math
more counting and cooking with cora
Cora has always wanted to help me make dinner, literally since she started toddling around, she’s been my shadow come 5 pm. For a while I tried to fight it; ...
president’s day coin polishing
No, it’s not President’s Day. But we’re getting close. No, today was just another no-school snow day. And when I walked into Maddy’s room after Cora and I changed everyone’s ...
stamping crazy–open grid games
Lately the kids have been on a stamping craze. They’re stamp-happy, stampin’ nutty, and stopping everything to stamp up somethin’. So I thought it would be the ideal time for ...
no more troubling doubling
I’m really trying to get over my mental angst about math and set aside more secret–and fun!–math learning throughout the day. Maddy’s been working on doubling, so for the last ...
teeny-tiny things in a teeny-tiny tin
After having been covered in snow for the last seven days, we finally had a clear day to go outside and burn some steam. So while my husband played college-guy ...
trying to keep smiling: quick trick, candy countdown
After taking care of three on-and-off sick kiddos for the last three weeks, and after a crazy week of Halloween parties and craziness, I was finally hit with the bug ...
action, action 1, 2, 3!
Owen was nutty today. I honestly think he had enough energy this afternoon to run a marathon. Except that it was raining. Again. And he and Cora were starting to ...
let’s eat. . . and read
As Maddy learns more reading strategies and picks up new words each day, it’s been awesome to watch her unlock the world of words around her. Her excitement is contagious, ...
playing cards, playing with numbers
For the last few months–yes, months–Owen has been obsessed with playing War. With any deck of cards, anywhere, any time. It’s probably safe to say that we play the game ...
we’re counting–hats, cats, and pumpkins
My kiddos are Halloween nutty. They love our scarecrows out front, our pumpkins around the house, and the little plastic spider that hangs from a shelf in the kitchen. They ...
hole punch happy
We’ve been hole-punch happy over here lately. Ever since Owen learned how to use it, he’s been unstoppable. At first, using the hole punch was really difficult for Owen; hole ...
