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Stamping in Play Dough
Play Dough is probably the most well loved medium in our house. All three of my girls have enjoyed it from a young age. I am always looking for different ways to incorporate it into our play. My oldest picked [...]
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Writing Center
My oldest has always enjoyed writing/drawing. An art space was one of the first things to go into our playroom… To see an inside view of this click on the link below. http://www.playathomemomllc.com/2011/12/an-inside-view-to-our-art-space/ When we made over her [...]
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Easter Treats – Age 6
I saw this really great post over on THE PIONEER WOMAN. I showed it to my 6 year old son and he immediately wanted to make them. Ours are not as pretty, but they are 100% child made, and as [...]
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Using Play to Empower
When we change the way we view behavior, we change our relationship with our children. If we can start to see sibling squabbles, cleaning up, and other behaviors during play as an opportunity, we can use those opportunities to guide [...]
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Learning Through Movement (sight words)
(Crappy cell phone pic post.) “I want to do this at least 21 more times!!!” It feels so good to listen to laughter coming from your child as they learn. Making learning fun creates life long learners. When children use [...]
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Raffle Giveaway for L.R. Knost
This giveaway post from our sister page, Parenting Beyond Punishment. The Give the Gift of Gentle Parenting and Give the Gift of Life fundraiser for L.R. Knost is in its final week and we are bringing it one step closer [...]
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Microscopic
~ Aside from P.E., science was always my favorite subject in school. I loved all of those hands-on, real life learning opportunities, so I get super excited when I can use science to expand on all areas of learning with [...]
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Erasing Sight Words
At a recent trip to Dollar Tree we found CORRECTION TAPE (< clickable link…10 pack is 85% off on Amazon right now.. 10 for $5.00!) My daughter (6 years) was browsing the art section and asked what it is. [...]
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DIY Lazy Susan
~ My husband works 4 days on and 3 days off. In order to keep him from getting bored, I give him a lot of projects to do. I’m such a good wife. SEE HOW EXCITED HE IS?? He [...]
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NUTS!!!!!!
~ Sometimes we get in a rut around here. You know those days (weeks) where you are doing a less than stellar job of really paying attention, really observing? I’m lucky enough to have a small group of local [...]