learning ideas/activities

Saying Yes to Cooking Help (Even When I Don’t Want To)

I have mentioned many times before about my lack of cooking experience growing up. I did do some baking (even pretty young), but always things like cookies.  (And even then, it was only peanut butter cookies and chocolate chip cookies.)  As a parent, I have a better understanding of one of the reasons I probably [...]

10 Great iPad Apps My Kids Enjoy

My kids love to have the chance to play around on my iPad.  And, even better – some of their favorite things to do on the iPad are also educational (though not all of them, as you’ll see). 10 apps that my kids just love for the iPad: 1. MeeGenius! Children’s Books (free) – This [...]

JumpStart Online: A Huge Hit in Our House (Plus a Giveaway!)

A few months ago, I was approached by JumpStart (the fabulous company with all kinds of software and products with children in mind) about trying out their JumpStart.com online program with my kids. I thought it sounded like fun, knowing how much we’ve enjoyed JumpStart products in the past, but when I mentioned it to [...]

Assessing Your Child’s Knowledge, Not Their Writing Skills

As a blogger, I’m obviously a big fan of writing.  It is something that I have enjoyed my whole life.  When I was a kid, I enjoyed writing stories, I always had lots of pen pals, and as I got older, I was always one of those students that had a hard time staying within [...]

We Love You, Little House on the Prairie Books!

I think that, too often, people think of young girls when they think of who might be reading the Little House series of books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. That being said, I will admit that I had never read them when I was younger, and rarely watched the show (which I’m glad for now, since [...]

Finding Educational Activities in the Most Unexpected Places

I am happy to present… Finding Educational Activities in the Most Unexpected Places (eBook) More than 200 Activities and Ideas for Using Commonly Found Objects to Enhance the Learning of Your Young Child I am so excited to finally share my first eBook, Finding Educational Activities in the Most Unexpected Places. This eBook is a [...]

Are You Interested in Reviewing My New eBook?

Are you interested in reviewing my new eBook, which features educational activities for toddlers and preschoolers? All reviewers will receive a free copy of the eBook, as well as a discount code to share with their readers.  If you are interested in being a reviewer, please fill out this request form.

Seamus the Leprechaun Visited Our House This Morning

We have never been visited by a leprechaun before, but the kids had been talking a lot about the pranks that leprechauns can pull in the last few days, so apparently Seamus the Leprechaun decided it was time for a visit. The kids excitedly woke me up this morning to find all of the shenanigans [...]

7 Quick Takes: March 12, 2010 (Vol. 33)

~ 1 ~ I got to have the loveliest experience this week.  I sat for two hours in the waiting room of an occupational therapy/physical therapy clinic while Jack had two different appointments. That may sound like I’m being sarcastic, but, the beauty in it was that Eric had taken the afternoon off of work.  [...]

Dramatic Play with a Credit Card Imprinter

My kids, like many other children, like to play store or restaurant.  One of their favorite things to do during this dramatic play time is to write up receipts, thanks to a manual credit card imprinter that we have. Here is one of their check out area set ups: Not only do they all fight [...]

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