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 …
Saying Goodbye
Yesterday, we put my friend’s father to rest after a very short struggle with cancer. It has brought so many thoughts and feelings to the forefront. My friend is a little older than me and her father was a little older than my father. We are also both only children and this has been …
Sprouting Balance 