November 04, 2012
5 Cool Ways To Use Halloween Candy (Other Than Eat All It Immediately)
We all want to eat our kids’ Halloween candy. At least I do. But we can’t. So here are 5
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October 03, 2012
Morning and Evening Reminders For Kids: Easy Reader Style
Every day is a little bit different in our house—and everyone’s house. But deep down, we all thrive on consistency,
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September 25, 2012
How To Play ‘Mary Had A Little Lamb’ On The Recorder (Or Try To, At Least)
We tried. Maybe a bit too hard–or maybe not hard enough–depending on how you look at it. But we have
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August 27, 2012
Our Super-special Kindergarten Lunchbox Love Notes
One of my first, most distinct happy, happy memories was when I was six years old. I was eating my
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August 22, 2012
Beautiful Backpack Butterflies
One of the things we love to do as a Back-to-School tradition is to find some cool way of blinging
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August 20, 2012
3 Quick, Hands-On, Totally Cool Math Games
Every summer, our school hands out summer packets – worksheets upon worksheets with ways that parents can continue the learning all
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August 08, 2012
Magic Triangles: Hands-On Math Game
It’s been crazy busy over here for the past few days, with visiting family in the Keystone State, attending BlogHer
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August 01, 2012
Olympic Torch Game For Kids
Have you been busy keeping up with the Olympics? Sure, they have only just begun, but if your kids
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July 22, 2012
getting kids to stop, observe and write
Our Everyday Journal cards have proven to be a really incredible—and sneaky—way of getting the kids focused and thinking
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July 19, 2012
Improve Fluency: Slow Down Speedy Readers
I’ve said before that one of the things that you never want to say to a reader is Slow down!
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June 28, 2012
10 fun ways of helping kids learn the abc’s
10 fun ways of helping kids learn the abc's | alphabet learning is FUN!
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June 20, 2012
How To Make Summer Reading Fun For Your Kids
For many children, summer reading is not a big deal. They’re readers by nature, so the task of reading ten
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June 19, 2012
Summer Fun Cards: Making The Most Of Our Summer
One of our most favorite parts of summer is making our Summer Fun Cards. We’ve made them for the past
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June 10, 2012
kicking off summer reading: backyard book party
The school year is slowly winding down, and finally (finally!) we’re settling into our summertime schedule–not the spring-summer overlap that
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May 24, 2012
Quick Trick: Mind-Blowing Math Tricks
It’s no secret that I am not a math person. And it’s really no secret that my kids’ math skills
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May 23, 2012
Counting, Identifying, And Writing Numbers During Play
One of the things I believe in strongly is that any time can be a great time to sneak in
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May 17, 2012
Words 3 Ways: Learning Sight Words For Kindergarten
Cora is totally into learning how to read, so I am seriously running with it. She wants to practice the
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April 29, 2012
Mastering Multiplication Tables (With Mini Flash Cards)
Learning math facts has been a long, hard road for Maddy. It’s actually very often a long, hard road for
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April 25, 2012
Disney Word Searches: Getting Kids Ready For The Trip!
We were on a major word search kick a while back, but we’ve taken a good long rest from them.
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