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Click here to read Simple Threading Activities for Toddlers! What is a Threading Activity? on Hands On As We Grow® Threading activities are fantastic fine motor activities for toddlers and preschoolers to do! After sharing our cereal threading activity the other day, I wanted to find more ways for kids to thread. I started hunting and hunting for the best threading activities for kids. And upon searching, I came across many lacing activities, weaving activities and sewing activities… and it made me ask: What is a threading activity? I had to look it up! I searched online and found on...

Castle activities for preschoolers are sure to inspire and engage your little engineers, both in and out of the preschool block center. There’s just something about castles that draw children in, right? Maybe it’s how they’re often referenced in fairy tales, or maybe it’s because castles are built quite different than the homes they know. Either way, I’ve found many kids through the years who love all things castles. Even better if there’s a dragon in there somewhere. In that vein, I gathered a variety of castle ideas to share with you today. There’s even a free printable at the...

A Lobster, Albrecht Durer. WikiArt. Sihai parked his newly washed Corolla at the curb rather than in the Royal Garden Hotel’s underground parking lot, a decision he regretted once he realized the lot was free. At least his wife didn’t notice. After all, it had started drizzling. Southern summers were always veiled in hot steam, but his wife hated the slightest risk of their daughter catching a hypothetical cold. Sihai was the dictionary definition of a man, the kind who thought umbrellas robbed him of his manhood. Age had etched away his brows, leaving two transparent snail trails marking the...

Heads up: Buying via our links may result in us getting a commission. Also, we take your privacy rights seriously. Head here to learn more. This post will be updated as more sales roll in. Weirdly enough, Presidents’ Day weekend is traditionally the first “big” retail promotions event of the year. The holidays are long gone, while winter clearance stock has dwindled. It’s not quite spring, but any excuse is good enough for stores and brands. So yeah. Presidents’ / President’s / Presidents Day. Here we are. As always, picks are limited to items with at least a decent size...

The world of science has been capturing our imagination for ages. Especially in the current times, when a part of the public is skeptical about the things scientists tell us. While causing a divide, it reminds us just how much (and little) humans know about the world around us, whether it’s Earth, space, living beings and entities that live in them, or our own bodies. So today we are diving into a mind-blowing science class where facts sound too crazy to be true. And thanks to Redditor analyzeTimes, who asked “What is a scientific fact that absolutely blows your mind?”...