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Recommendations suitable for 2 year olds!
The 77 Best Kid-Friendly Books That Are Educational AND Awesome 📘
Reading any book will surely contribute to your children's knowledge and skills, particularly in the areas of language, vocabulary, listening, attention span, and reading itself. This is great, but why not help your kids in these areas plus additional educational areas (such as math, technology, life, science, engineering, equity, art,
An Amazingly Simple and Fun Board Game 🖐
My kids recently re-discovered Spot It! and have been playing it a lot the last few weeks. It's surprisingly great for young kids!
Conceptualizing Large Numbers With Jelly Beans 𐄡
Understanding big numbers and what they really mean is tough. "How Many Jelly Beans?" is a great book for helping with this!
Teaching Through Song 🎵
I can't think of a better way to engrain information into a human's brain than through song. How would any of us have ever learned the alphabet without music?
Four Fun Modifications of Catan That Work with Young Kids 🪵 🧱
Even the setup of Settlers of Catan can be complicated. For it to work well with younger kids, it's best to start with a simpler version.
Educational and Still Fun After Countless Iterations: "Ten Apples Up On Top" 🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎
"Ten Apples Up On Top" is one of my favourite educational books for babies and toddlers.
3 Ways to "Travel" Without Leaving Home 🏝
After being cooped up due to the pandemic, you're probably wishing you could go on an adventure or relax on the beach. Why not try a virtual trip?
The 17 Best Board Games for Kids AND Their Parents 🎲
Get your kids to eat their dinner with gamified, time-limited rewards 🥦 → 🍬
I've noticed the last few days, maybe longer, that my two younger kids (2.7 and 4.5) haven't been doing a great job of finishing their dinner.
Astronauts are flying right over your house; go take a look 🛰 #ISS
From the city, if you time it right, the ISS can be a really inspiring astronomical object to show your kids.
Pre-bedtime City Astronomy ✨
Systematizing family movie night 📼
A question from my 3-year-old about going to the moon
I borrowed the book On the Moon from the library years ago and really enjoyed it! I often forget that if I last read a book 1-2 years ago, my younger kids likely don't remember it all. Perhaps they weren't even born when I last read it. That's one of
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