We’re going to work with the month of observances and give the kids some history and social science, as well as holiday observances and what they mean. There seem to be so many things to celebrate in February. It’s a ‘big month’ in that their dad ACTUALLY has a birthday. Yes my husband was a … [Read more…]
This has been a fun topic to cover. I went back and added in pictures and post links for the various snack-tivities we have done to previous posts, as well as the freezer experiment. Check out our indoor snowman. The toddler played along with us one day and colored some mittens. This week we ‘wrapped’ … [Read more…]
Great served with our home made hot chocolate mix. Do it yourself! Click HERE for full instructions!
We spent the end of December and a good part of January so far working on seasonal topics, including talking about all things Polar. Read up on previous activities HERE. The children played outside, watched Frozen, chatted about the snow, played outside some more, and dreamed about the snow to come through chattering teeth and … [Read more…]
We have used a DIY hot chocolate mix recipe ever since we have been married–it was one my mom passed down in a family recipe book, and we love it dearly. However, the sizes of all the containers have changed since the recipe was first recorded, and so I strove to make a new version … [Read more…]
Books read over the Holidays through the first 2 weeks of January–and topic worked on starting January 4, 2016! I decided to teach my 7 year old the days of the week and months (spelling, she obviously knows them by name already) and work on the winter season to ease us back into the school … [Read more…]
My 2 year old is enthused with books. Just like her siblings. The issue is that she’s not as careful as she could be with them, as in she eats them half the time. I try and put educational/themed books for the holidays or whatever in the bathroom for when the kids need to ‘sit … [Read more…]
Each kid has done it, confusing the parents names, even though they did just fine for weeks ahead of time, their mouths go faster than their brains. With the first 2, it happened over weekends. Daddy would be mommy, and then some combo of names until about Sunday afternoon and then he’d be daddy again, … [Read more…]
The kid was looking abashed, and it wasn’t because she was covered in ice cream… I don’t blame the other one for laughing, it was a rather odd way to describe the situation… *sigh* the things kids say.