The carnival season officially starts after the Twelfth Night, on Epiphany (January 6), although the majority of the Mardi Gras parades do not roll until closer to Fat Tuesday (the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday). What better way to get into the Mardi Gras spirit than to make a Mardi Gras mask. Why do people wear […]
Valentine’s Day Kids Activities
With Valentine’s Day coming up, S and I have been having fun with love inspired learning activities. S always enjoy hands on learning activities and if it’s themed and there is candy involved it’s even better. Here are some of our favorites: Valentine’s Day Card Making Handing out Valentine’s Day cards is a like a […]
Animal Tracks + Snow Playdough
Disclosure: My Big Fat Happy Life is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com. I believe I have mentioned before that one of my daughter’s favorite books is Who Pooped in the […]
Early Learning: Letter M
I haven’t shared some of our homeschooling activities lately. Here’s a look at our letter M week! The first thing I do when we sit down on the first morning is to look at a flash card with the letter M on it. Then we talk about different words that begin with that letter. […]
Christmas Traditions: Christmas Book Advent
Disclosure: My Big Fat Happy Life is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com. During S’s first December, she was too young for an advent calendar but I wanted to start some […]
Starting a Thankful Journal with Your Child
One thing I want to teach my daughter is to be grateful for the things that are a part of her life. I want her to understand that life is full of moments to be thankful for and to not take those moments for granted. In the spirit of the month of November and Thanksgiving, […]
How to Have a Backyard Scavenger Hunt with FREE Printable
I introduced S to scavenger hunts a couple falls ago, when we first moved out to the country. It was instant love and she has repeatedly asked to do more. We have done scavenger hunts in a couple different ways 1) creating a chart with photos and words on the computer (see below for a FREE […]
How to Encourage Writing with Young Children
I was asked by a reader how I to encourage writing with S. I try to make practicing writing letters and words fun. We use a variety of mediums so that S does not get bored. When S was first learning letters we took one letter at a time starting with the letters in her […]
Kiwi Crate August Review
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Wow! Talk about a fun, creative, educational subscription box for kids! We had so much fun with Kiwi Crate this month. The theme for this month’s box was wonders of water and we received three activities. Kiwi Crate thinks of everything that you will need to complete their projects and […]
Dinosaur Swamp Small World Play
S is in love with dinosaurs right now, so of course, we had to make a Dinosaur Swamp Small World Play. Small worlds are a great way to promote imaginative play and to learn and explore different environments. We have been reading a lot of books about dinosaurs, her favorite being the Magic Tree House: […]