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Solar System for Kids Activities Including Free Printables
These Solar system for kids activities are fun, rooted in play-based learning, and easy to set up! Get a free printable and teach kids about outer space too. Get your free printable pack at the bottom of this post. “We’re counting down, “the engine’s on. “The time is now “to rocket. “Rocket. “Rocket.” As I […] Continue reading
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3 Taste-Safe Kids Activities Using Cereal
Taste-safe kids activities can be hard to come by so we came up with three play-based learning activities using cereal. Seriously, they’re so much fun! As a proponent of play-based learning, the question I get asked the most by parents is how to make kids activities baby-safe and taste safe. It goes without saying, toddlers […] Continue reading
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Routine For Kids: Benefits and Examples
I’m a fly by the seat of my pants type person. I like to wake up, ease into my day, see how I feel and create a plan based on that. Since having kids, my life certainly is more predictable and less frivolous. Whatever rhythm we have had has been totally undermined by going home […] Continue reading
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ABC Christmas Ornaments
This post contains affiliate links for your convenience. The price you pay is the same. However, I receive a small commission. Recently, when I walked into the dollar store and saw clear ornaments meant for crafting, I got excited! Christmas has a much of a hold on me now as it did in my childhood. […] Continue reading
About Me
Hi, I’m Alana. When I’m not nursing cold, stale coffee, I usually can be found with the baby on my hip, barefoot, and racing after my two older kids.
Thanks to a degree in psychology and a free-range childhood backing onto an expansive evergreen forest, positive parenting and play-based learning are my passions.