PAW Patrol, Blues Clues & You! and Melissa & Doug
My love and admiration for Melissa & Doug products is not a secret.
And when I found out that both Blues Clues & You! and PAW Patrol have …
foundations
foundations of learning and living: teaching kids the foundations, the basics, the fundamentals
egg dyeing 101: making egg dyeing as mess-free, easy, and FUN as possible for families
Many parents rank egg dyeing up there with pumpkin carving: a highly-anticipated activity that often results in a huge mess, complete with crying kids …
brain teasers for kids
We're longtime fans of brain teasers for kids over here, in any form, at any time.
We dig brain teasers at lunchtime, brain teasers in the …
the fox and the crane: shadow puppets with printables
This week, Liska from Adventure in a Box shares a super-cool, totally new-to-teachmama.com idea. So cool, it's nuts.
Liska is a toymaker, a …
get kids interested in language and the world: little pim twitter event, 4.29.14
Kids who know about their world will naturally care for it more too.
Little Pim is a language learning system that hopes to do more than teach your …
toddler shapes: learn and play
The following guest post is written by talented and creative Australian homeschooling mom of two, Rachel …
five activities for crossing the midline (and why it’s important)
The following guest post is written by the amazing Devany LeDrew. Devany is a former Kindergarten who now shares adventures with her children--most …
how to help kids with articulation (you CAN help!)
As an educator and parent, I've always had an ear for the way my kiddos learned language, spoke, and pronounced their words.
Their …
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 …
how to play ‘mary had a little lamb’ on the recorder (or try to, at least)
We tried.
Maybe a bit too hard--or maybe not hard enough--depending on how you look at it.
But we have been rockin' the ole recorder over here …
2 crazy cool ways to use shoeboxes
Let's face it, times are tough for a lot of us, so it's due time that we really begin to use what we have in clever and creative ways.
How about …
summer fun cards: making the most of our summer
One of our most favorite parts of summer is making our Summer Fun Cards.
We've made them for the past three years, and each year I'm thrilled that …
how to develop language through play
I'm excited to share a few posts I've written that focus on developing children's language through play.
Each short article offers parents two …
quick trick: take reading on the road
A few weeks ago, I took the kids to Pennsylvania for the weekend--another solo trip and one I've done dozens of times before.
But what I realized …
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 …
quick trick: focus on free play
This little Quick Trick isn't as much a trick as it is a reminder--for parents, caregivers, teachers. . . for my husband and me.
Though I have …
best of teach mama countdown: #2 — spelling words
Yay! We're getting down to the wire with this teach mama top 10 all-time best countdown!
This post is one that I have shared probably more than …
best of teach mama countdown: #5 — letters b and d
I love it when I find a resource that really, truly helps my kids.
And PBS has provided me with so many ways to support my children's learning, in …
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 …
partners: ‘we teach’ and melissa & doug (and the north ‘poll’ news!)
I'm thrilled to announce that as of last month, the we teach forum has partnered with the amazing Melissa & Doug!
What this means is that …