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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 child, …
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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 Parade. No, it's …
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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 country …
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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 each …
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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 our picnic …
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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 with …
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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 the loudest, …
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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 classroom.She was …
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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 me a few months ago …
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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 you dare kick …
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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 of …
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Super easy, homemade dog treats! 

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1 12.5 oz can chicken
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1/4 cup whole wheat flour

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2. add all ingredients to blender and mix on high

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You are helping to equip and educate the youth of the world and are taking a tiny bit of stress off of the shoulders of our educators. And we all know that our educators–especially in the last few years–have been stretched to the absolute max. They are tired, worn down, and stepped on. They’re pushed and pulled every which way and are expected to do the job of 27 different people.

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