Loving and Learning in the Nest
It was just past 7:00 in the days of many night wake-ups when I heard my daughter, then 4, come down the stairs. She rubbed her eyes and carried her favorite drawing board. She turned it towards me, and I saw my name scrawled on it. "When did you learn how to do that?" I said, at first to myself and then out loud. Her tired face brightened. Writing one little word was a surprise to both of Read More
I remember the day I posted a cute photo of my daughter in a fashion group online.She was barely six and had dressed herself in a dress that I wore with a semi-toothless grin in the 80's. Her emerging fashion sense told her to pair the dress with a denim vest and sparkly shoes….that were on the wrong foot. You would not believe how quickly people noticed the misplaced shoes. Some people didn't Read More
Learning through play is such an important topic right now, especially as play is being driven out of kindergartens, preschools, and basically childhood! When "academic standards" start to become the norm for children just barely out of diapers, play becomes a luxury.But some of us aren't content with cultural norms. Some of us, who are intent on following research and child Read More
This post has been sitting in my drafts for over a month, so now it's a combination of books that we read in April AND May. Because....life!We actually have read a lot of picture books in the last two months, but I didn't include many of them in this round up because they are part of a sponsored post I'm doing with Beautiful Feet books. I also had a personal read that I didn't include here because Read More
My heart has been led to create homeschool resources that bring the family together, and I think you're going to LOVE what I have to share with you today! I made a set of 18 math cards that will help bring math discussion to the dinner table (or the breakfast table, or your road trip...) The thing is, when kids are sitting down individually doing their own personal math Read More
