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10 fun ways of helping kids learn the abc’s
It’s so easy for us to say we want our kids to learn the ABC’s and 123′s before kids hit Kindergarten, but how do we actually do it? Is there ...
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 ‘rescue’ for ...
build your own bingo games: uppercase and lowercase letter match
Cora and I have been rockin’ the bingo games lately, with a new spin on bingo games that she really seems to love. And I’m sure the Smartie bingo markers ...
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 came ...
how to use halloween candy for (sneaky) fun learning
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 ...
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 electricity in the ...
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 everyone’s (okay, Owen’s) ...









































