toys/games

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 [...]

7 Quick Takes: April 30, 2010 (Vol. 39)

~ 1 ~ I continue to feel like I am falling behind in just about everything.  I anxiously await some summer vacation to get caught back up, and hopefully to come up with a better plan for next year. In the midst of being behind and thinking that I could work on some of those [...]

7 Quick Takes: January 8, 2010 (Vol. 26)

~ 1 ~ As I already mentioned earlier this week, Brenda and I have been busy the last few months working on two sites that launched earlier this week — The Homeschool Classroom (which is not new, of course, but moved to WordPress) and then Homeschool Lifestyle Media. If you haven’t stopped by the big [...]

And She Wasn’t Even Close to Being Six Years Old

Molly turned five this fall.  Even before her birthday, we were already agreeing on what we would buy her for her sixth birthday — the American Girl doll Felicity (whom she always is mistakenly calling Fill-a-CITY).  Molly has often been found telling complete strangers that she will be getting Felicity for her sixth birthday. While [...]

Great Deal Alert: Nintendo DS Game Deal

I’m not sure how much longer this deal will be up, but the newest Club Penguin game for the Nintendo DS is marked down from $34.99 to $9.98 at Amazon.com!  And, not only is it the game, but it the bundle pack, so it comes with the game, a Club Penguin DS skin, a special [...]

7 Quick Takes: December 4, 2009 (Volume 23)

~ 1 ~ I. must. clean. In just a few days, I will be hosting a baby shower for my sister-in-law at my home.  Nothing like a party to force you into really a nice deep cleaning around the house, I suppose.  I actually have a bunch of things to do before the shower, but [...]

7 Quick Takes: October 30, 2009 (Vol. 20)

~ 1 ~ I have been working on trying to find time to exercise every day lately.  It’s funny though, I feel like I am wasting time when I am doing it.  It’s like time exercising is akin to time spent reading Facebook to me.  I seriously need to adjust that thinking.  If I could [...]

A Young Boy’s Dream Job

About a year ago, I asked Noah what he wanted to do when he grew up. He said, “I want to work at Walmart and sell video games.” Always wanting the very best for my children, I excitedly suggested, “Or, maybe, you could go to college to study computers, and you could design your own [...]

Are The Toys Still Organized?

I recently had a reader ask about the organization that we did with Molly’s toys. She was curious how things were going with the bins and picture labels, three months after I originally posted about it. I really wanted to take an opportunity to write about it because I think that often, as bloggers, we [...]

Review: Activity Bus from Plan Toys

I was recently able to review a toy from an online store called ebeanstalk. Ebeanstalk has great educational toys, as well as educational baby gifts. The toy that my family got to review is called Activity Bus from Plan Toys (a company that makes eco-friendly wooden toys). The Activity Bus is for kids three and [...]

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