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quick trick

best of teach mama countdown: #3 shoe-tying

Teaching some kids how to tie their shoes is so not easy, it’s not even funny. While one child may teach herself how to do it, for another …
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best of teach mama countdown: #8 — gem jars

Being a parent is a totally rewarding, completely fun, and continually changing job, but yes, it’s sometimes crazy, difficult, challenging, and …
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quick trick: library book parade

This Quick Trick is super quick, very simple, but it’s one of my children’s favorite parts of our library trips: the Library Book …
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quick trick: fast-finger challenges with play-doh

Like so many families, we love Play-Doh over here.  And whether it’s the real-deal, packed-in-yellow-containers-Play-Doh or happy …
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quick trick: fun with bows and gift wrap

Before we recycle what wrapping paper we can and throw away all of the plastics and trash from holiday gift-giving, I usually set some of the good …
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quick trick: make the school year a success!

The school year’s in full swing around here, and I’ll tell you, it has not been an easy transition for us. Grade One is a whole different …
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quick trick: the days of the week with vitamin C!

Welcome, welcome new vitamin boxes to our table and to our every day! I have yet to find a better way than this to talk about the day of the week …
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quick trick: playing on positive behavior

Back in the end of May, our little familia was experiencing a rough patch. Owen finished preschool a few weeks before Maddy ended kindergarten, …
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quick trick: the power of positive talk

I had a conversation with a neighbor a few weeks ago that took me way back to second-grade class when my teacher continually referred to my class as …
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quick trick: rainy day picnic

Surprise, surprise–another rainy, gray winter day here in Maryland. So after we got home from Owen’s soccer practice, I got busy packing …
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quick trick: bye, bye birthday cards

I have never really been a birthday card sender. And as much as I do love to receive cards, I’ve already come clean and admitted what we do …
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quick trick: patience, patience

It’s funny sometimes that my youngest–the smallest of the house, my tiniest bambina, and one with such a sweet, angelic face–can be …
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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 …
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trying to keep smiling: quick trick–brain kiss

Mmmmmuahhhh! Give your brain a kiss. I learned so, so much from Maddy’s incredible preschool teachers when I parent-aided in her first …
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trying to keep smiling: quick trick, colors

I was blue,Jenny was yellow,Mary was red, andKatie was green. I still connect my three sisters and myself to those colors because way back when my mom …
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trying to keep smiling: quick trick, positive

Lately, my sweet 3-year-old boy has been experimenting with his voice (yelling and screaming anywhere, anytime, at anyone), his body (superhero …
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trying to keep smiling: quick trick, 1 2 3

I found this Quick Trick via one of my “awesome–always-knows-what-she’s-doing-and-is-a-fantastic-parent” pals who threw it at …
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trying to keep smiling: quick trick, divide

My husband taught me this Quick Trick, and he learned it first-hand way back when he and his brother were little. His dad had them use it when they …
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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 …
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trying to keep smiling: quick trick, days

Here’s another idea I totally snagged and adapted from someone else, but this simple trick has saved me quite possibly the equivalent of years …
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