It is back to school so every parent begins to fear the school lunch. Do you make it in the morning or prepare the night before? Are you dependent on pre-packaged goods or is everything sliced/diced and ready to go? Are you brown bagging or bento-boxing? Below are two articles from The Kitchn to give …
Cookie Sheet Tic Tac Toe Fun!
If you go on to Pinterest and search “Cookie Sheet Fun” you will come up with a variety of ideas to entertain your child. For us, we are planning to use this magnetic cookie tray during a road trip. I am also packing magnetic letters and numbers, magnetic dress up dolls, and I have created …
Food Awareness
It is school summer holidays here which means my five year old is home and I'm looking for ideas to keep her engaged and learning. Camp is often the first choice for keeping children entertained since it provides different learning opportunities including excursions. After these full days of camp then the other activities begin with several …
Lil Sprout Easter
In many households, Easter marks the arrival of the Easter Bunny and chocolate treats. It is then followed by a few weeks (or days) of consuming all of those goodies. Unless you are my family; we tend to eat it so slowly it turns a white-ish colour. We don't want to be wasteful but we …
Lunch-time Math
Having this blog has made me curious enough to do something I never thought I would do … I bought a pre-made, child-marketed, “lunch”. I had some questions I wanted to answer: What is the big deal? Why aren’t people making it themselves? How much more expensive is it to buy it pre-made? I visited …
Sprouting Balance 