summer activities for kids
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3 Golden Rules to Give Your Child the Best Summer Ever
When it comes to summer activities for kids, you don’t need to plan or spend too much. In fact, the way to give your child the best summer possible is incredibly simple. Find out how below. One of the highlights of my summers growing up were back-to-back sleepovers with my best friend, Meghan. Her parents […] Continue reading
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This is why free-play is more valuable than extracurricular activities
When summer hits, naturally parents want to avoid the summer slide. We want to schedule enough summer activities so that our children are challenged and go back to school ready. While all of this is done with the best of intentions, free play is more beneficial than most of these extracurricular activities for kids. This […] Continue reading
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15 Summer-Inspired Activities For Toddlers & Preschoolers
Looking for summer activities for kids? Below are some great crafts and activities. The beginning of Summer unlocks limitless possibilities. Daylight is seemingly endless and the outdoors become more welcoming. Skinned knees, dirt under fingernails, sun-kissed hair, and tan lines are badges from the day’s adventures. Despite the boundless potential of the season through the eyes of […] 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.