quick counting in the kitchen
I am a keeper of children’s small yogurt containers. I have been one for some time now, and I have used them for the occasional snack, for …
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 …
monkey business at breakfast time
Whoops! I thought I had a two-post Wednesday but it appears I never officially sent this:
Newspaper Reading: Today at breakfast when we were glancing …
trying to keep smiling: quick trick, rest time
This is one Quick Trick that now is worth about a million bucks to me:
I remember the day I actually learned it–way back when Maddy was an …
today we were salad people
Today we tried a recipe from a book that was recently recommended to me by a friend after I shared our last muffin-making extravaganza and my desire …
alphabet egg puzzles
Today I brought out another awesome resource from Bear’s Words Their Way. . . (2004), but it can be replicated very easily in a number of ways. …
moving snow, building dudes
It snowed today! Woo-hoo!! Yippppeeee!!!
Six glorious inches of fluffy, packable, movable, sled-able, wonderful snow.
We were due. My little ones …
totally terrarium, batman
Ever since I read Adrian Higgins’ article in The Washington Post a few weeks back (actually 2/19/09) about the crazy comeback that terrariums …
all about beans friday
My plan today was to spend some time solo with Cora, but we got lucky, and Owen ended up being with us for the morning, too. I wanted Cora to work on …
spider-man activity book makeover
One of our local drugstores was almost giving coloring books away a few days back, so I picked up a few. This morning before we headed off to open …
trying to keep smiling: quick trick, one finger
One finger.
One finger.
Oooooonnneee finger.
When my sisters and I were little, my mom said this to us a lot. At gift stores, department …
rhyming and sorting, sorting and rhyming
Owen and I had a tiny bit of quiet time together yesterday while Cora was napping and Maddy had lunch at preschool, so he and I read, played cars, and …
one of these things . . .
For the short window of time we were not running off to church, fixing a leaky pipe in our basement, and getting our house in order for the week, we …
puzzles and more puzzles
This morning we did puzzles. This afternoon we did puzzles. And this evening we did puzzles. For some reason, my children were all in a …
white board writing
For some reason, all of the students I have ever worked with have always loved using dry erase markers and white boards, and the same has proven true …
recipe-reading: let’s make muffins!
Today, we mixed up the way we usually make muffins–and we make them a LOT around here. Usually my little bakers stand on their chairs, aprons on …
where to begin on teach mama?
Welcome!
If this is your first time stopping by teach mama, I’m so glad you’re here. Blogs can be overwhelming, especially if …
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 …
port discovery, here we come!
This morning, we relaxed after our busy Valentine’s Day weekend. Yesterday, we ventured to the Inner Harbor and Port Discovery , and, as fun as …
valentine’s day scavenger hunt
Okay, so here’s what’s on tap for our little Valentine’s Day Family Extravaganza, depending on weather, attitudes, amount of sleep, …