Sometimes the simplest ideas make great projects and the classics with a new spin can be so exciting! To usher in harvest season, autumn, and falling leaves we decided to make a cute pumpkin snowflake craft. For my first-born’s first birthday, I did doing a grow theme and also tried to be as eco-friendly as…
Imagine looking at every day with wonder like our kids. What if we emphasized their feelings of awe and opportunity by not shying away from so-called bad weather and embraced it as something to enjoy (even if it’s raining and we decide not to get wet?! Rainy day play is important for our children because…
In my journey of blogging, I have come to find that I love it so much more if I involve others in the process. This means I can engage with other people in my community, share ideas and experiences, and get a first-hand look at how other families work and interact. I started hosting community…
With the ever growing popularity of Keurig, there are tons of K-Cups that are getting thrown away across the country and around the world. While we do not have a machine at home, my husband’s work has a Keurig. SO, I asked him if he would bring home some K-Cups to use for crafts and…
Flash cards, puzzle pieces, and books… all learning tools, but all very vulnerable to destruction and getting lost. While I am not a mom who sees flashcards as wonderful in the traditional sense, I think the are great tools for matching and other games and fun. However, my daughter LOVES to chew on them just…
The groundbreaking studies of Piaget have shown the many aspects of cognitive and intellectual developmental markers. As a certified teacher, much of my collegiate education revolved around the psyche of the pre-adult mind. The work of Jean Piaget will forever be crucial in understanding the learning processes. The most important point Piaget makes, in my…
Fussy babies so many times indicate teething or other discomforts. Learn some natural ways to treat theething holistically and herbally.
A couple of weeks ago I told my husband that I was stressing about our upcoming trip to Maui and that I was dreading packing. This past weekend I worked on a few different ideas to take with us on our trip and while I was showing him what I had created his comment was…
With Fathers’ Day coming up shortly, I was thinking of different ideas that I could incorporate into my daughter’s play that would relay “daddy” to her. With an older child, there are a lot of ideas and activities to prepare for such a day. Not to say that this idea couldn’t be used for older…
With the official beginning of summer, it is a great time to do water activities with your children. One great aspect of water is that it’s safe and easy to use with a child of any age! My little one is just now starting to like the idea of water. We have tried to do…
While many of us have seen different busy board options, have you thought about all of the great everyday learning tools just laying around your house that can be used on or off a busy board. Recently I scoured our house for random items such as buckles, clips, zippers, and more that are common in…
Because language development is one of the primary and most rapidly learned skills other than motor movement in the first year of life, the is no reason to delay in teaching kids the sounds, sights, and feel of letters. The great aspect of language is that it is always morphing and changing; therefore, kids will…
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