Easy Fine Motor Activities

June 25, 2014 by ·

The beginning of school always gets me thinking to fine motor ideas and I thought I would share some of my favorites. I forget what it’s like to start back when I’m on summer break. I forget that all of that pencil holding makes them say things like “My hand hurrrts!!!” All of these ideas […]

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The Very Hungry Kindergartener {or First Grader}

April 30, 2014 by ·

To say that I was nervous about doing this activity would be the understatement of the year. We used to do “The Very Hungry Kindergartener” booklet, but I thought that we could make it a little more hands-on. I wanted them to put the months in order, follow multi-step directions and flex their stamina muscles. […]

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Picture Frame Upgrade

March 17, 2014 by ·

It’s Spring Break. I am proud of myself for actually even attempting to do anything. Of course, I can’t sit still for more than two seconds so I have been occupying my time with housewarming parties, house guests, and D.I.Y. Sunday projects. I can’t help myself… A friend of mine introduced me to a fabulous […]

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Making Fonts!

January 9, 2014 by ·

You would think it’s Christmas in my room this week. I have shown my kids how to make their own font and they have gone bananas for it. Who knew? In my own attempt to create my own fonts, I think I have created little font making monsters in my room. Today during free choice […]

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Video Tip

September 17, 2013 by ·

I cringe when I do videos because I really (like everyone else) do not like the sound of my own voice! There are so many people that ask me questions about getting stared, how to do this, etc etc. It’s a lot easier to do a video and tell you about it instead of typing […]

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Bloglovin’ tutorial….

May 28, 2013 by ·

This is going to happen regardless, so I am trying to embrace the change that is inevitable. So, I am relatively new to the whole blogging thing. I just started back in January and I’ve been figuring it out ever since. I finished my Master’s and immediately started this blog the day after, not exaggerating. […]

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