pretzel patterns: learning during snacktime It’s been crazy over here for the past few weeks, with nutty, awful weather, with colds and stomach bugs, lots of late meetings, and lots of …Read morepretzel patterns: learning during snacktime
quick trick: keep. those. LIDS! How many of you have recycle bins that are nearly overflowing by the end of the week? I know ours is, despite all of the recyclables that I …Read morequick trick: keep. those. LIDS!
new for us friday: LeapFrog Peek-A-Shoe Octopus (& giveaway!) As much as I have had a ton of success with LeapFrog products and love nearly everything LeapFrog, I knew that I needed to outsource a bit when it …Read morenew for us friday: LeapFrog Peek-A-Shoe Octopus (& giveaway!)
candy experiments: playing with color It’s been a busy few weeks for us, between school, sports, Blogalicious, Halloween, and my parents coming down to spend time with the kids while …Read morecandy experiments: playing with color
beautiful, simple sorting: fine motor & creative thinking F-U-N Homework time is still a little bit nutty for us, but I’ve been trying a few new things now and again to keep everyone focused and everyone …Read morebeautiful, simple sorting: fine motor & creative thinking F-U-N
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 …Read morefun with food: learning in the kitchen with kids
making learning fun in the candy aisle So today we rocked it with a long morning bike ride, an even longer visit to the park, and a few errands to fill our fridge after a crazy-fun, …Read moremaking learning fun in the candy aisle
just a little back yard rainbow hunt Just a big pile of leaves, flower petals, and weeds? Nope. Rainbow hunt? Yes! Yep–right in our back yard, where we’ve already hunted …Read morejust a little back yard rainbow hunt
flowers and colors, coloring flowers Part of our flower fun over the last few days involved our experiment for the Virtual Science Fair which was a lesson in backyard fragrances. But …Read moreflowers and colors, coloring flowers
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 …Read moremore counting and cooking with cora
cora’s color game: learn colors with a homemade game During one of our first rainy-sick days last week, we all worked on making a color game for Cora. We had just re-discovered Owen’s …Read morecora’s color game: learn colors with a homemade game
colors in a jar It’s a rainbow of colors around here–between the end-of-summer flowers still desperately hanging on and the leaves beginning to change, …Read morecolors in a jar
candy, colors, chopsticks: fine motor foundation fun Today’s New For Us Friday involves three totally random but fun things: candy, colors, and …Read morecandy, colors, chopsticks: fine motor foundation fun
super sweet shape snacks As rainy and dreary as the last few days have been, we needed something fun to do to pass our gray afternoon. So after Maddy got home–and before …Read moresuper sweet shape snacks
color cards and clips: fine motor fun This Quick Trick is something that has saved my sanity on several longer-than-expected waits at the doctor’s office, auto shop, Target, and even …Read morecolor cards and clips: fine motor fun
pop beads Maddy received this awesome set of Pop Beads by Parents as a gift this past year, and we’ve been using them more lately to (secretly) work on …Read morepop beads
colors with cora | using lids to sort and learn colors Colors are going to be my focus for little Cora for a bit so that she’s not calling everything under the sun “blue”. We actually …Read morecolors with cora | using lids to sort and learn colors
just fishin’ for colors Today I realized that Cora’s been calling every color “blue” (I’m such a great mother. . .), so I moved into high “color …Read morejust fishin’ for colors