May Materials List

Here is a general list of materials to have on hand for the Month of May. For more details check out the individual activity instructions or the weekly plans. Links for those can be found on the Spring Activities Page. Below are printables in color or black and white of this list. May Materials Color …

April Materials List

Here is a list of the things we will need in April. Hopefully this will help you prepare for some of the things that are not as easy to have on hand. Be sure to check the activities or weekly plans for more specific details about the materials to have. You can find links to …

Spring Week 3: Easter Activities

It's time to get ready for next week already! Week 3 is full of Easter activities, bunnies, egg painting, and Easter treats! Spring Week 3

Spring Week 2

Happy Week 2 of Spring! Now to get the weather feeling like Spring! This week is lot's of fun with a little nod to upcoming St. Patrick's Day! Spring Week 2

Spring Week 1

Believe it or not Spring is already here... well at least here at Real. Meaningful. Family! Spring doesn't officially start for a couple of weeks, and the weather has been teasing us lately with occasional spring temperatures, but we are going to jump right in with Easter and St. Patricks Day activities! And I'm so …

March Materials List

Here is the general materials that we will need for March. Be sure to check out individual activities and weekly plans for more detailed directions. You can find links for all of these on the Spring Activities page.  You will find both color and black and white printable versions of this list are below. March Materials …

Seeds on a Sponge

We picked seeds on a sponge for our "favorite" science and math activity this week. Mostly because we didn't get it done in the week it was planned! I get this idea in my head that certain activities are going to be harder or take more time and then I dread them. This was one …

In the Kitchen: Kids Choice… Popsicles

If there is ever a chance for my kids to choose something to make in the kitchen... like this week... they will choose something with berries! They loooove berries. So, despite the unseasonably cold weather, they chose to make popsicles this week for our kids choice activity. They love them because like i said, they …

Spring Week 13: Spring Favorites

 At the end of each season I always like to wrap up with some of our favorites or some of the big activities that we maybe weren't able to do originally. Here are the activities we are doing this week... you pick your favorites or some of the ones that you missed throughout Spring! Spring …

Spring Week 12

Spring Week 12: May 20-24 At Real. Meaningful. Family. my goal is to provide information based on research for parents and caregivers, and to create regular opportunity for you to have special together time with your child. Toddlers and preschoolers learn from the environment and daily interactions. We are in no way seeking to create …