Gamifying Cleanup with Clause 2 Subsection 4: The Cleanup and Reward Dice 🎲
One of the constant struggles I've had with the rules at our house is incentivizing clean up in a more fun and exciting way. Here's my gamified solution.
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Celebrate New Year's Eve Before Bed-Time 🕰
Just because your kids go to bed 3-6 hours before midnight, doesn't mean they have to stay up late to celebrate!
Saturn and Jupiter Are Really Close!! 🪐
The cool thing about this conjunction is that it's the closest that Jupiter and Saturn have appeared since 1623, but one thing to keep in mind is …
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 🎲
Could there be a more fun way to learn? Almost all board games incorporate learning opportunities. For example, just think (from the perspective of a 2 year old) how much knowledge of math is needed to simply roll the dice and move your token forward the required number of spaces.
The Best and Nerdiest Educational Toy Ever 🎁
Learning how to solve a Rubik's cube is an insanely good way to improve your kids' problem solving ability, memory, patience, focus and concentration!
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.
Stay Safe and Nerdy This Halloween! 🎃 👻
Well, we've decided to give trick-or-treating a try tomorrow. This took a fair bit of thought because of the recent increase in COVID-19 cases in our area, but I think it will be workable with a few additions to our family Policies and Procedures manual.
Obscure cardboard costume creation with math and polyhedra nets 🥕
As I mentioned last week: October is here, so it's time to put a pause on spreadsheets, board games, and cleanup and focus all our efforts on another important skill to teach your kids: creativity. One way I've found to support my kids in developing their design and theatre skills
Pre-bedtime City Astronomy ✨
Last week while reading our regular bed time story, my 8.2 year old noticed a bright light in the sky outside through the window. This was pretty impressive given that the lights were on inside and there was a significant reflection. So we all jumped up and ran outside
Systematizing family movie night 📼
Well it can't be all educational all the time (although I guess for young children it kind of is since so much is new to them). Anyway, my point is that sometimes you need to unwind after a long week of learning and working. So this week, thanks to a
Learning from Monopoly 🎲 at 2.6 years old 👶 (and up)
Board games are incredibly good learning tools, especially for math, reading, problem solving, learning how to develop strategies within existing systems, competition (including how to win and lose with at least some semblance of grace)
Policies and Procedures 📜
This post is the first of a series of posts about the Prentice Family Human Creation and Development Group’s Policies and Procedures Manual, or what most families likely call "the rules". As my kids started getting older, I thought there might be some benefit to
Getting back into typing ⌨️
Well, here we go again, back into school, and this year our family decided to do online learning instead of in school due to the pandemic. We finally received some info from the school (at least for one of our two students), so I asked my now grade-3-er to check
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