10 Educational Games for Grade School Kids

     Games can be such great fun!  Whether just your kids are playing one together, with their friends, or the whole family is having a game night, it’s time well spent together!  Most every game calls for everyone to bring their skills to the table, while having a good time, usually laughing a lot, getting competitive, and just enjoying the fun.

     But many, many games are actually a great way for our children to learn as well!  At the grade school ages, many of the classic games us adults grew up with, and others that have come out since, can really aid in building up our kids’ academic skills, and re-enforcing many as well.Read More

Your Kids Might Dig This, Too!

My cousin and her daughter (my God daughter) came down a couple of months ago, for a girl’s overnight with myself and my own 2 girls, and so thoughtfully, she had brought some great gifts for the kids! It was so sweet.  It was unexpected and unnecessary, but I do love gifts that are both project-like, fun and educational.


This is one of those gifts,…. which was for {JM}:  Dig & Play Treasure Island, by Toysmith.

Some may not think of it as educational, initially, but many of us home schoolers, tend to quickly identify the learning aspects that are truly in just about anything, and everything.… Read More

5th Basketball Season, Slam-Dunked!

{A} just finished up her fifth basketball season with the Plymouth Girls Basketball League, and what a season it was!

Last year as a player on the junior league, she had a really great playing year, with all of her acquired skills finally coming together, gelling, and showing out there on the court. This year, she started with the senior league, and she was really looking forward to it. Of course, she really loves this game.

Try-outs were at the end of October, and she did really well there. We heard she was one of the first girls drafted by one of the coaches, who we were not very familiar with because he was a senior coach.… Read More