Activities – Happy Healthy Homestead

Summer Schedule & Activities for Kids

This summer was especially different for our family as we welcomed in a new baby boy. Our second son Micah was born at the end of May. Our older son Wyatt, goes to preschool during

Book Review: Raise a Smarter Child by Kindergarten

This month I read Raise a Smarter Child by Kindergarten by Dr. David Perlmutter. Favorite Quotes: “Your efforts during the first thousand days will help your child complete the task of creating a brain that

Book Review: 10 mindful minutes

I recently read ‘10 Mindful Minutes: Giving Our Children–and Ourselves–the Social and Emotional Skills to Reduce Stress and Anxiety for Healthier, Happy Lives‘ by Goldie Hawn Favorite Quotes: “Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls

Ireland Trip

This post is a bit different than my usual content. Below I discuss the background of my recent Ireland trip, Video slideshows of our trip, Our itinerary and recommendations, and what we learned about homesteading

Indoor Children Activities

I am all about kids playing outside as much as possible! I will be writing soon about my favorite outdoor children activities. For this post the focus is on indoor children activities. I felt especially

Favorite Children’s Literature – Top 35 (Preschool age)

Reading to little ones is important Reading to children helps to develop their brains and it builds their own love for reading. We read to Wyatt every night before bed. It’s a special time that

Toddler / Preschooler Home Chores

I am all about teaching kids to work from a young age. Now the important thing to remember with toddlers and chores is that the point isn’t really for them to help you (it least

Book Review: Life Giving Home

One of my personal goals is to read 1 book per month related to homesteading, health/wellness, or family/parenting. I always take notes from the books that I read because it helps me to retain the

Toddler Learning Worksheet Ideas

My son gets to do some worksheets at his preschool where they teach him numbers, alphabet, shapes, etc. but I wanted to enhance this by making extra learning sheets for him to do at home.