Today for Play It Smart, I kind of have a mix and match of ideas, but let's start with this... Sight words ball: I just took a $1.50 ball from Walmart, wrote sight words all over it... And let my boys toss it back and forth. When they caught …
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Play it Smart: With Chalk! Six Simple Ideas
I'm kicking off my Play it Smart series with chalk! So, let's take it to the sidewalk. In the summer we seem to spend inordinate amounts of time playing outside on the sidewalk with bubbles, bikes, and of course sidewalk chalk. Of course, we …
Mommy and Me Journal
This is the not the post I was planning on sharing today. Since I threw my back out packing the other day, I thought a re-post of a guest post would be good timing. When deciding which one to share, this one stuck out to me. I first shared this …
Marshmallow and Toothpick Shapes
Reid started preschool yesterday. I prefer to only have my kids do one year of preschool the year before they start Kindergarten. I relish in being my children's first teacher and having them at home, since they are this small only once. Reid …