Giving away With all the best plans there will be an influx of new toys and games if you have children every year around the holidays and around their birthdays. To avoid being overrun by toys start sorting though your toys now and think about donating. It’s a great skill to develop giving. This is the second year we have… View Post
The alternative Play Activities Holiday Gift Guide #2 Engage vs Entertain
Engaging vs Entertaining …………This is part 2. For the first alternative Play Activities Holiday Gift Guide #1 :Activity & time There are so many more things to do in the day now more than ever. There are more toys and heavier marketing. The quality of toys are truly amazing. As a result there are so many more chances to buy… View Post
Teaching gratitude to little ones
I was reading Kidlutions:Cultivating Gratitude in Our Children… and loving all the ideas about raising a child with gratitude. It got me thinking about Thanksgiving, being thankful for the many blessing we have along with Christmas time when we get overwhelmed by generosity that we often times forget to be grateful and show gratitude. Wendy shares many simple and effective… View Post
The alternative Play Activities Holiday Gift Guide #1 Activity & Time
Yep ’tis the season for gifts. Have you thought about how you can gift play? Activity emails Here at Play Activities I talk about the natural and everyday play activities you can do together with your child. I offer a free weekly email of activities that take little or no money plus the bonus is most of the items used… View Post
Friday Finds
It’s Friday! I’ve got the virtual hot chocolate and whipped cream with a few sprinkles on top, by the kids.:) Here are some on my tweets from this past week I’ve enjoyed around parenting and play. They made me think, smile ,cry and take action. Hope they inspire you too. Interesting articles and blogs I have found this week via… View Post
Steven Spangler Science activity
Before Halloween I entered a contest to win 50 gallons of slime. Not really comprehending what 50 gallons would look like. ( I’m a metric girl!) Both kids have a fascination for science so I thought it would be an excellent prize for them and they could share with their friends. We won! The boxes arrived. I worked with my… View Post
WW: Classroom fun
Happy Wordless Wednesday! Find out the story behind this Wordless Wednesday post tomorrow. For more Wordless Wednesday posts go to WordlessWednesday.com and 5minutesformom.com
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me? When the day has been really noisy or busy I like to try this game to slow everything down and really use those [tag]listening[/tag] ears. The boys are on break so are enjoying the freedom of life without school. I tend to give way to the freedom they need but I still like to do some… View Post
Things we like to do when we are 3
…well almost 4! There have been a few discussions on Momslikeme that got me thinking, asking about learning games or activities to play with their preschool children at home. Here’s what my MO does…………… Find the hidden objects in the magazine He doesn’t have to sit and stay. He can bounce in place and skip pages. It’s all in fun…. View Post
Chums
The Wordless Wednesday was a photograph of babies on a mat. This was one of those classic mummy moments. We were a group of friends who had gotten pregnant one after each other by sheer coincidence. December, January, February and the March one was being nursed somewhere else for this shot. They are all our second children. This was one… View Post
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