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how to use halloween candy for (sneaky) fun learning

October 31, 2011

There may only be a few more days left until our Jack-O-Lanterns turn into lunch for the squirrels (if they haven’t already!), but the candy that my kids have collected this beautiful Halloween night will be around for days. Or weeks. Or months. There seems to be more and more every year, as Maddy, Owen, [...]

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we teach: holiday learning eBook — free, fab, filled with ideas

October 17, 2011

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 forum, the holiday learning eBook is FREE to all members of we teach and we’re sure you’ll find something worthwhile that you can use either for home or classroom holiday [...]

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new for us friday: leapfrog LeapPad (& giveaway!)

October 14, 2011

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 when, the day the LeapFrog Tags walked into our lives as the first electronic ‘toy’ we invited into our family, we were hooked. And each year, with each new release, [...]

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window writing: spelling word and letter practice

September 28, 2011

Who knew that window writing would be so much fun? Maddy has been window-writing for the last few weeks to study her spelling words, and Cora has jumped on board the window-writing train to do some letter-writing practice. It’s been a riot. Even yesterday one of Maddy’s buddies came over for a short playdate–aaaand so [...]

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quick trick: have a. . . placemat party!

September 16, 2011

Every. Single. Day. We’re rocking a Placemat Party over here. At breakfast. At lunch. And at dinners at the kitchen table (because the kitchen table is so less fancy than our totally fancy-schmancy dinner table). It’s a seriously awesome party–reading, counting, talking about the states or dinosaurs or sea creatures or letters. This happy Friday [...]

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fun with food: learning in the kitchen with kids

August 31, 2011

Over the last few years, we’ve had a ton of fun with food over here.  I love food, my kids love food, my husband loves food, and we all really love trying new things and making meals together. Little do my kiddos know that every time they don their aprons in the kitchen with me, [...]

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why I love back-to-school shopping (especially with kids)

August 6, 2011

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 sponsorship by the Clever Girls Collective. All opinions expressed here are my own.   I love back-to-school shopping. I really do. And when I add three kids to [...]

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smart summer challenge fun learning ideas: week 4

July 17, 2011

It’s almost week #4 of our Smart Summer Learning Challenge–the campaign we’ve created to let all parents know the important–and totally fun–role they play in their children’s summer learning! These don’t have to be huge and complicated activities–easy, quick, short, and meaningful ones count and can done in the span of a great game or [...]

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gettting ready for kindergarten: summertime prep

July 16, 2011

We’re almost exactly at the mid-summer point, and before we know it, the new school year will be upon us. Ahhhhhhh! So with my sweet Owen heading off to the wilds of Kindergarten this year (wah!), I thought it would be worthwhile to share a few things we’re doing over here to get our big [...]

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smart summer challenge fun learning ideas: week 3

July 10, 2011

It’s almost week #3 of our Smart Summer Learning Challenge–the campaign we’ve created to let all parents know the important–and totally fun–role they play in their children’s summer learning! Like I’ve said before, it doesn’t have to be a huge and complicated activity; it can be short, sweet, and meaningful–done in the span of a [...]

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learning during lunch with muffin tin meals

July 6, 2011

We took it easy today, after a late night filled with a lot of sushi-eating and a slow and rainy morning. So after swim, dive, and mini-team, we zipped home, very much excited for lunch. And to spice up our day–and to get some guaranteed smiles and fully bellies from Maddy, Owen, and Cora–I whipped [...]

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