Growing Nimble Families

Guess the Rhyme 3

Here’s today’s post. Can you guess which Nursery rhyme?

Fun reading and writing practice

As part of our quest to do more and play more outside we’re really taking advantage of the morning sun. Today we set up butcher paper and some markers . The boys sat on the paper and tried to draw a rainbow. It was a good exercise in hand eye coordination and crossing the midline. For more information about the… View Post

TMT:Teaching patience

in Uncategorized on 08/13/09

Yesterday I posted my Wordless Wednesday post that showed patience. As I talked about earlier in the week about our walk to school, we get to go through this park quite a few times a day. Sometimes we are walking fast because we’re going somewhere; I’m trying to keep up with the fast scouters etc But there are some days… View Post

WW: Teaching patience

in Education, Play activities on 08/12/09

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

Our walk to school

in Play activities, Seasonal play on 08/11/09

What we get out of walking to school………….a few thoughts Our walk to school is through a park. It probably takes the same amount of time to walk to school as it would to drive. Mostly because it’s downhill all the way and clicking on a few helmets is quicker than getting everyone in car seats and out at the… View Post

Teddy Bear pretend play

in Education, Play activities on 08/10/09

We’re playing Rhyme Time. The previous post was a video of a Nursery Rhyme you and your child together are trying to guess. If you’ve not done this yet………what are you waiting for 🙂 This post gives you the answer and some activities we did with it. Pretend play gives your child the chance for unlimited creativity. On Monday we’ll… View Post

Guess the Nursery Rhyme 2

in Education on 08/10/09

Here’s today’s game. Watch the video and guess the Nursery Rhyme Let me know your answer in the comments section. If you are playing along add your name and blog post to Mr. Linky , or in the comments, so we can try and guess yours. Feel free to use the Rhyme time button. [tag]Rhyme time[/tag] is a weekly play… View Post

Animal sounds

in Education, Play activities on 08/07/09

We got out our Animal soundtrack CD game out this morning. The MO goes to preschool during the week except on a Friday. Since they have been looking at animals this week we dug out this game. What child doesn’t like to make animal noises? Galt Toys Animal Soundtracks Game is a bingo game. Look at the pictures of animals… View Post

TMT: crafty collaboration

in Uncategorized on 08/06/09

Yesterday I posted a crafty collaboration for Wordless Wednesday. You know how when they get quiet you have to worry. Usually this hasn’t been the case with the boys. But this time I just wasn’t sure. That photo is what I found. They both get Highlights magazine. They found an activity to do while thumbing through it and between themselves… View Post