Since evening heat isn’t too intense yet, we’ve taken to an after-dinner walk. Greta’s in bed by 6pm and my amazing husband does the dinner dishes each night (How blessed am I???), so the boys and I have taken this time to depart for an evening stroll! Because we get bored easily, we came up […]
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ApPEELing Food
My sisters and I nicknamed last summer – the summer of the salads. We had fun trying all different kinds and I was quite pleased with how my children took to them as well. The last several months have turned my eating upside down – in the best kind of ways! While I’ve been making […]
Dull to Shiny – A Lesson in Opposites
My energy levels have been abysmally low. But then that is to be expected, I guess when you are just days away from that magical “due date”. But we did manage to do this fun Montessori inspired activity that correlated with our discussion of opposites. I’ve had fun revisiting a preschool curriculum that I wrote […]
Art vs. Crafts
photo credit: my sister. Since we just finished up a series on Open-Ended Play, I wanted to share some thoughts my sister had on “Art vs. Craft”. In the early years especially, I’ve traditionally been a huge fan of open-ended art. And I still am. But as she points out ‘craft’ has its place too […]
Free to Play!
After writing that post on play, last week, I was reminded of a series I had written almost 3 years ago on open-ended play. Since that blog no longer exists, I thought I would take some time to repost it here. It is a ten part series that unpacks exactly what open-ended play is, the benefits […]
Becoming Butterflies…
We’ve been quite busy over here working on ‘becoming butterflies’. As we learn about patience, our explorations have led us to explore the phenomena of metamorphosis. In addition to reading some great books like, It’s a Butterfly’s Life, Houdini the Amazing Caterpillar and The Prince of Butterflies, we had some friends over for some hands-on fun! I’m a […]