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Sticky Letters
My girls love playing with the white board. I’m always trying to come up with fun ways to use it it. Since my middle child (age 4) is letter obsessed right now I decided to create a fun invitation for [...]
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Jumping for Sight Words
Since my oldest started Kindergarten we try and spend most of her home time outdoors!! Today we took her sight word practice outside as well. Obviously you need a trampoline for the way we did it, however, I will [...]
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Egyptian Pyramids
About a year ago, I set up an invitation similar to this one – for building - but my son had very little interest in it. For as long as I can remember he has been fascinated with pyramids and the desert. [...]
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A Sunflower Story – A Journey Into Child Led Learning
This post is brought to you by: CRAPPY CELL PHONE PICS. Enjoy! Project work is a large component of the Reggio Approach. In our home, my son and I work together to create the spirit of cooperation, collaboration, and construction of [...]
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Learning Sight Words Through Play
Children who are prematurely pushed into regimented academic instruction display less creativity and enthusiasm for learning later in life. In our home, learning through play does not end when Kindergarten begins. We say no to worksheets, and instead create fun [...]
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Sensory Play in K
As many of you know, my son started Kindergarten a few weeks ago. Of course, the mindful/reggio/playful/child advocating mommy in me is trying to support his teacher in any way that I can as we decide if public school is [...]
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6 Fun Ways to Explore Outer Space
Once you realize what you children are interested in, you can provide the materials to expand their learning in those areas. Here are 6 fun activities for those space loving children out there. 1. CREATE A CAVE OF STARS [...]
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Fort Magic Review and Giveaway
Fort Magic is, well…. MAGICAL! (Sorry, I couldn’t resist.) The Fort Magic Kit really is the toy with endless possibilities! What IS Fort Magic? “Fort Magic is an innovative fort building and construction toy that enables children to build 3D, kid-created, ”life-size” worlds for inventive play! [...]
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Scuba Spelling – Diving for Letters and Spelling Words
Make learning fun by meeting your children where they are and embracing their interests. We have spent most of our summer diving down 9 feet in the deep end of the pool to touch the bottom. It was clearly an [...]
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Big Book of Questions
My oldest daughter really enjoys reading The Big Book of Why along with all of it’s counterparts…space, ocean, dinosaurs, and animals. Reading these books often result in more questions. She also asks a lot of questions while we are [...]