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DIY Natural Plant-Based Dyes

One of our very favorite weeks with The Playful Pioneers curriculum (based on the Little House series!) is when we create our own plant based dyes!  The timing this year…

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Create, Learn

DIY Hummingbird Feeder

Easy DIY Hummingbird Feeder We’ve put together a few ideas we found on Pinterest to create an easy to follow tutorial on how to make your very own hummingbird feeder. …

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Learn

Our Favorite Books about Canada

Our favourite books about Canada! Enjoy! ABC of Canada by Kim Bellefountaine 123 of Canada by Kim Bellefountaine C is for Canada by Michael Ulmer  Goodnight Canada by Adam Gamble…

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Learn

A Closer Look at Snowflakes

We always kick off the first week of Winter with a snowflake study and this year was no different.  We decided to give the classic paper snowflake a twist when…

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Create

Easy Wildflower Seed Bomb Tutorial

We have been making “Seed Bombs” every spring for the last few years and thought we would share our easy and blender-free tutorial with you.  “Seed Bombs” are usually made…

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Create

Making Chia Seed Jam with Kids

One of the highlights of Summer for us is berry picking.  Whether it’s blueberries and strawberries from our garden, wild strawberries from our yard or blackberries and raspberries that we…

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Travel

Travel Activities for Kids

Mess Free Chalk Coloring Book by  Jaq Jaq Bird Butterstix Dustless Chalk by Jaq Jaq Bird Travel Bingo by eeboo “Water Wow” by Melissa and Doug “Scratch and Sketch” by…

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Create, Learn

Easy Play Dough Activities

Today we are sharing ten of our favorite, EASY play dough activities!  These all can be done with things you have in the house already! Enjoy!   Use puzzle pieces…

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    Green Gables, Prince Edward Island with Kids

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    A little photo diary of our trip to see Green Gables on the picturesque Prince Edward Island… Our first stop was the beautiful barn.  The girls were greeted by two fabulous Parks Canada hosts who gave them each an explorer’s booklet to complete during their visit.  These little touches really capture the girls attention and they LOVED completing these tasks (we did too!). Next up, the main attraction…Green Gables! Pantry and Sewing Room  Newspaper from 1885. The girls loved spotting the chamber pots! Heheh Anne Shirley’s room! Lots of detail…including…

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    DIY Natural Scented “Thinking Putty” or Playdough

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    August 14, 2018
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    April 5, 2021
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    Anne of Green Gables Activities

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    Early this summer, we booked a week of camping in Prince Edward Island with friends.  It would be impossible to plan such a trip without a little Anne of Green Gables fun!  So, we did what any fan(atic) would do and we added every possible “Anne” book to our library list and pinned every activity found on Pinterest.  Here are our favourites to save you some time! We delved in slowly since the girls are still young, I wanted them to have a taste of what the original novel has…

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    Our Curriculum Choices

    December 18, 2017
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    Our Favorite Usborne Books

    June 26, 2018
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    Easy Beeswax Dipped Leaves

    November 17, 2020
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    Our Favorite Usborne Books

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    “Big Picture Atlas” by Emily Bone “See Inside Great Cities” by Rob Lloyd Jones and David Hancock “Look Inside Our World” by Emily Bone “See Inside Exploration and Discovery” by Emily Bone “Look Inside Mummies and Pyramids” by Rob Lloyd Jones “Big Picture Book: Long Ago” by Laura Cowan “See Inside Castles” by Katie Daynes “Look Inside Things that Go” by Rob Lloyd Jones “Big Book of Big Trains” by Megan Cullis “Big Book of Stars and Planets” by Emily Bone “Look Inside Space” by Rob Lloyd Jones “See Inside…

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    Making Sun Prints (Cyanotypes) with Children

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    A Closer Look at Pumpkins

    December 6, 2017
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