My mother-in-law is a school teacher and always gets great deals on books. She gave us this super fun “Silly Snacks” book a while back that my kids LOVE drooling over. They go through each page and say whether they want to make both or just one of the recipes on it. It keeps them occupied for quite some time before we even start cooking. Haha.

Well for weeks they begged me to start making the recipes but we never had all of the right ingredients. So finally I told my son to write me a grocery list for their favorite recipes since I was going to the store that day anyway. He faithfully checked to see which ingredients we already had, and wrote down the rest of them on a paper for me. (This boy is FIVE YEARS OLD by the way). I bought all of the ingredients and promised to make the recipe with him that evening.

That night, I was putting my new baby down to sleep and it was taking quite a while. I guess my son got tired of waiting for me to help him. When I came upstairs he had THIS already created:

I have a sweet, smart boy … and let me tell you, this kept him busy for quite a while! And the whole family enjoyed eating it. So fun

Starfall is an excellent site for both of my kids (ages almost 3 and almost 5).  It has four levels of learning:  ABC’s, Learn to Read, It’s Fun To Read, and I’m Reading.  Each level contains online lessons, printable material that accompanies the lessons, and different holiday-themed activities for that level.  It’s always satisfying when you can find fun things for kids to do that are educational as well, and I find the activities on the Starfall website to be pretty entertaining to my preschoolers.

Apparently I’m not the only one who finds Starfall to be among the best fun websites for kids. According to Starfall.com

Starfall is recognized and highly rated by experts. The Reading Teacher named Starfall.com one of “Five Internet sites too good to miss” (May 2006). In 2005 and again in 2008, Homeschool.com recognized Starfall as one of their top five educational websites. Starfall was the first Internet site to be recognized by Children’s Software & New Media Review as the highest rated product in their Early Elementary category, Spring 2004.

My almost 5 year old son is going to be starting preschool in about a week and a half and I don’t have any preschool lined up for my almost 3 year old yet. So I’m really glad that she will be able to keep using websites like Starfall to progress with her learning and to have fun while her big brother is in school. Stay tuned for additional fun websites for kids as I am planning to make this an ongoing feature on the site.

Are you looking for fun things for kids to do?  Well, you have come to the right place!  If you follow this blog you will never run out of ideas again!  Every week I post games, crafts, and activities that you can play with your children or set them up to do on their own.  Typically these things can be done with common household items, but occasionally you will need to pick up a few items but I make sure specify that exactly in the post.  So what types of fun things can you find on here?

Games

Do your kids get tired of playing Candyland every day?  Put their boredom to rest with great suggestions on new children’s board games, fun card games to play with regular playing cards, toddler games, and more.  A lot of these game ideas are fun for the grown-ups too!

Easy Crafts For Kids

Are you worried about not being creative enough to help your kids do crafts?  Believe me, I am about the least artistic person I know.  But I’ve found some tricks to making really fun crafts with my kids that keep them busy for hours.

Activities

Does the idea of playing games and doing crafts all day make you worried?  Never fear, there are hundreds of fun things you can do with your kids that are casual, low-key, don’t involve a lot of preparation, and can even be educational.  Hint, a lot of these can take place in the kitchen!

Click on the category at the left that sparks your interest and begin to explore all of the fun things for kids that you can try out with your own family.  If you want to keep updated with all the latest games, crafts, and activities that we try in MY household, remember to follow my blog.