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Helping children along the path to reading and writing can be a bit daunting. But it doesn’t have to be! These early literacy activities are fun, engaging, AND help set a great foundation. Be sure to add them to your list of activities for preschoolers at home or school. Simple Early Literacy Activities All of the literacy activities you’ll find below are easy! When I say “easy” I mean that they’re simple to set up and don’t use too many materials. This simplicity doesn’t take away from all of the learning the kids do though! These ideas are perfect for...

I know that I am not the only person out there who wants to give their toddler the best tools and resources to grow, learn, and thrive. In fact, I think it is safe to say that we all want the best for our little ones. With that in mind and the reality that social distancing is still prime, finding a valuable learning platform for them to enrich their lives is essential. Luckily, there is a new app launched today called Pre-K Preschool Games for Kids. From memory improvements to perfecting numbers, colors, shapes, body parts, and much more, this...

Our unwelcome nationwide experiment has confirmed our suspicions: Working full-time from home while keeping young kids educated and entertained is impossible. Toddlers and preschool-age kids aren’t developmentally ready for extended solo playtime, and even if you’re not opposed to parking them in front of screens, they’ll eventually get bored. What you need is a safe, reasonably educational, and time-consuming activity that requires only half-distracted parental assistance. Believe it or not, such a thing exists: the scavenger hunt.A form of good clean fun, the scavenger hunt, like hide-and-seek, is as old as time; scavenger hunt clues give parents a chance to...

Nickelodeon’s hit interactive preschool series Blue’s Clues & You! will skidoo onto DVD for the first time on June 2, featuring four exciting episodes from the show’s debut season. The series follows beloved puppy Blue and live-action host Josh (Josh Dela Cruz) as they invite a new generation of preschoolers on clue-led adventures and solve a puzzle in each episode.In the Blue’s Clues & You! DVD collection, fans can help Josh solve games of Blue’s Clues as he tries to figure out what Blue wants for a snack, what present she wants for her birthday, what she would like to do on her playdate...

Special Replay:  Teaching with Creation Science Study Guides Episode 362 How do you teach Creation Science when you have no background in science? Try teaching with Creation Science Study Guides! Primary sources are always the best, but how about first-hand research? In this episode, we will delve into not only why teaching creation science is important but some amazing resources to complete your homeschool library. Many years ago, early in my homeschool journey I attended a homeschool conference and walked away with hundreds of dollars worth of books on the topic of creation science and no idea how to teach...