counting
fun fall grid games = math and literacy learning!
We love grid games over here. It doesn’t matter what’s on the board, what we use to count spaces, or what we use as place holders; my kids will play ...
coin counting and skip counting
Our summer took a crazy turn about two weeks ago when we learned that Maddy needed to have a tonsillectomy before the end of the summer. With just a few ...
adding practice with street sign math
Today, we hit the road a bit, to a new-for-us library to hang out with some friends and learn about 4-H and county fairs and then to (our fave!) Ikea ...
making learning fun in the candy aisle
So today we rocked it with a long morning bike ride, an even longer visit to the park, and a few errands to fill our fridge after a crazy-fun, jam-packed ...
math in the kitchen with veggie kabob patterns
This summer, I’ve tried to be more math mindful, since (I’ll say time and time again) it just doesn’t come naturally to me. So what better way to play with ...
a math-mindful summer — everyday math activities
Today when we were doing some after-breakfast reading, something funny happened. Owen showed me clear as day just how differently our brains are wired. It was one of those cool, ...
surprise!: learning with silly bands
They’re colorful, they’re stretchy, they’re simple. They’re confusing, countable, and collectible. They’re animals, dinosaurs, princesses, vehicles, foods, toys, weather, and clothes. They’re on our floor, in backpacks, and on wrists. ...
money poems, money songs
Maddy’s been learning about money in school. Pennies, nickels, dimes–and she’s been talking 1′s, 5′s, and 10′s like nobody’s business. Add her big half-dollars from her Pap and the ever-busy ...
celebrating earth day, sneaking in some learning
It’s Earth Week! What a perfect platform for celebrating the outdoors and for practicing new ways of being kinder to Mother Nature? We are trying over here–trying–to be a ‘greener’ ...
colors, counting, reading, I can’t believe what I’m seeing
Cora received an awesome gift for her birthday from her pal, Ava, and I’m thinking that I will soon make this book my “go-to gift” for little ones. It’s a ...
alphabet letter lids
I still keep lids. Actually, I keep lids, egg cartons, coffee containers, yogurt cups and probably too many other things that are cool to play with and easy to reinvent. ...
