I have a new favorite book that I bought from The Land of Nod it is: A Tree is Nice by Janice May Udry and Marc Simont “Trees are beautiful. They fill up the sky. If you have a tree, you can climb up its trunk, roll in its leaves, or hang a swing from
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Today I came across this article “Martha’s Company is Doomed” written by James Ledbetter It lists these facts: -The CEO of the company for 11 years announced her resignation yesterday -Her stock which was $30 a share in 2005 has now dropped to $8 a share -Last year the magazine portion of the business had
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This has been one of the highlights of our past two summers. We really love this toy and use it almost every day. For the past two summers it has held 50 lbs of sand and has held up nicely. The vibrant colors have faded from being out in the sun every day but other
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Another great idea I got from reading The Creative Family by Amanda Blake Soule was the importance of Toys From Natural Materials, more specifically the idea of a bag for young toddlers to explore with. She suggests having a fabric basket full of scraps of many different textiles and colors for them to feel and
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“All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.” -Pablo Picasso There are has been a huge thing I have been doing to discourage my child from “remaining an artist.” I can be a control freak, I like for my kid’s clothes to look nice and try to
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This goes along with last week’s Wednesday Mid Week Rambling of making your child feel special. Here is a great simple activity to do with your children to teach them of their individual worth/helping them to feel special. First trace an outline of your child’s silhouette or trace their whole body onto some butcher paper
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How to Encourage Imagination and Nurture Family Connections is the subtitle of The Creative Family by Amanda Blake Soule. And encourage my imagination it did, along with the numerous of fantastic ideas it gave me as it sparked my imagination while reading it. I kept paper and a pen inside the book and came up with three
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We have developed a pattern the last two weeks which until today I did not even realize. Breakfast time has become our Classical Music time. My daughter likes to talk about how each song makes her feel, what instrument she thinks are in each, and what style of dance she thinks fits each individual song
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I am currently in the midst of reading Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv. In the first chapter it talks about children’s relationship with animals and food. He talks about the importance of raising your own food and teaching your children where their food comes from to help them become connected to the
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The 4th of July is less than a month away! I wanted to share just a preview of what I have found to help you have a spectacular 4th of July party. Red White and Blue Ribbon Stars Having a hard time coming up with a themed gift to give the hostess? What about these
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