For months and months and months and months, Cora has asked for three things: her name on a cup, her name on a shirt, and her name on a necklace. Not just a ‘C’, she’d beg me. Not ‘I love …
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fine motor skills
fine motor skills: activities that help develop children’s fine motor skills
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fine arts
how to play ‘mary had a little lamb’ on the recorder (or try to, at least)
by Teach Mamaby Teach MamaWe tried. Maybe a bit too hard–or maybe not hard enough–depending on how you look at it. But we have been rockin’ the ole recorder over here for a few weeks, trying our darndest to be musical and to catch …
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One of the things we love to do as a Back-to-School tradition is to find some cool way of blinging out the kids’ backpacks. Especially before the big Kindergarten year, I feel like sending kids’ off to school with a …
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Our Everyday Journal cards have proven to be a really incredible—and sneaky—way of getting the kids focused and thinking in a way that I’m not sure they’d be willing to do otherwise. There’s something exciting about choosing a card, about …
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early literacysight words
words 3 ways: learning sight words for kindergarten
by Teach Mamaby Teach MamaCora is totally into learning how to read, so I am seriously running with it. She wants to practice the sight words that were included in her kindergarten packet. She wants to be able to decode the words in her …
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family lifetravel
disney word searches: getting kids ready for the trip!
by Teach Mamaby Teach MamaWe were on a major word search kick a while back, but we’ve taken a good long rest from them. So in honor of our upcoming Disney Social Media Moms Celebration, I decided to bring back this oldie but goodie …
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alphabetearly literacy
homemade alphabet book: get personal with the abc’s
by Teach Mamaby Teach Mamahomemade alphabet book: get personal with the abc’s | early literacy | how to make an abc book | teach kids the letters of the alphabet | teachmama.com
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We’ve had two dancers in our family this year–Cora, who has been rockin her Hip, Tap, Toe class each week, and Maddy, who started out as a ballerina but who moved on to classes with a little more beat and …
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plantsscience
backyard fun: dissecting, examining, and learning about flowers
by Teach Mamaby Teach Mama Dissecting flowers–totally pulling them apart–is a little bit funny for some kids. At least it was for mine. We tell them they can’t pick the flowers in our gardens unless they have permission; we teach them to care for and …
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how to teach kids where in the world they live
by Teach Mamaby Teach Mamame on the map: how to teach kids where in the world they live | circles to show where kids live on the planet, continent, country, state, city, street, home
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how to teach kids to tie their shoes | teachmama.com
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I’ve struggled this year with how to occupy Owen and Cora while Maddy does her homework, and what I’ve come to realize is that in order for me to support Maddy, Owen and Cora have to pretend they’re in Rome …
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20 fun ways to learn spelling words | sight word games | spelling word games | best ways to learn sight words | teachmama.com
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No, it’s not President’s Day. But we’re getting close. No, today was just another no-school snow day. And when I walked into Maddy’s room after Cora and I changed everyone’s sheets, I noticed that she and Owen had dumped the …
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Valentine’s Day is almost here! You better believe that our house has been heart-happy and all fancied-up in pink and red since last weekend. I’ve always loved decorating for the holidays, and why not? Any reason to celebrate, right? This …
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tripod gripwriting
owen’s got grip: using large crayons to help support tripod grip
by Teach Mamaby Teach MamaNo joke! My boy finally found his grip! It’s taken a while, and over the last few months, I’ve researched (our friends at HWT do have great ideas), tried slip-on grips (wouldn’t use them), crayon bits (a good start. . …
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