best of teach mama countdown: #3 shoe-tying Teaching some kids how to tie their shoes is so not easy, it’s not even funny. While one child may teach herself how to do it, for another …Read morebest of teach mama countdown: #3 shoe-tying
best of teach mama countdown: #4 — cooking with kids Though our family has changed a ton in the three years that I’ve been writing this blog, one thing that has remained the same is my kids’ …Read morebest of teach mama countdown: #4 — cooking with kids
best of teach mama countdown: #5 — letters b and d I love it when I find a resource that really, truly helps my kids. And PBS has provided me with so many ways to support my children’s …Read morebest of teach mama countdown: #5 — letters b and d
best of teach mama countdown: #7 — me on the map This activity is one that my kids still see every day because the circles are hanging in our Work Room, and it’s one that we talk about …Read morebest of teach mama countdown: #7 — me on the map
best of teach mama countdown: #8 — gem jars Being a parent is a totally rewarding, completely fun, and continually changing job, but yes, it’s sometimes crazy, difficult, challenging, and …Read morebest of teach mama countdown: #8 — gem jars
best of teach mama countdown: #9 — building words, names This post, which rolls in at #9, continues to surprise me with the amount of hits it gets. Maybe it’s the title: word building, name building …Read morebest of teach mama countdown: #9 — building words, names
best of teach mama countdown: #10 online safety Since I’ve been in this blogging game for quite some time now, I thought it would be fun to do a little teach mama Top 10 All-Time Best …Read morebest of teach mama countdown: #10 online safety
teachmama’s best of 2011: mine and yours! A few of my favorite bloggy buddies and I have decided to do a little reflecting before moving forward with 2012. We thought that beginning the …Read moreteachmama’s best of 2011: mine and yours!
making the most of holiday clean-up The holidays have rushed in and rushed out over here, and despite a 7+ hour ride home from Pennsylvania and two people down over three days with the …Read moremaking the most of holiday clean-up
advent activity calendar 2011 It’s that time of year again, when everyone’s scrambling to do a million trillion things in 24 days. Christmas music’s been …Read moreadvent activity calendar 2011
just 1 book: author melissa ridenour (& signed book giveaway) It’s not always an easy topic to cover with children, but stranger safety should be tops on our list of must-cover items with our …Read morejust 1 book: author melissa ridenour (& signed book giveaway)
we teach: holiday learning eBook — free, fab, filled with ideas Hip, hip, HOORAY!! The we teach holiday learning eBook is hot off the presses! Filled with fabulous ideas from over 30 brilliant members of our …Read morewe teach: holiday learning eBook — free, fab, filled with ideas
new for us friday: leapfrog LeapPad (& giveaway!) We are indeed a LeapFrog family. (And that’s not really New-For-Us-Friday news, I know. . . ) We are a LeapFrog family because waaaaay back …Read morenew for us friday: leapfrog LeapPad (& giveaway!)
new for us friday: newmark learning early reading resources (and FOUR giveaways!) Nearly every parent I know wants to do what he or she can to support early learning for their children. We all want to see our kids grow to enjoy …Read morenew for us friday: newmark learning early reading resources (and FOUR giveaways!)
trying tapas: rockville restaurant week (& giveaway!) For the last few days, Cora and I have read Susan Middleton Elya’s Bebé Goes Shopping more times than I can count. In the story, Mamá y Bebé …Read moretrying tapas: rockville restaurant week (& giveaway!)
the fancy brush–avoiding tangled hair and tearful mornings This Quick Trick is a little bit funny to me. It’s not about how to make the school year a success. It’s not about how to teach kids to …Read morethe fancy brush–avoiding tangled hair and tearful mornings
new for us friday: dinosaur train –the movie! We’ve done a whole lot of new-for-us things this summer, but with the excitement of our Smart Summer Challenge, I’ve hardly had time to …Read morenew for us friday: dinosaur train –the movie!
back-to-school shopping with three crazy-cool kids After our crazy-successful Smart Summer Challenge, I needed a little week-long offline vay-cay to say the least! Our Smart Summer Challenge was a …Read moreback-to-school shopping with three crazy-cool kids
why I love back-to-school shopping (especially with kids) Thank you to Crocs for sponsoring this blog post. Please click here to learn more about Crocs’ new Back to School line. I was selected for this …Read morewhy I love back-to-school shopping (especially with kids)
playing with pixie–poem-writing, picture-creating Maddy has loved using Pixie ever since Kindergarten. Her school has it installed on all of the computers in the lab, and when I asked her what she …Read moreplaying with pixie–poem-writing, picture-creating