Laughing & learning through teachable moments
My first Mother’s Day in 2004, our baby daughter was 3 months old and still crying all the time. We were a wreck. It was hard to get out. My husband planned a simple, sweet (quick) outing that became our official Mother’s Day tradition. We stopped at a beautiful greenhouse, where fussing was fine, and [...]
I’ve been fortunate to have my own mother in all 37 years of my life. She’s answered any question I’ve ever asked her and helped me become a mother to my own children. I have a million memories of her and know her inside and out. The same is true for my dad. And, they [...]
It’s been nearly a month since my last post. I have avoided my computer and blog for weeks now. I’ve been kind of speechless after basically witnessing a miracle. Everything else has simultaneously seemed irrelevant but also glorious. My life pause button had been pressed. Pause. Breath. Pray. Appreciate. And, I guess I’ve finally stopped [...]
Kites can be really, really fun. But in my experience, they are mostly annoying. I want to show up at a park with my crew and have a Mary Poppins moment of kites dancing in the glorious wind as we celebrate life and nature and all those joyous feelings that ooze out of your pores [...]
Living in Kansas, we’re all pretty crazy about basketball and March Madness. My kindergarten is also crazy about Dr. Seuss. So it made perfect sense to me to combine the two! Over the course of several weeks, we read a Sweet 16 of Dr. Seuss books. We applied our reading and comprehension strategies along the [...]
1. My husband and I have an Amazon Addiction. I’m pretty sure we could never leave the house, but we’re extroverts, so we have to leave on occasion. Oh, and to go to work. 2. I love gift cards. 3. I love teachable moments. When the kids hit elementary age, we began utilizing Amazon Wish [...]
A tangram literally means “7 boards of skill” and goes way back to China a long, long, long time ago. Tangrams feed your brain concepts like fractions, geometry, spatial reasoning, symmetry… all while employing problem solving, fine motor, and patience with a side of art. And, most kids and adults have fun with them. When [...]
So as not to be confused with a perfect pancake maker, I’d like to start by sharing this…I mess up all the time. I mess up pancakes, budgets, clean countertops, and well, let’s stop there for now. But occasionally…my pancake artistic talents shine. I give some credit to my dad for starting my pancake affection. He [...]
We love March Madness. It’s a holiday in our house. We’re amping it up this year, please join us! Click Here to Print a Free March Madness Jr Bracket! We were pumped to get the kids involved at the Sweet 16 mark last year, which is a more kid friendly starting point for the young ones. [...]
We’re huge March Madness fans! It’s a holiday at our house. We also seem to find numerous teachable moments centered around our favorite sport. I’ve made a basketball themed packet for my Teacher’s Notebook Store and my Teacher Pay Teacher Store for $6 that I plan on using with my kindergarten class. There’s also several [...]
<div align="center"><a href="http://thinkmagnetkids.com/" title="Think Magnet"><img src="http://thinkmagnetkids.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/thinkmagbutton2-copy.jpg" alt="Think Magnet" style="border:none;" /></a></div>
