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Valentine’s Day Sensory Bin for Kids

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Valentine's Day Sensory Bin for Kids

A Valentine's Day sensory bin  is a great time to explore and play with symbols of the holiday as well as fun red objects. I recently share the bin above with JDaniel and he had a great time exploring, learning with and, playing with its contents. What did I put in it?  Valentine's Day themed stencil Heart shaped cookie cutters Heart Continue Reading

Valentine’s Day Ideas for a Kid’s Lunch

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On Monday JDaniel came home from school and asked if I had made him a muffin tin lunch. For a long time he had a special muffin tin lunch with a theme a couple times a week. I have moved on to bento style lunches this past fall and I guess he has been missing them. I told him that I hadn't made him a muffin tin lunch, but I would dig around in the Continue Reading

{Chinese New Year} Snake Activities

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{Chinese New Year} Snake Activities

There are so many way to create and explore snakes. I wanted to share with you some of the snakes we have made to celebrate Chinese New Year and several from other wonderful blogs. Not all the post in this round up at related to Chinese New Year, but they are all snake activities.Plastic Easter Egg Snake    JDaniel has a great time threading Continue Reading

Chinese New Year Activities and Crafts for Kids

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Chinese New Year Activities

  We had the best time reading Long-Long's New Year and doing Chinese New Year activities! JDaniel really enjoys the book Long-Long's New Year.  It is about a very special little boy that seeks to make his family's celebration. Despite having a coin that he is yearning to spend on himself while shopping with his grandfather, he waits and gets Continue Reading

Hectic Schedules: How to Keep a Clear Head

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My word for 2013 is strength. I shared with you early this month that I need to work on my diet, exercise, staying in contact with friends and work on my spiritual life. While working on each of these areas will help me work on my word of the year, they will also help me keep a clear head while balancing a hectic schedule. I had been thinking Continue Reading

Science Activity for Kids – Magnetic Heart Jar

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{Science Activity for Kids} Magnetic Heart Jar

Love like magnets can repel or attract. JDaniel is too young at almost five to understand much about how there are some people that we are attracted to and some people seem to repel us or cause us to pull away from them. He has started to understand that there are some things that magnets are attracted to and some that don't react at all to them. Continue Reading

Acts of Kindness Project- Remembering Those Who Serve

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 Toddler Approved and several other kid bloggers are hosting the second annual 100 Acts of Kindness Project. Each week one of the hosts shares the theme of the week and encourages everyone to demonstrate acts of kindness during the week. Last year I shared each of ways we shared kindness with others and how we recorded what we were doing to keep Continue Reading

16 Valentine’s Day Activities For Kids

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I have shared quite a variety of Valentine's Day crafts, activities, and snacks over the past few years. There are many others coming up soon. Before I share them I thought I would share with you 15 Valentine's Day ideas I really like and have shared with you and one new one. That gives your 16 Valentine's Day activities that you can look over and Continue Reading

Super Bowl Food- Two Football Lunches

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Super Bowl Food- Two Football Lunches

  My four year old is not really big into the traditional Super Bowl food.  We read the book Buffalo Wings last week and he wasn't interested in my trying to make buffalo chicken wings or jalapeno poppers. He was interested in having a grilled cheese sandwich. Creating Super Bowl Food for Lunches Once he has shared his food ideas with Continue Reading

How Do I Make Play Dough- Chocolate Shadow Play Dough

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How Do I Make Play Dough- Chocolate Shadow Play Dough

Groundhog's  Day is right around the corner and I thought it would be fun to make Chocolate Shadow cookies with JDaniel .  It has always been fun  to do an activity that ties to holiday. Chocolate Shadow cookies tie to the whole groundhog sees his shadow tradition. I took out my ancient Pillsbury cookie cookbook and searched for the recipe. I Continue Reading

Taking Time to Play with This Reading Mama

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This Reading Mama is such a wonderful blog! After checking out her amazing post below, I know you are going to want to visit her site.  It is filled with wonderful activities and learning ideas. A clean house is something I've always prided myself on. Years ago when I taught preschool, I would take a 2-hour lunch break once a week just to Continue Reading

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