Laughing & learning through teachable moments
I know for sure that many of the best ideas in our house come from ignoring my kids. Not in an unsafe, unhealthy way of course, but in a “go play!” way….in a non-pinterest, unplanned “go play!” way…in a “your eyes are bleeding from the Wii, turn it off and play with real humans way”…hypothetically, [...]
I’ve become pretty obsessed with Playdough to Plato’s blog, the founder, Malia…and her Pinterest board She’s a kind, sweet, knowledgeable and experienced educator who gracefully ignites reading into homes all over the world in 20 minute activities a day. She also offers a 10 week mentoring program called the Plato Academy where she’ll personally guide [...]
It was exciting to post this first at I Can Teach My Child last month. It’s equally exciting to share it at home! After reading The Hungry Caterpillar for the 86th time this particular week, it’s no wonder we decided to make caterpillars for an art project which doubled as our Mother’s Day cards that year. [...]
So, this story begins with a bunch of chimps..kids…same thing. When I saw the preview for the Chimpanzee movie a month ago my teacher brain drooled over my popcorn. My brain churned like the caloric, nuclear butter on my fingertips and likely on my jeans. Flashes of chimpanzee projects danced in my head. I started [...]
I’m crazy excited to be a guest poster Monday, March 19th, at I Can Teach My Child. It’s a blog not only in my favorites, but has over 12,000 Facebook likes and nearly 134,000 unique visitors! I Can Teach My Child focuses on early childhood, but I loyally visit and find inspiration for my 5.5, [...]
Here at the offices of Think Magnet we strive for perfection. We are organized. Yep. Very organized. Super organized. End of story. Open the door? Pull back the curtain on the Great Oz? But I love furniture with doors. Doors that close out chaos. Furniture worth their weight in gold because you can shut out [...]
I’m honored and excited to have been a guest poster on Thursday, January 19th, on one of my very favorite blogs! Click this cute button to read my post about Snow Day Science. She’s one to save to your favorites. Here’s a link to one of her posts that is currently on our To Do [...]
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