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 bed in the hospital, … [Read more…]
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 with … [Read more…]
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! We used the printables from Obseussed (talked about in THIS POST) to have a fish snack and do some sneaky math at the same time! I also used the hop … [Read more…]
My oldest will have this coloring page to use this year: It’s from GeekMom http://www.wired.com/geekmom/2013/02/printable-fun-mardi-gras/
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 do, … [Read more…]
You’ve probably heard the old adage if you live in the US especially, that March either comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb, or vice versa. We’re in for lion here (snow, ice, bitter temps) so at least we can look forward to the end of the month and more cuddly … [Read more…]
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 … [Read more…]
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 … [Read more…]
The Unboy Boy by Richa Jha My rating: 5 of 5 stars I received this book as a part of the first reads preview program from GoodReads.com. I was interested in it because it hits a popular hot button in ‘the parent wars’ of boys being seen as ‘not masculine’ because they don’t show a … [Read more…]
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 … [Read more…]