So, what was it for you? Which moment caused you to stop and say “Where did the time go?” or “I can’t believe that they’ve grown so quickly!”
Sometimes it’s those big moments – their first steps, the first day of Kindergarten or Middle School, when they learn to ride a bike, or the day you hand over the car keys.
In our house, the kids are always more likely to practice math or enjoy spelling practice if we connect the activity with a fun game or one of their favorite toys.
Today our Discover & Explore topic is Things that Go! This is always a favorite topic for young kids — cars, planes, boats, trains — anything they can ride, drive or fly. It’s always fun to take kids on a new adventure whether it’s their first train ride, flight on a plane or boat tour. …
When my kids were young, they had no issues with their fine motor skill development. I attribute it to the fact that they loved Cheerios and were always playing tug-of-war with the dog 🙂 But once they hit elementary school, they both began to have issues with their printing and writing. I always thought …
Four-leaf clovers and rainbows are all the rage this week! Just check out any elementary school hallway, art room or any aisle at your local Target — you’ll see they’re all decked out for St. Patrick’s Day.
Discover & Explore is also celebrating the luck ‘o the Irish this week with these fun & fabulous activities shared on last week’s linky.
As I was browsing through the Discover & Explore linky from last week, I was blown away by some of the great ideas that were inspired by kids books.
I remember the first time my daughter had to do a math worksheet at school — she’s a rainbow kind of girl so a black-and-white worksheet full of numbers was just not her style.
Sooo… she decided to use a different color crayon for each of the problems on the worksheet 🙂 “When life hands you lemons, make it colorful” is her motto!
Not long ago, I walked into our playroom to find my daughter surrounded by all her cooking items and talking aloud to no one. I just smiled and she smiled back.
“What’s up?”, I asked.
“I’m doing a cooking show!”
I guess I had been mentioning Rachel Ray quite a bit (I mean, it was the holiday season and I’m more likely to search for new recipes and tape some of the food shows).
I do love the month of January.
Not because of the snow or any special occasions — it’s because the month brings us a chance to slow down and reflect on all the great times from the previous year.
I kid you not — old crayons from previous school years, the small packs the kids get when we eat out somewhere, crayons that we’ve received in treat bags at birthday parties — a bazillion crayons.
