While I’m not a professional Montessori teacher, I did go to Montessori schools growing up, and I’m a mom who loves to help my daughter learn and grow. I’m also not the most inventive person when it comes to ideas for this learning and growing. Thankfully there are other people who are. 🙂 I must … Continue reading
My mom was nice enough to give me a little break in the middle of this lovely Spring Break. She took Hanna to her house where they made these amazing Spring cupcakes. Let’s get to it… they aren’t hard, but they sure are cute. What your going to need: Shredded coconut Wilton Green color … Continue reading
I wonder sometimes if I’m the last person on Earth to find things. Well, tonight, thanks to Twitter I found Smilebox. Here’s the first thing I’ve created… Talk about easy and fun! I could quickly see this becoming addictive! You can easily post it to your facebook page or someone else’s what a great way … Continue reading
Dance can be a fun, easy way to introduce physical activity into a child’s life. As a provider of educational child care, Primrose Schools has recognized and is actively fighting against the childhood obesity epidemic. Childhood obesity is a critical issue for young children in America. The Family Dance-off supports Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, a … Continue reading
I am a book reader. I love books. I love to read… and then, there’s this thing called an “e reader”. I resisted for the longest of times, knowing I would not like it, knowing I would much rather read a book. Then around Christmas time I decided, what the heck, I’m gonna get me … Continue reading
This week for some reason I spy has just kept coming up and up and up. I’ve seen multiple posts on how to make I Spy bottles, and how to dye rice. Finally after reading this tutorial from Counting Coconuts, I had to give it a try. This project took us a couple days. We … Continue reading
If you’re world is anything like mine, that’s one of the first questions you hear. Coming up with entertaining, fun and educational activities can be tough. I like to try to make the things we do fun with a twist of learning added in, whether we’re working on numbers, letters, animals, colors, there’s always something … Continue reading
If you’re like me you could work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. There’s always something that needs to be done. However, the weekend is coming and it’s a good idea to take some time off and spend it with the family. 🙂 I’ve found the more time I can spend with my … Continue reading
