be somewhere between laissez-faire and digital teetotalism, and it’s up to parents to figure out how much and what kind of screen time is best for their kids.A good place to start developing nuanced rules for screen time is dispelling myths that, while accepted as conventional wisdom, are...

Not every kid takes to bath time like a young Aquaman/woman. The earlier you can get them comfortable in the water, the sooner the nightly routine becomes that much smoother. And what better way to do that than by making the tub one big, wet playpen filled with special toys that only appear when the faucets are turned on? As bath toys can be weirdly expensive, we rounded up 22 of the best bath toys for toddlers and babies under $10. We’re talkin’ basketball hoops, animal squirters, and submarines driven by monkeys. Doesn’t bathtime seem more appealing already?READ MORE: The Fatherly Guide to Bath...