Planting a Rainbow Virtual Book Club for Kids September 2012 When the time came for this month’s Virtual Book Club, I was so excited to see that Lois Ehlert was going to be thefeatured author. I have all her books … Continue reading
I am so happy and so honored to have my post, From Green to Gold: Creating Fall Leaves, featured on Bonbon Break! If you haven’t seen the site, you should definitely stop over and see what they have to share. … Continue reading
My boys and I love music! We are always singing a song or humming a tune. Their lastest favorite? Singing the Foo Fighter’s song, The Best of You (a fave of their dad…). My eldest makes ups songs all the … Continue reading
How easily can you recall the answers to basic math facts? If someone were to say to you, “What is 6×9?” How long would take you to figure out the answer? Now imagine being a third grader and your class … Continue reading
Coffee Filter Butterflies I was so excited to finally find large, white coffee filters here in AU! I have only been able to get natural colored, small, cone filters. So filters in hand, we set out to make coffee filter … Continue reading
Giant Clock for Teaching Time I thought a giant clock would be a good tool for teaching children about clocks and time so I designed one for my family. I thought it would be great to get my son moving … Continue reading
I think we all have our favorite parenting-related books and we like them for different reasons. We may like a book because it has a similar philosophy as our own. We may like a book because it is practical and … Continue reading
Once again dinner time came around (why does it keep doing that??) and I was trying to keep my 3 year old occupied. He grabbed the onion I was going to use off the counter and started peeling it. My … Continue reading
Books about Building Dreams I was going through our books looking for something my son needed for school and realized just how many books we have about creative people with big dreams- people who want to build a dream house, who want … Continue reading
From Green to Gold: Creating Fall Leaves While at the bookstore the other day, we came across a new book and immediately fell in love. The book, Leaf Trouble, by Jonathon Emmett is the story of little Pip Squirrel who wakes … Continue reading
O’Clock Cards Here is a set of cards I created for working with my son on “O’Clock” times. Print the template, cut out the cards and then use them to play one or more of the games listed below. Templates … Continue reading
Warning: This is not a typical Boy Mama Teacher Mama post you are about to read. I wrote this as part of Picklebum’s “Real Life Wednesday” series which I love to write for. Click the link if you want to … Continue reading
