parenting

disney social media moms celebration: 5 life lessons learned

May 11, 2012

I am over the moon to share all that I learned at the Disney Social Media Moms Celebration, but it just cannot be done in a single post. So today, I’m going big. I’m looking at the big picture, the umbrella ideas, the big take-aways. And it hasn’t been easy to narrow all that awesomeness [...]

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quick trick: how to teach kids to write number 5

May 10, 2012

Many, many children I know have a difficult time writing number five. Actually many children I know have a difficult time writing many of the numbers because they don’t have many opportunities to write them like they do with letters.  But I think that especially when kiddos turn five–and when they’re ready to head to [...]

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how to make super-easy, beautiful flower pens

May 8, 2012

It’s Teacher Appreciation Week, a time I really believe teachers should get a little love, a pat on the back for all of their hard work, effort, and energy. Though my kids’ school has a whole committee who plans a week of total awesomeness for our teachers, the second day of the week is usually [...]

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how to develop language through play

May 7, 2012

I’m excited to share a few posts I’ve written that focus on developing children’s language through play. Each short article offers parents two teeny little tips that they can easily implement–with just a little bit of focus and effort–to  help their children become more verbal and stronger speakers.  Both pieces were written on the Melissa [...]

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quick & easy grid games: concepts of print

May 2, 2012

It’s been a busy few days for us, but we’re slowly getting back to the routine, and it (gulp!) feels pretty good. Though boy oh boy do we miss Disney. . . So this week, I pulled out Cora’s Kindergarten packet (wah!), looked through the ideas, and reminded myself that I really should do some [...]

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mastering multiplication tables (with mini flash cards)

April 29, 2012

Learning math facts has been a long, hard road for Maddy. It’s actually very often a long, hard road for many kids–including myself–way back when. I remember hours of practicing my basic facts and hours of frustration at the fact that I just wasn’t learning. I just wasn’t remembering.  I felt anxiety on every Mad [...]

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disney word searches: getting kids ready for the trip!

April 25, 2012

We were on a major word search kick a while back, but we’ve taken a good long rest from them. So in honor of our upcoming Disney Social Media Moms Celebration, I decided to bring back this oldie but goodie for Maddy, Owen, and Cora.  Word Searches!! What fun! Letter recognition! Fine motor practice! Reading! [...]

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quick trick: how to eliminate bickering

April 23, 2012

Do your kids bicker? About where they sit in the car. . . or who gets the last bowl of the ‘good’ cereal? About who gets the first shower, the comfy seat in the living room, or the chance to talk to Nanny & Pap first? About which show to watch, which person they get [...]

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5 easy ways to raise earth-friendly kids

April 20, 2012

Really, nothing about raising kids is easy. I so know this to be true.   I think I’m pretty honest about my own on-the-job struggles, and most people I talk to are pretty open about how difficult a gig this parenting thing is. But I think that raising three earth-friendly kids has been relatively easy. [...]

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disney fun fact lunchbox notes

April 19, 2012

We are big into lunchbox love notes around here, so why on earth would I have not thought earlier to make Disney Lunchbox Notes? Be still my heart. It’s the perfect combination: a captive audience, early readers, a topic that totally interests them–and a place I know they LOVE?  Add to the mix that they’ll [...]

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preparing kids for disney: autograph books!

April 17, 2012

We are so very, very, very, very excited that we’re heading to the Happiest Place on earth in just a few days!  As part of the Disney Social Media Moms Celebration, our schedule will be packed, and it will surely be an incredible event! The kids are elated, my husband is elated, I am elated, [...]

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