One recent Sunday one of the teens in our church handed me pumpkins for the boys. Attached to one was a note "This pumpkin made me smile because it...
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Foam Alphabet Letters Fun
Oct 25, 2013
Sometimes it's just fun to play with the alphabet letters and not use them as an overt learning tool. it's always fun to see how tall a...
Foam Alphabet Matching Game
Oct 23, 2013
The kiddos love to play with their foam alphabet letters. Sometimes they just lay them all out on the floor and poke the letters out and simply...
Foam Letter Spelling
Oct 21, 2013
Cutie Pie is in first grade now, which meant we spent some time this summer reinforcing reading through some fun activities, which I'm sure he's...
Playground Letter Search
Oct 11, 2013
Have you ever gone on a tangible letter search? It's sort of like Hidden Objects, but in real life rather than on paper and with a much larger area...
I’m not Pinterest-Creative
Oct 7, 2013
Sometimes I find myself pouring over blogs or Pinterest overwhelmed with great ideas for the boys and know I will never be able to do them, or feel...
Clean up time without the fight
Sep 27, 2013
I don't know how it is at your house, but sometimes clean up time can be such a challenge!I tried something different recently and just let Sweet...
An Organic Reading Approach
Sep 26, 2013
When my husband was in school getting his music teaching certification he took many classes covering teaching for all grade levels. Recently he was...
What kind of family are you?
Sep 10, 2013
Front yard play in our communityI've been reading a lot about community lately, or the sense of belonging (I posted about it earlier this week,...
Where do You Belong
Sep 9, 2013
In light of the recent articles on community popping up here and there, I've been thinking a lot about where we belong, as individuals and as a...
Learning Something New
Aug 12, 2013
Have you ever stepped back and thought about what it takes to learn something new? Some find trying new things to be very scary even as adults. Now...
Vacation Friends
Aug 5, 2013
My 6 year old wavers back and forth between friendly and talkative to reserved and shy. It's funny, though, how in the summer when we are out and...