Laughing & learning through teachable moments
“Mama, do you like my picture?” says my then 6 year old middle, lefty, resourceful, observant, think outside the box kid. Readers, how you answer your child’s questions help grow that cute, widdle brain under that hat or fizzle out the creative fire. Be mindful. In the example above, I was honestly thinking “this doesn’t [...]
Hi Think Magnets! On the bloggy days when I think “Why am I even doing this?” I get a new fun email. That happened last week. I got an email from, get this…The SNUGGLE BEAR! Elena Schloss is a blogger AND a voice over artist for commercials, radio, cartoons, toys, etc. She’s been the Snuggle [...]
In an unfinished basement in suburbia, rattled with toys, books and art projects, there came to be known a space called Box City. A collection of mostly Amazon boxes…treasure carriers that collectively served three growing brains’ imagination and became a platform for unexpected life lessons. Box City lasted for months and months. Just when we [...]
These are my favorite teachable moments. Not the spilling necessarily, but sneaking in learning naturally throughout the day. No plan. No prep time. Just action on my reaction. “Oops, Mommy…I spilled my green juice” (This post is not sponsored by Bolthouse farms, but I thank them for helping me sneak veggies into my kids) Lesson [...]
Learning opportunities are all around, sometimes at 8am on a Wednesday, a teachable moment presents itself before school even begins. It’s my favorite kind of learning. Impulsive. Random. Inspired. Bonus Points for hilarious. When you are a Think Magnet…you jump on it…on 1 leg like a pink flamingo if you have to…in pajamas. (PS. We [...]
“It’s not how smart you are, it’s how you are smart.” Rene Diaz-Lefebrve Here’s another tool for you to throw in your bag. I used some of these tree ideas after seeing The Lorax as we talked about those pretty Truffula trees. When I plan a learning experience for my children or students, I try to think [...]
Faith, hope, and love; But the greatest of these is love…. As part of celebrating Easter this year we asked the kids over dinner, what does it look like to love others? Love our family. Love our friends. Love each other. Love teachers. Love classmates. Love our school. Love church friends. Love our coaches. [...]
Thanks to the dollar bin at Target this week and leftover scrapbook paper, I finally made my children “Think Boards” for $3! It’s a project that had been in my mind for months, but buying new frames wasn’t in the budget so I kept putting it off. But for $3, bring it on! The frames [...]
We need to start a Parent Revolution to celebrate and share just how perfectly imperfect we all are. We all mess up. We all meltdown. We all feel overwhelmed. Parenting is a marathon, not a sprint. It’s difficult! It’s exhausting! You’re not going to cherish every moment. We need to help each other keep margin [...]
There’s the obvious way to match up this puzzle. Well, almost obvious. My 3 year old son had no idea what a tea cup or saucer was or that a shirt and tie went together or what an anchor was…I blame his informal parents who do not go boating while drinking tea in dress clothes. [...]
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