super easy, super spooky halloween treats Woo-hoo! It’s the busy few days before Halloween, and as I’ve said before, I’m more a fan of tricky and treaty than I am of scary …Read moresuper easy, super spooky halloween treats
fun fall grid games = math and literacy learning! We love grid games over here. It doesn’t matter what’s on the board, what we use to count spaces, or what we use as place holders; my …Read morefun fall grid games = math and literacy learning!
lowercase letter hunt and sort Our first super crazy fall week has hit us. Hard. With double Back-to-School Nights, double tutoring, and meetings, on top of a mid-week …Read morelowercase letter hunt and sort
international literacy day: cora cooks pancit September 8th is International Literacy Day (hooray!), and although we’ve been busy re-arranging our house (believe it) …Read moreinternational literacy day: cora cooks pancit
our everyday name books Books, books, books! We’re making books, reading books, and talking about books over here–between trips to the pool and bike rides, …Read moreour everyday name books
early literacy and math grid games: rainy day Today, on this rainy, cool, gray Monday, we rocked it with an oldie but goodie:Sunny-Rainy Grid Games. Or Rainy-Sunny Grid Games, depending on how …Read moreearly literacy and math grid games: rainy day
alphabet letter lids I still keep lids. Actually, I keep lids, egg cartons, coffee containers, yogurt cups and probably too many other things that are cool to play with …Read morealphabet letter lids
abc exercise cards. . . hooray! Thank you, ABC Exercise Cards, for giving us a fun and burn-some-steam kind of activity this afternoon! After a rainy weekend and another …Read moreabc exercise cards. . . hooray!
getting a little sneaky with literacy Too many times, parents think that in order to support their children’s developing literacy skills, they have to sit down with a book on their …Read moregetting a little sneaky with literacy
candy heart patterns For the last few days, we’ve been doing a lot of hanging out by the fire (which is what you have to do when you have no …Read morecandy heart patterns
easy stained glass heart craft Valentine’s Day is almost here! You better believe that our house has been heart-happy and all fancied-up in pink and red since last …Read moreeasy stained glass heart craft
ladybug, ladybug My parents brought “Lady Bug Land” for Maddy, Owen, and Cora late last spring when they came for a visit. It took us a while to get …Read moreladybug, ladybug
new for us friday–going coconutty! Wondering what new something we could try for our next New for Us Friday, I grabbed a coconut while I was at the grocery store this week. I remembered …Read morenew for us friday–going coconutty!
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
owen’s got grip: using large crayons to help support tripod grip No joke! My boy finally found his grip! It’s taken a while, and over the last few months, I’ve researched (our friends at …Read moreowen’s got grip: using large crayons to help support tripod grip
at-home vacation Woo-hoo! Woo-hooo!! Wooooo-hoooo!!(And boo-hoo!!) Posting this means that my amazing husband is finally home from his golf trip, and I couldn’t …Read moreat-home vacation
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
a sparkly shamrock morning Yesterday morning, we made our decorations for St. Patrick’s Day, and because I don’t love to bring out paints other than watercolors very …Read morea sparkly shamrock morning
abc tater tots–eat ’em while they’re hot! We discovered this little oh-so-healthy frozen food gem a few weeks ago, and I’d be lying if I said we didn’t have these for dinner once a …Read moreabc tater tots–eat ’em while they’re hot!