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 …
counting
stamping crazy–open grid games for literacy & math learning
Lately the kids have been on a stamping craze.
They’re stamp-happy, stampin’ nutty, and stopping everything to stamp up …
trying to keep smiling: quick trick, candy countdown
After taking care of three on-and-off sick kiddos for the last three weeks, and after a crazy week of Halloween parties and craziness, I was finally …
action action 1, 2, 3 get kids moving, writing, thinking
Owen was nutty today.
I honestly think he had enough energy this afternoon to run a marathon. Except that it was raining. Again. And he and Cora were …
playing cards, playing with numbers
For the last few months–yes, months–Owen has been obsessed with playing War.
With any deck of cards, anywhere, any time.
It’s …
math and fine motor skill fun: hole punch happy
We’ve been hole-punch happy over here lately.
Ever since Owen learned how to use it, he’s been unstoppable.
At first, using the hole …
summer math f-u-n
Gulp. I just re-opened Maddy’s Kindergarten folder and stumbled across a pretty important little guy–a summer math information sheet and …
not just a plain-jane paper chain
It’s our book chain!
And it’s not that plain-jane, really–it’s got some color to it!
With summer here and the sunshine calling …
sunny rainy grid games
Maddy asked me a few days ago if we could play more of those “bunny counting games” that we played a while back.
I said, Absolutely! and …
bingo chips and bottle tops
On this rainy afternoon, after Maddy and Owen’s last day of soccer, I put a super-tired Cora down for her nap, and I brought out two of Maddy …
counting money
A funny thing happened to me when I dumped out all of our Relay for Life donations on Owen’s bedroom floor the other day–I realized that I …
dandelions and clovers
It was gorgeous out today–the perfect day for a picnic. We didn’t go far; after picking up Maddy’s Kindergarten packet, we played …
cleaning, counting, and sortin’ colors with cora
This past weekend had us busier than usual, with my sister getting hitched (woo-hoo!) and Maddy in the wedding. It was awesome, but we’re …
counting bunnies
This weekend was super busy and fun for us with family and friends here to share the holiday and with a perpetual buzz of chocolate and sugar moving …
swing, swing, the wonderful swing
While I was out of town with Maddy a few weekends ago, my husband was busy not only caring for Owen and Cora, he was also busy building the most …
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 …
buggy monday–counting legs
Today was a very unusual Monday for us; Brent was home in bed all day after a long night, losing his battle with the stomach bug, Owen was home from …
1, 2, 3. . . number boxes!
Numbers, numbers, numbers. I’m not a math person–it’s just not how I’m wired–so I constantly have to remind myself to …