Summer Reading

Summer break begins for us this coming Tuesday. I know many of you are already well into your summer breaks and I hope you are having fun! If you're...

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Marbled Easter Egg Decorations

Have you decorated for Easter? (Do you even do that? I only ask because we never really decorate for any holiday other than Christmas - and of...

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Playing in a new space

I posted a little while ago about playing a game by other rules. What if we extend this idea to playing with other things in different ways? What...

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Does it add up? (experiment)

This is a fun experiment that's almost like a magic trick. I came upon this when we were having fun with the materials for the Sky Blue...

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Puffy Painting

Do your kiddos like painting? Have they tried puffy painting yet? This is another activity we did a while back and brought out again when it was...

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DIY Spring Bird Feeders

...and you can find a bag of birdseed anywhere... -from Tom T. Hall's song Everybody Loves to Hear a Bird Sing  We made spring bird feeders the...

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Get Creative at (link)

Last week I showed photos of our winter break. There was one creative activity that I just had to come back and share with you. Doodle Cubes*** from...

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Fill in the Blanks

Have you heard of Mad Libs? (They are fairly inexpensive as you can see by following this affiliate link.) You can make this similar quick writing...

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A Game by Other Rules

Gramma's visits always give us several opportunities to play games. On this occasion, Sweet Pea pulled out Fish, a cute card set with pictures of...

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Coffee Filter Flowers

Coffee Filter Flowers. Simple creative fun for any day. Sweet pea loves playing with water and color, so we used some medicine droppers and water...

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