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new for us friday: virtual nerd (and flip Ultra HD giveaway!)

This New For Us Friday, I'm sharing an incredible tool for teachers, parents, and students--one that I am excited about not only because I'm a teacher …
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new for us friday: the pumpkin playdough flop

I'll be the first to admit that we've had our fair share of flops over here, and this week we had another one of them. It was messy. It was sticky. …
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paint with candy | candy experiments

painting with candy: candy experiments (part two)

Maddy, Owen, and Cora had an absolute blast performing candy experiments using their Halloween loot this week, but I think the most fun they had …
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backyard rainbow hunt

just a little back yard rainbow hunt

Just a big pile of leaves, flower petals, and weeds? Nope. Rainbow hunt? Yes! Yep--right in our back yard, where we've already hunted for …
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celebrating earth day, sneaking in some learning

It's Earth Week! What a perfect platform for celebrating the outdoors and for practicing new ways of being kinder to Mother Nature? We are trying over …
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easy backyard fragrance experiment

our easy and exciting backyard fragrance experiment

It's been impossible to ignore that springtime (or is it summer?) has arrived in full-force, so for the last few days, we've been enjoying our own …
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new for us friday: a puppy! un perrito!

This New For Us Friday is coming a bit late, I know, but we have been busy--BUSY!--over here this spring break, preparing for--and now caring for--our …
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frog or toad: how we researched and figured it out | teachmama.com

frog or toad? how we researched and figured it out

On our way out the door yesterday morning, Maddy spotted a small, dark, warty visitor. Maybe the leprechauns dropped him off, or maybe he got lost on …
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a rainy, soapy sunday

The rainy, grey day had us all feeling cranky, complainy, and just plain down.So I brought out two big bins that were once filled with baby clothes …
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ladybug, ladybug

My parents brought "Lady Bug Land" for Maddy, Owen, and Cora late last spring when they came for a visit. It took us a while to get started, but once …
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new for us friday–guinea pigs

Today is our first full day of being pet owners!Talk about something new on a Friday for our little familia! (Hopefully it won't be a bust like last …
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fuzzy little caterpillar pets

My kids are completely desperate for a pet. They've been collecting dozens of those fuzzy caterpillars that are everywhere lately, and then they …
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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 in the field at …
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once, big old box. . . now, sensory box!

A few weeks ago, during yet another rainy day, I decided to turn a box that had just been dropped off at my door (full of fun clearance finds from …
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m-u-d & b-o-o-t-s– boots!

Mud. It was everywhere today, thanks to the generous amount of rain we've had for the last few days. And my smart little Maddy remembered me telling …
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creepy crawly backyard friends

Yesterday, being St. Patrick's Day, was busy for us. After we discovered that the troublesome leprechauns turned our milk and yogurt green and we …
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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 needed …
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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 are …
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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 …
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Super easy, homemade dog treats! 

Kids can help—they love the scraping into molds part!

Recipe below: 

ingredients 
1 egg
1 12.5 oz can chicken
1/4 cup chickpea (or tapioca) flour
1/4 cup whole wheat flour

instructions 
1. preheat oven to 350•

2. add all ingredients to blender and mix on high

3. pour into silicon molds

4. bake 10 min then switch trays to opposite oven racks—our racks cannot fit two trays). bake for another 10-12 min or until treats pop easily out of molds. 

5. let cool on tray so they get a little more crispy. 

store in airtight container for up to a week!

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Painted rocks are a lifesaver most days, aren’t they?
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Hello, Teacher Wish List.

You are welcome here. In fact, we are incredibly glad that you’ve made your way into our culture.

You’re like the Wedding Registry or Baby Registry–but better. 

You are a dream because you are the list that gives and gives and gives. You’re not full of weird kitchen appliances or ugly China patterns or tiny baby Air Jordans. You are made of books, pens, pencils, journals, math manipulatives, bulletin board letters, lab goggles, staplers, and hole punchers.

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.

What an amazing thing you are, you little Classroom Wish List! Just a simple Amazon Wish List, you let us all feel like we are helping in a teeny way, and we thank you.

We hope you never, ever leave and that you’re here to stay.

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TEACHERS! 

We appreciate you. 

We know that you have been spending your own money for AGES for your classroom and students, and we want to help. 

Here’s everything you need to know about creating your own Amazon Wish List: https://teachmama.com/help-teachers-clear-the-list/

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Friends, if you have an extra $5 or $10 that you could spare to help some amazing educators, we would be SO GRATEFUL.

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