Preschoolers

5 FREE, and little prep ways to entertain your child

July 23, 2012

Budgets are tight when family vacations come up. Here’s 5 free ways to entertain your toddler to help your budget stretch farther and make your car trip smoother! 1.  Puppet fun.  Draw on your hands to make little puppets.  Demonstrate to your child how to make her hand talk and sing or have an older [...]

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Brain Quest

July 18, 2012

It’s “What’s Out There Wednesday,” the day I find products that are easy to travel with.  My highlight today is Brain Quest. Brain Quest targets a wide range of ages, you just have to make sure you find the right one you are looking for.  If you have never really examined these, the boxes open [...]

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12 ways to entertain young kids on a hike or outdoor activity

July 16, 2012

Teaching the love of the outdoors is an important thing to pass on to our kids.  Most children will start out strong during a family outing, but will fade if they get tired, hot, hungry, or bored.  Here are 11 great ways to keep the happy factor up!     1.  Find walking sticks.  Experiment [...]

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Creating Memories Through Vacation Traditions

June 25, 2012

Do you have something you consistently do every vacation that adds to your memories?  Or would you like to learn more ideas about how to do so? I’m excited to announce my guest post with Power of Moms, “Creating Memories Through Vacation Traditions,“  filled with childhood stories, old pictures, and family travel ideas.   I [...]

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Easy Recording Fun

June 19, 2012

Need some instant fun?  Today’s What’s out there Wednesday highlight is a cool little gadget for recording.   Talk Point, a battery operated device from Learning Resources is easy to use and extremely fun for toddlers, preschoolers, and even older kids.  My kid have had an absolute blast with it. Here’s how it works: Switch [...]

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Learn to draw and other free printables from Activity Village

June 15, 2012

I love finding cool sites on the web that help in our family travels.  Today I wanted to highlight Activity Village from the UK.  This site prides itself on free activities for parents and teachers and has fabulous resources for families.   In my search for freebies that will help parents traveling with young kids, [...]

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Preboarding with young kids

May 25, 2012

Boarding a plane early with young kids can be a lifesaver if you really need the extra time to get situated.  It is so nice to take a few extra moments without the entire plane waiting for you to move. We have been flying a lot lately, and I have really noticed airlines’ differing stances [...]

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Sticker creations

May 23, 2012

It’s What’s out there Wednesday!  Today’s highlight is Melissa and Doug’s Sticker Pads. If you haven’t see these, they are so cool!  We flew to Colorado last weekend and my preschooler as well as older children couldn’t wait to do this activity. The one I got was the Melissa & Doug Sweets & Treats Sticker [...]

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Make Your Child the Star of a Digital Story

May 21, 2012

Who doesn’t love to see their own face and name in a story?  As a great way to entertain your toddler or preschooler, personalized story books can be a real help.  A digital app makes things even easier. I just recently found the website JibJab.  They have a fantastic free app that comes with 1 [...]

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No more tangled headphone wires

May 16, 2012

For those young children who enjoy listening to music on an iPod or iShuffle, dealing with the wires from the headphone can be quite annoying.  Not to mention that they get all tangled up in the backpack. Well, this next product to the rescue for What’s Out There Wednesday.  It is the Nite Ize Curvyman. [...]

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Keeping a preschooler busy on the plane

May 14, 2012

A couple of weeks ago, we went on a family trip to Kauai.  For the long flight, I wanted to make sure I was over prepared for things to do with my preschooler.  Good thing too!  We had an extra 5 hours of flight time that we weren’t planning on (more on that in a [...]

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Toddler fun with water doodle books

May 9, 2012

It’s What’s Out There Wednesday time!  Today’s highlight is a small little book that you only need water to have fun.   These little books are the Water WOW! Doodle Books.  Just fill the little pen with water and let your toddler or preschooler have coloring fun, mess free. You can find versions of these [...]

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Travel and Entertaining with, oh yes, a Mechanical Counter

May 7, 2012

We know that for young kids, any new thing can be exciting to play with. Counting games can be especially enjoyable for preschoolers {and elementary age kids} as you are driving.  Toddlers also love them, but may need a little more help. One thing that is wonderful to have in your travel bag is a [...]

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Keeping little ones happy in a restaurant

May 4, 2012

When you are traveling and eating out more often than usual, little ones can be difficult to keep happy while waiting for your food.  Heck, they are difficult whether traveling or not! Here is a fantastic post I found on pinterest, “10 Restaurant Waiting Games to Play with Kids”.  Some are games you’ve played, some [...]

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Scavenger Hunt games

May 2, 2012

Today’s What’s out there Wednesday is for another great set of games for roadtrips. CarTag has three different games I have seen: “Letters & Numbers,” “Scavenger Hunt,” and “License Plate Poker.” Pretty self-explanatory, this game can be played up to four players.  Each player gets a game booklet and a pencil and searches for items [...]

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