Posted by Unknown | 5:04 AM

“What’s the difference between a frog and a toad?” my son asked me one day. I had to admit, I didn’t know. Thankfully, one very smart author...

0 comments Labels: Art, Crafts, Free Printables, Plants/Animals, Science, Sorting

Posted by Unknown | 5:12 AM

Lately, my son is fascinated with money. I know, you think I mean spending it, right? Nope. He wants to know who’s on each bill and loves th...

0 comments Labels: Counting, Free Printables, Money, Sorting, Subtraction

Posted by Unknown | 8:34 PM

Its been a busy week for those of us on the east coast. Not only are we preparing for a new school year, but now also a huge hurricane. This...

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Posted by Unknown | 5:19 AM

Can you imagine asking a 6-year-old to pick up Cheerios one at a time and place them in a bowl? Me neither. I can just hear the “bbbboooooor...

0 comments Labels: Fine Motor, Free Printables, Games, Opposites, Reading, Rhyming, Shapes, Sorting

Posted by Unknown | 8:33 PM

September marks the beginning of my favorite time of year. With  the start of school & end of summer there are many new opportunities to...

0 comments Labels: character education, children's activities, Children's health, children's Yoga

Posted by Unknown | 10:58 AM

It’s late summer and the spiders are out in full force. To learn a little about these amazing eight-legged creepy crawlies, I hit the librar...

0 comments Labels: Crafts, Fine Motor, Plants/Animals, Reading, Science

Posted by Unknown | 6:41 AM

This weekend I was out with my daughter looking for a baby shower gift. In our travels we came across one of those blood pressure machines y...

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Posted by Unknown | 5:03 AM

My son can count by fives, so why is it such a struggle for him to figure out the minutes on an analog clock, I wondered. To help practice t...

0 comments Labels: Free Printables, Reading, Telling Time

Posted by Unknown | 5:15 AM

So far the tornado sirens have only gone off twice this Spring/Summer season. This is a reality of living in the Midwest; tornadoes are the ...

0 comments Labels: Science, Weather

Posted by Unknown | 5:08 AM

They come from humble beginnings – just trash and dirt and some old pantyhose. Oh, and grass seed too. I’ve been dying to blog about this ac...

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Posted by Unknown | 5:10 AM

Rather than just doing drills to practice greater than and less than with two numbers, I thought I’d make a little construction game for my ...

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Posted by Unknown | 5:25 AM

We’ve been having so much fun with math and science, that a reading-related activity was LONG overdue. Identifying word families is a great ...

0 comments Labels: Free Printables, Plants/Animals, Reading, Sorting, Writing

Posted by Unknown | 5:20 AM

We’ve seen some amazing birds lately – goldfinches, orioles, and doves to name a few. Each time, my son (who is constantly in motion and lip...

0 comments Labels: Crafts, Free Printables, Plants/Animals, Science, Writing

Posted by Unknown | 5:06 AM

With more than a dozen plaster beetle shapes left over from our Friend vs. Foe Beetle Tic-Tac-Toe activity, I was determined to put them to...

0 comments Labels: Addition, Counting, Crafts, Games, Plants/Animals, Reading, Science

Posted by Unknown | 5:07 AM

If the Milky Way Galaxy is just one of billions of galaxies in outer space, it stands to reason that there are probably other planets out th...

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Posted by Unknown | 7:38 PM

“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.”  ~Dr. Seuss So this evening at yoga, we misplace...

0 comments Labels: anti bullying, anxiety, character education, Children's health, children's Yoga, kids health, self-confidence

Posted by Unknown | 5:12 AM

There’s something fascinating about the night sky. To help my son see more than just a sky full of “twinkle, twinkle little stars,” I checke...

0 comments Labels: Science