Screen-Free Fun is the remedy for “I’m bored.”
This week is National Screen-Free week, our kids’ favorite week of the year. Ha! We love hearing from our readers about the different ways you manage screen time at home, including some of the tricks you’ve picked up from Cool Mom Tech. Lots of you have...
A fresh bouquet of free printable spring coloring pages from a favorite children’s book illustrator
If spring’s taking its sweet time to arrive in your part of the country, these charming free printable spring coloring pages from children’s book illustrator Melanie Hope Greenberg may help perk things up. Because if the pastels haven’t arrived...
Where to find the stunning new A Wrinkle in Time board game. Wow.
Are your kids as obsessed with Madeline L’Engle and Meg and Charles Wallace and tesseracts (and Oprah!) as ours are right now? If so, you may want to pre-order A Wrinkle in Time: A Daring Adventure game. Liz spotted USAopoly’s beautiful new board game at...
Free A Wrinkle In Time coloring pages + activity sheets let kids make their own magic.
Disney has just released a lovely series of free A Wrinkle In Time coloring pages, perfect for those kids who are counting the days until A Wrinkle In Time hits theaters — or counting the days until they can see it a second or third time, as the case may be...
5 terrific children’s books about activism to help raise activist kids
We have talked so much recently about raising activist kids and what we can do to help them and encourage them to get involved with whatever cause inspires them. And one of the first place we turn, are books. In this case, wonderful children’s books about...
A custom board game for preschoolers can help you win best birthday gift ever.
My board-gaming family geeked out just a little this week, getting our hands on our very own personalized board game, Our Family’s Race Across the U.S.A. For my kids, a new board game is always fun…but one with their own photos as the game pieces? Minds...
Download these free printable Wonder activity sheets and help choose kind
We’re all huge fans of RJ Palacio’s Wonder and the 2017 Wonder movie that the book inspired. Fans as in, we all sobbed into our popcorn bowls and loved every minute. So I was psyched to discover these free printable Wonder-themed activity sheets (PDF)...
Let Keith Haring make your kids into the next Keith Haring
Considering this cold weather in the northeast shows no signs of going anywhere (keep it to yourselves, SoCal friends!) I continue to collect collecting plenty of indoor activities to keep the kids busy. We’ve loved OMY’s giant coloring posters for a while...
6 educational activities for preschoolers that make time fly when you’re stuck indoors
When the weather has made taking your kids to the park impossible — or at least, miserable — it’s helpful to have a few creative educational activities handy to keep preschoolers busy and entertained indoors. Because these winter days are soooo long....Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz!
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