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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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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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new for us friday: dinosaur train –the movie!

August 19, 2011

We’ve done a whole lot of new-for-us things this summer, but with the excitement of our Smart Summer Challenge, I’ve hardly had time to share them. However, I had to take a minute today to get back into the swing of New For Us Fridays, and what better way to start than with a new-for-everyone [...]

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learning about the moon: phases, facts, flipbook, cookies

August 3, 2011

We celebrated the moon today, in little ways that kept Maddy, Owen, and Cora interested after lunch and before the rest of our day. Thanks to some really incredible websites, this Reading Specialist-mama learned about the moon right alongside of her kiddos. We demonstrated the phases by using cookies, we watched some really awesome moon-happy [...]

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busch gardens with kids and yankee candle candle-making

August 2, 2011

Day two of our Williamsburg, Virgina whirlwind took us to Busch Gardens–a gorgeous, world-themed amusement park with perfect spots for families with young children.  My husband was waiting anxiously for this particular event in our weekend, while I could take it or leave it–which makes me the totally boring one, I know.  Seriously, though, I [...]

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smart summer challenge fun learning ideas: week 6

July 31, 2011

It’s week #6 of our Smart Summer Learning Challenge, and it’s our biggest and baddest week of the campaign! We’ve got prizes galore this week, and the focus this week is Space Week–Out of this World Week–but like the last few weeks, anything parents do to show how important–and totally fun–summer learning can be is [...]

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ice experiments: quick, easy (and on our driveway)

July 26, 2011

Lots has been going on over here this week, but the most exciting news has been the break in the heat. Finally we’re able to get out and enjoy the sunshine a bit–and see what it can to ice on a 95-degree afternoon! So after we came home from a local summertime fair, we took [...]

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smithsonian museum of natural history: a fabulous, family-friendly field trip

July 23, 2011

Talk about a smart–hot! balmy! muggy! ridiculous! oppressive!–summer week we’ve had! It has been all about hangin’ out inside for the latter part of last week for us, with degrees well into the 100′s here in the DC Metro area. So along with trips to the library, my friends and I are thinking cool, indoor-fun [...]

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breakfast time reading: cereal boxes and more

July 21, 2011

It all started with Gorilla Munch, and it ended with a ton of reading about adopting gorillas, thanks to a box of cereal and three curious kids. Sure, we’re doing a lot of book reading this summer–in between swim and dive practices, trips to museums and splash parks, and just hanging out, doing nothing summertime-style. [...]

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