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 …Read morebest of teach mama countdown: #3 shoe-tying
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 …Read morebest of teach mama countdown: #8 — gem jars
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 …Read morequick trick: library book parade
quick trick: fast-finger challenges with play-doh Like so many families, we love Play-Doh over here. And whether it’s the real-deal, packed-in-yellow-containers-Play-Doh or happy …Read morequick trick: fast-finger challenges with play-doh
quick trick: fun with bows and gift wrap Before we recycle what wrapping paper we can and throw away all of the plastics and trash from holiday gift-giving, I usually set some of the good …Read morequick trick: fun with bows and gift wrap
quick trick: make the school year a success! The school year’s in full swing around here, and I’ll tell you, it has not been an easy transition for us. Grade One is a whole different …Read morequick trick: make the school year a success!
quick trick: the days of the week with vitamin C! Welcome, welcome new vitamin boxes to our table and to our every day! I have yet to find a better way than this to talk about the day of the week …Read morequick trick: the days of the week with vitamin C!
quick trick: playing on positive behavior Back in the end of May, our little familia was experiencing a rough patch. Owen finished preschool a few weeks before Maddy ended kindergarten, …Read morequick trick: playing on positive behavior
quick trick: the power of positive talk I had a conversation with a neighbor a few weeks ago that took me way back to second-grade class when my teacher continually referred to my class as …Read morequick trick: the power of positive talk
quick trick: rainy day picnic Surprise, surprise–another rainy, gray winter day here in Maryland. So after we got home from Owen’s soccer practice, I got busy packing …Read morequick trick: rainy day picnic
quick trick: bye, bye birthday cards I have never really been a birthday card sender. And as much as I do love to receive cards, I’ve already come clean and admitted what we do …Read morequick trick: bye, bye birthday cards
quick trick: patience, patience It’s funny sometimes that my youngest–the smallest of the house, my tiniest bambina, and one with such a sweet, angelic face–can be …Read morequick trick: patience, patience
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 …Read moretrying to keep smiling: quick trick, candy countdown
trying to keep smiling: quick trick–brain kiss Mmmmmuahhhh! Give your brain a kiss. I learned so, so much from Maddy’s incredible preschool teachers when I parent-aided in her first …Read moretrying to keep smiling: quick trick–brain kiss
trying to keep smiling: quick trick, colors I was blue,Jenny was yellow,Mary was red, andKatie was green. I still connect my three sisters and myself to those colors because way back when my mom …Read moretrying to keep smiling: quick trick, colors
trying to keep smiling: quick trick, positive Lately, my sweet 3-year-old boy has been experimenting with his voice (yelling and screaming anywhere, anytime, at anyone), his body (superhero …Read moretrying to keep smiling: quick trick, positive
trying to keep smiling: quick trick, 1 2 3 I found this Quick Trick via one of my “awesome–always-knows-what-she’s-doing-and-is-a-fantastic-parent” pals who threw it at …Read moretrying to keep smiling: quick trick, 1 2 3
trying to keep smiling: quick trick, divide My husband taught me this Quick Trick, and he learned it first-hand way back when he and his brother were little. His dad had them use it when they …Read moretrying to keep smiling: quick trick, divide
trying to keep smiling: quick trick, giving go’s Stop pulling on the door handle! Don’t jump on the bed!Get your fingers out of your mouth!Don’t …Read moretrying to keep smiling: quick trick, giving go’s
trying to keep smiling: quick trick, days Here’s another idea I totally snagged and adapted from someone else, but this simple trick has saved me quite possibly the equivalent of years …Read moretrying to keep smiling: quick trick, days