At Home
FREE (or Discounted) Coding Websites for Kids
There are so many terrific resources available to help teach kids skills that are essential to today’s workforce that didn’t exist when we were in school. A big one is coding. All of the coding I’ve learned for running Family Fun Vancouver is self-taught and came via the way of
Continue Reading »
Occupy the Kids with the 30 Day LEGO Challenge
Our house is over run with LEGO. And the only one who complains about that is me. My husband saved his childhood LEGO for his future children. My husband had a LOT of LEGO. And then our boys fell in love with LEGO. They have more kits than we know
Continue Reading »
Chris Hadfield – An Expert in Space and Isolation
The International Space Station is responsible for, literally, out-of-this world research. But, thanks to Chris Hadfield, the ISS became more accessible and fascinating to all of us when he was in charge. He was the first Canadian to be the top commander of the ISS. Recently I read his book
Continue Reading »
FREE (Or Discounted) Coding Apps for Kids
Over my years of running Family Fun Vancouver I’ve taught myself enough coding to fix basic issues but that’s it. For a long while I had enough knowledge to be super dangerous and go in and muck up the entire site. As we are experiencing now, the digital world is
Continue Reading »
Boredom BINGO! {With FREE Printable}
“The days are long, but the years are short,” that’s the saying, right?! Well, the days are really, really long when you’re isolating at home during a pandemic. The days are made even longer still when you have kids telling you how bored they are every 15 minutes. Sure you can
Continue Reading »
Visit US National Parks, Virtually Of Course!
When I was pregnant with our first child, my husband and I went on a whirlwind road trip that saw us visit 11 states in a ridiculously short time frame. While we, inevitably, missed a great many sites we did ensure we visited many National Parks. I was determined to
Continue Reading »
Visit the Palace of Versailles For FREE
Art history lesson anyone? The Palace of Versailles is offering FREE virtual tours of its galleries including the incredible Hall of Mirrors, the Grand Trianon and the royal apartments. This tour is offered in partnership with Google Arts & Culture. The Palace of Versailles, whose origins date back to the
Continue Reading »
Ripley’s Aquarium Shark Cam
Thanks to that famous shark movie, we tend to associate sharks with terrifying, thrashing scariness. But the multi-toothed animals can be incredibly peaceful to watch. Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada invites you to chill out with their Shark Cam! The shark cam allows you the unique experience of swimming alongside these
Continue Reading »
Celebrities Read Stories to Kids at Storyline Online
I love reading to my kids. I set the goal of reading 36 chapter books to them in 2020. I’m pretty sure we won’t have a problem reaching that goal (it was a BIG stretch goal prior to COVID-19, now I’m thinking we should be aiming a little higher, maybe
Continue Reading »
Visit the Cincinnati Zoo from Your Living Room
Everything might be closed, but you can go on a Home Safari with the Cincinnati Zoo! Each weekday at 12 pm, starting on March 16, 2020, join Facebook Live. They will feature one of their amazing animals and even include some at-home activities! If you miss a Facebook Live episode,
Continue Reading »
