One of our most favorite parts of summer is making our Summer Fun Cards. We’ve made them for the past three years, and each year I’m thrilled that each year the kids really seem to get into it. Summer Fun …
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outdoor learning
outdoor learning. . . backyard fun
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learning to spell contractions: sneaky games and play
by Teach Mamaby Teach MamaWe were so thankful for the gorgeous three-day weekend to slowly get us back on track and to allow us to (kind of) regain control over the mess that had become of our home. After being away last week, the …
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It’s H-O-T. Hot, hot, Hot with a capital ‘H’. I know I’ve been a total complainer, but I really don’t care. So rather than complain any more, I thought I’d just skip to some of the fun–inexpensive–things we’ve done that …
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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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quick trick: how to use recyclables with kids–get fun, crafty, creative
by Teach Mamaby Teach MamaWith summer right around the corner and kids home a lot more than usual, many of us need to keep a few tricks in our back pocket for rainy days or those occasions when we feel like we might lose …
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It’s been a gorgeous fall week here, so one morning, Owen, Cora, and I spent a good while at the park with our buddies. Turns out there were a handful of 4’s and 5’s there, and Owen made fast …
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non-fiction reading and real-life learning with fish
by Teach Mamaby Teach MamaWe’re pet sitting for the next few days, and Maddy, Owen and Cora are loving it. Nothing cuddly or furry, but these little guys are certainly entertaining if you ask my three kiddos. We’re fish-sitting, actually, for what …
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coffee can stilts: old school summer fun
by Teach Mamaby Teach MamaJust for fun, just because I had two empty coffee cans, and just because I remember loving the yellow plastic-cup stilts we had as kids, we made coffee can stilts over here one recent afternoon. It was a day …
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Woo-hoo! Woo-hooo!! Wooooo-hoooo!! (And boo-hoo!!) Posting this means that my amazing husband is finally home from his golf trip, and I couldn’t be happier to have him back. But it also means that my at-home vacation with Maddy, Owen, and …
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