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Thoughts on a Thursday: Preparing K for Kindergarten

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If I only knew then
This is my 5 year old, for those of you that have been around a while you might remember how I struggled with her birth, with the guilt over requiring a c section because she was stuck. How I was robbed of bonding time by jaundice and requiring of a bili […]

All the girls update: Spring 2014

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3 little maids
Keeley is 5.
She will start school in the fall. We have K registration at the beginning of April. We’re already praying for her teacher(s).  She has known how to count by 10s for a while. Recently I printed her a worksheet and explained how to count by 2s and 5s. She’s mastered counting […]

Photo Friday: Read Across America Day/Seuss Activities

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This is how we celebrated Dr. Seuss’ birthday and Read across America day (combined). Be sure to read all the text to get more ideas!
Do you like them? Green scrambled eggs! They tasted great!
Breakfast reading, with a hard book and trying out the online reading feature of the library.
Casey got in on the action. 1fish2fish […]

Celebrating 110 years of Seuss!

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Seuss-Activities from obseussed.com
Dr. Seuss would be 110! Born on March 2nd, 1904, and the author of many favorite children’s books, this celebrated author has encouraged and inspired many children into a lifelong love of reading!
While we’ll be celebrating his birthday by reading like last year, I’ve printed out a couple of activities for us to […]

Celebrate March! Fun with your kids

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Here’s a list of holidays you should/can/might wanna share with your kids! There’s a little bit of everything (go March).. check out the 26th! I’m thinking maybe it should be ‘mom relaxes while daddy takes the kids out of her hair’ day… don’t you?
 
March 1- Lion/Lamb
March 2 – Dr. Seuss‘ birthday
March 3- National Education Association’s […]

Book Review: Stevie Tenderheart My Favorite Place to Be (A Bedtime Story)

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Stevie Tenderheart My Favorite Place to Be… by Steve William Laible
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I received this book as a first reads preview book (from goodreads.com). My 5 year old daughter really liked this book. So much in fact that it’s been over a month and I had to go searching for it as […]

Simple craft idea for puzzle day!!

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My kids LOVE puzzles. When I thought about having babies, I thought about the late nights and diapers, but my mind also jumped ahead to chubby fingers pushing puzzle pieces into place for the first time! Yup, I’ve been thinking ‘puzzles’ since before my kids were in utero!
Some of our favorite puzzles come from Melissa […]