Free Online Chore Tracking and Rewards System
We have struggled to get a consistent chore system set up in our home. But, I have just discovered an awesome online chore tracking system called MyJobChart that I think is going to make a big difference. It's a free tool that lets you manage your kids and chores...
Kids Learn Chess Free Online
Chess is a great game for kids to learn for many reasons, including improved concentration, problem solving ability, imagination, memory and self-motivation- all of which improve performance in school. Even as young as 4 and 5, kids can begin to learn and enjoy chess....
Make Time Pass More Quickly on a Car Trip
Do you get tired of hearing "are we there yet?" on long car trips? Next time try making a paper chain to take with you with each link representing a half hour of time. As each half hour passes, the kids can tear off one link and they have an easy visual sense of how...
Awesome Kids Crafts Website
Looking for a great source for kids crafts? Check out CraftClub! The site has easy to follow instructions for each craft and oodles to choose from. Each craft features step-by-step photos and short, video clips to help kids create their masterpieces. Craft Club also...
7 Activities to Keep Your Kids Busy Indoors
When times are tough or fast-paced, it’s tempting even for vehemently anti-TV parents to give in. These are some of the lowest-maintenance activities for your kids to do on rainy days or otherwise when you can’t get outside. Join in on the fun if you’ve made the...
Three Crafts Using Leftover Halloween Candy
That huge pile of leftover candy on your dining room table, the one taking up space whenever your family sits down to eat, serves as a reminder of all the fuss that goes into Halloween and how quickly the fuss fizzes away. You’re left with a dumpster full of candy...
Print, Color and Build Your Own Nativity Scene
The year has flown by and it won't be long until Christmas. I found this great print, color and build Nativity scene today to share with you. After printing and coloring the pieces, they're wrapped around toilet paper rolls and it makes the cutest nativity set. The...
A Great Use for Extra Halloween Goodies: Candy Experiments
Wondering what do with all that leftover Halloween candy, besides eat it of course?! How about doing some delicious science experiments with it? Candy Experiments is a great site with ideas for experimenting with all kinds of candy, including floating the S right off...
Funniest, Goofiest Kids Halloween Costumes
Halloween is a great opportunity for the kids to have fun dressing up, but there are times when you see a kid dressed up in something particularly dorky, that you wonder if the parent did that to their child just have some blackmail fodder for later in life. On that...
NASA will put your child’s face in space
If you have kids who love outer space, space shuttles, rockets, and all things NASA, check out their Face in Space program. You submit your child's picture and name, and it will be taken to space on one of the two remaining space shuttle missions. After the mission,...
