Gardening with Kids
We just finished putting our garden boxes together. I always revert to raised beds because arguably, they are more space efficient, tidy, and have better drainage (but I’m no expert).
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Printable Practice Book for Learning Letters and Numbers
The sun is shining through the living room windows as the Black-Capped Chickadees flit through the trees in our backyard, making melodies for all to hear. It’s only early March, but it feels like spring.
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Five Kid-Friendly Crafts Made From Yarn
Am I the only one that has a basket full of yarn taking up space in a closet? Every once in a while I’ll pull it out to do a crochet project, but what inevitably happens is a barrage of children begging me to make ‘something fun’ with it. Today I’m sharing five kid-friendly crafts…
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Printable Pre-Writing Notebook for Toddlers and Preschoolers
Today I’m sharing this Printable Pre-Writing Notebook that I created and plan on using with my son.
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Intro to Sewing for Kids
I have a ton of goals for our home school this year (probably too much). I’m sure Jon Acuff would shake his head at my list and tell me to cut it in half.
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Teaching Good Manners in an Afternoon
While rinsing off the lunch dishes, Jovie said, “Today, my teacher kept asking me to use the magic word…” (long pause) “…Hey Mom, what is the magic word?”
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Fall Library Finds for Preschoolers
We are avid readers all year-long, but there is something about cuddling up with a pile of colorful, kids books after spending a playful afternoon in the cool, autumn air.
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Printable Learning Folder for the Early Years
Today I’m sharing the Preschool Learning Folder that I’ve put together for my three year old son to begin working on this year. This printable learning folder contains all the major preschool concepts and presents them in an interactive engaging way. Stick around to the end to get the free preschool learning folder inserts for…
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Literacy and the Benefits of Poetry
Let’s talk about the benefits of poetry and how it can help our kids become better readers, as well as, over all learners. Poetry sometimes feels like a lost art, doesn’t it? Where it was once memorized, written, discussed, and accepted, it has now become antiquated and unappreciated. While we could discuss the reason for…
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What’s so Wrong With Having Heroes?
I’m officially one step closer to working myself out of laundry duties…my four-year-old has learned how to fold towels! And not just the one-two-you’re-through method, but the mom’s-amazing-wrinkle-free-four-step-fold. 😉
