I kind of have a love/hate relationship with holidays but I really enjoy getting in a holiday mood. And the Fourth of July is a pretty tame holiday. There just aren’t as many expectations as other holidays. Have a BBQ, see the fireworks, curse at your neighbors still celebrating at 11 p.m. (even though it’s…
Science is the ultimate tool to get kids interested in learning (in my opinion). Science can cover so many subjects and it can be so much fun. When we get into a rut, it’s time to pull out some science. But I’ve noticed a trend (and I am totally guilty of this too) where we…
We have just started really using week 1 and I have to say, it’s going better than I thought. None of them like to write and there is a good amount of writing in the program. But they don’t mind this writing!! Baloo, the one most adverse to writing, actually asked me to print out…
Kids naturally love learning but I’ve found, at least with the younger ages, nonfiction books can be a bit overwhelming. The information often doesn’t read like a normal book and kind of just has little blurbs randomly spread over the page. My kids don’t often pick up nonfiction books, and I think that has something…
Kids make the best observations. And the most embarrassing. When doing laundry the other day, Logi-Bear found a bra of mine. He didn’t have the right word so he called it my “boob holder”. Just glad it didn’t come up in public! When we first started learning about Q he called it the “O with…
Road trips sound like a lot of fun until you are facing one with a toddler. Even a young child. But I promise you, road trips with kids can be fun. Even with toddlers. I come to this topic with a good bit of experience. We made the drive from Alabama to Arizona (27 hours…)…
The first thing I heard when I woke up Friday was “Finding Dory comes out today!!”. I honestly don’t know how they knew. We don’t really watch TV. Or YouTube. Or anything with commercials. I suspect it was my mother (who is way more excited for Finding Dory than anyone else in existence). Still, surprised…
Teaching math can be one of the most fun and most frustrating experiences. I love math. As Lindsay Lohan said in Mean Girls, it’s the same in every country. Math is a constant. But teaching math can be it’s own beast. Especially at the beginning, which is where we are with Logi-Bear. The funny thing…
Learning to read can be a really difficult task. But by making it fun, it’ll seem a lot easier. Each of the boys has presented a unique way of learning to read. So far they’ve all approached it differently. Baloo went with the method where he wouldn’t do anything and then one day he could…
It’s getting to that part of summer – too hot to be outside during the day but not enough to do inside. Well here it’s like that, at least! We live in the desert and it’s been 108+ that past week. Insanely hot. But at least it’s a dry heat. I don’t do well with…
Swing In To Summer Learning: A Free 5 week summer learning program for kids from 2-10! Ahhh it’s here! It’s here!! I am so incredibly excited about this year’s summer learning program. Most years at this point I’m like “Seriously, are we done yet?” (These programs take months and months of planning and working! We…
I just want to point out that the Octopus in this set is absolutely adorable. I LOVE it. The owl too. Do A Dot Letter Pages (Upper and Lowercase) Letter Mazes Letter Hunt Letter Patterns Count the Letters Dot the Beginning Sound Upper and Lowercase Do a Dot Letter Pages with Clipart Do A…