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Particularly Loves Microorganisms Lunch for Kids

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Particularly Loves Microorganisms Lunch for Kids

On the first day of school I stopped by and picked up lunch at McDonald’s to have with JDaniel and my husband. Yes, my husband came home for lunch on the first day. He might have otherwise, but he wanted to check out the work of the men power washing our house. When we got home JDaniel was so upset, he didn’t want McDonald’s for lunch! “I was Continue Reading

Taking Time to Play- Creative Playhouse

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Please stop by Creative Playhouse after reading this wonderful post and browse through her posts. I love the post on spray painting leaves. The fall would be a perfect time to try this wonderful idea at home. I'm really happy able to be a part of this guest post series. Its been great to reflect on the time we spend playing together and how that Continue Reading

The Gingerbread Man Loose in School- Read.Explore.Learn

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The Gingerbread Man Loose in School- Read.Explore.Lean

  Today is one of my two places at once days. The amazing Shell of Things I Can't Say  invited me to come and share something that is on my heart on Her blog. To say that I was thrilled to be asked doesn't full explain how I felt. Shell is a big blogger with her feet on the ground. Her blog posts are filled with heart, humor, and love. Continue Reading

Pretend Play Open Air Cooking Playdough Cookies

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Pretend Play Open Air Cooking Playdough Cookies

When children pretend, they’re using their imaginations to move beyond the bounds of reality. A stick can be a magic wand. A sock can be a puppet. A small child can be a superhero. Fred Rogers   There are times when I put out  craft or learning materials and I just move to the side of the kitchen and watch  JDaniel and his friends Continue Reading

Back to School Traditions- His Return to School

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This year he was a little nervous about going in and he asked if he could wait until next time to go all the way in. He just couldn’t help it walking away from me though. His new classroom is decorated in a puppy dog theme and he just had to head in and look them all over again. We went to the Back to School Open House and met his wonderful Continue Reading

The Awful Aardvarks Shop for School- Read.Explore.Learn

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The Awful Aardvarks Shop for School- Read.Explore.Learn

This post contains affiliate links. This week I am going to share a wonderful children's book called The Awful Aardvarks Shop for School by Reeve Lindbergh. It is filled with fun and terrible destruction of mall displays.   The aardvarks head to the mall to search for the items on their back to school list and can't help break every rule Continue Reading

This Year’s School Supplies List- More Than Crayons and Glue

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  When I first started teaching decades ago, the school supplies list had maybe ten times on it. Most of the items lived in the student’s deck. A box of quart size zip lock bags and a box of tissues were collected and used by the class as needed.  With budget cutbacks due to a tough economy school supply lists seem to have gotten Continue Reading

Laundry Room Organization Idea

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Needed Organizing- Laundry Room

The shelves above the washer and dryer in our laundry room area have been a catch all. They have housed children's games, crafts supplies, Muffin Tin Monday Supplies, cleaning supplies, and laundry items. Last winter I cleared  all the children's games off the laundry room shelves and found a new place for them. They now live on the top two Continue Reading

Taking Time to Play- Various Sites I am Playing on This Week!

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I have been thrilled with opportunities to share on other websites over the summer. Usually my contributions or guest posts are one or two a week. I contribute weekly to Kids Activities Blog and once I month to MemeTales too.Every few weeks I have guest posted on a site. This week everything seems to be happening at once.  Below I have listed all Continue Reading

School Lunch Ideas: Fun Ways to Serve Tortillas

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  JDaniel loves having flour tortillas for lunch or dinner or breakfast. He really enjoys are variety of bread, but the flour tortilla is favorite. With many of us starting school or having started school here are six great way to serve a flour tortilla to your children or to enjoy one yourself. Dyeing and Free Hand Cutting The Continue Reading

The Pout-Pout Fish Themed Recycle Fish Mobile

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Pout- Pout Fish Recycled Fish Mobile

  This week I am going to share a wonderful children's book called The Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen. The pout- pout fish has a mouth that looks down turned. He decides that it means that he needs to be dreary all the time. The other sea animals try to get him to smile. He just won't. He says he can't he doesn't have a choice. By the end Continue Reading

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