education

Learning Letters with Pipe Cleaners

by Marie March 14, 2011

Were using pipe cleaners to form letters today. This is helping my Kindergartner make letter shapes, talk about the sound of letters, and putting letters together to form words. Supplies for Pipe Cleaner Letters: pipe cleaners, aka chenille stems or fuzzy sticks kid scissors Decide what letters you want to create. Talk about how the [...]

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Favorite Foods of the U.S. Presidents

by Lindsey February 2, 2011

When I was a fifth grader, my father would make a weekly trek to my school to teach my class the history of each of the past U.S. presidents.  Even now, I love reading and learning trivia about our present and former commander-in-chiefs. In honor of President’s Day this month, I thought it would be [...]

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Brushing Up On Your Art and Design Skills

by Marie October 24, 2009

You may not need skills for learning nunchucks, bow hunting, or computer hacking like Napoleon Dynamite, but you may need these art and design skills taught at The Art Weekend in Salt Lake City, Utah on November 5-7th. The Art Weekend is a weekend set out to help you learn and grow in what you [...]

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What’s Your Back to School Tradition?

by Marie August 20, 2009
First Day of School Schultute

My son has just started 1st grade and we’re now back in the school routine of things. Bed time is earlier, breakfasts are bigger to last him through until lunch, and homework has to get done before playtime. I see there are a lot of you too who are gearing up for Back to School. [...]

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Seasonal Games & Activity Kits

by Marie June 1, 2009
Teaching Lesson Plan Kit

I got the chance to try out this great set of games and activities from Minutes with Me – The Art of Motherhood. Now even though it’s labeled as their Spring kit, it’s got fun things to do all year long. I know this fabulous kit is going to come in handy all summer! There’s [...]

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5 Home Schooling Tips for Teens

by Marie March 12, 2009

April, from Sweet Life in the Valley, shares some of her favorite “Sweet” things on her blog. As well as being a photographer, she’s also a Mom of 3 and home schools her tweens! Today she’s guest posting with 5 great tips to home schooling older kids. With home school you have the option to [...]

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Encouraging Independence in My Kids

by Marie February 17, 2009

My son’s always asking me if he can pour his own cereal and milk and I’m still so hesitant to let him. He’s 6 and big enough, I’m just not in the mood to clean up a mess if it were to happen. BUT how is my son ever going to learn and get better [...]

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Keeping Children’s Creativity Alive

by Marie January 12, 2009

I first wrote about “The Purpose of Play” and kid’s creativity when I was a guest mom at Design Mom last April. I feel it’s so important and am a huge advocate for children and enhancing their creativity, that I’m re-posting this video by Sir Ken Robinson (first seen at Bella Dia). It’s a little [...]

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