quick trick
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 child, it ...
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 frustrating. No two days are ever the same, and ...
magazine activities: creative, crafty, sneaky-learning fun
We are huge magazine fans over here. We love finding them in the mailbox, reading them, playing detective with them, crafting with them, and learning with them. When they arrive ...
quick trick: how to take great holiday photos
This holiday-inspired Quick Trick is a little somethin’ for the moms and dads out there who strive for that perfect holiday family photo that they may–or may not–choose to use ...
quick trick: have a. . . placemat party!
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 ...
quick trick: 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 tie ...
fun with food: learning in the kitchen with kids
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 ...
learning during lunch with muffin tin meals
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, ...
quick trick: how to use recyclables with kids–get fun, crafty, creative
With summer right around the corner and kids home a lot more than usual, many of us need to keep a few tricks in our back pocket for rainy days ...
quick trick: how to teach kids to tie their shoes
This Quick Trick is admittedly a work in progress. While Owen hasn’t quite mastered tying his shoes yet, he’s getting there. Slowly. He expressed interest last summer to learn how ...
quick trick: library book parade
This Quick Trick is super quick, very simple, but it’s one of my children’s favorite parts of our library trips: the Library Book Parade. No, it’s not a parade around ...
