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Peaceful Playing: Tree Blocks
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Monday, May 16, 2011. Does it sound funny that I am absolutely in love with some blocks? Well, I am! I have seen these tree blocks on several different toy sites and have been drooling over them. They were pretty spendy and I couldn't justify spending that much on some cut up branches. So then I was going to make some but hubby said I needed a chop saw and I don't have a one. yet. I kept searching and finally found these ones at Heirloom Wooden Toys. As you can tell. They are loved by everyone.
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Peaceful Playing: Discovery Basket
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Friday, May 20, 2011. I came across a great blog a couple weeks ago and since can't find it anywhere in the cyber world (go figure). The blog had an amazing basket set up with all sorts of things for little ones to discover. I loved it so much I put one together for my little darlings! Our discovery basket contains:. A bottle with Popsicle sticks in it. A block from our marble run blocks. 2 misc. plastic containers that open and close. Ball that rolls wobbly. Fabric ball with bells and ribbon.
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Peaceful Playing: Toddler color collage packets
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011. Toddler color collage packets. Here is a fun and easy way to let your toddlers make a collage. We have been making one of these a week focusing on a different color each time. I think the best part is searching the house for a specific color of materials we can use in them :0). To get started you will need:. Collage materials (we used all one color). And of course scissors. Here are some pics of a few we have done! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Homem...
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Explorations: April 2009
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Exploring the world with my girls. Monday, April 27, 2009. Building a Foundation for Preschool Literacy. And James Christie, I've been thinking of ways to create what they call "literacy-enriched play settings". Simply put, these play settings provide materials for children to explore reading and writing while they play. While playing in a literacy-enriched play setting, children:. Learn why people read and write. Practice the conventions of reading and writing. And the girls are loving it! Here Lauren i...
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Explorations: June 2009
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Exploring the world with my girls. Tuesday, June 30, 2009. We love to hang seasonal sun catchers. On our kitchen door. These Fourth of July sun catchers were easy and fun to make. Materials and adult preparation:. Clear contact paper cut into nine inch squares. 1" x 9" strips of red, white, and blue construction paper. Use a star craft punch to punch little stars from the strips. 4 1/2" stars cut from red, white, and blue paper. Red, white, and blue glitter. Links to this post. Friday, June 19, 2009.
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Explorations: Taking a Break
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Exploring the world with my girls. Monday, November 23, 2009. Things are a bit busy around here right now so I've had to examine my priorities and practice the art of leaving nonessential things undone. Although this blog is fun, it is nonessential so I am not going to post for the next week or two. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving! I hope to have some Christmas posts soon. November 25, 2009 at 3:35 AM. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. I look forward to catching up with you when you are able to return.
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Explorations: November 2009
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Exploring the world with my girls. Monday, November 23, 2009. Things are a bit busy around here right now so I've had to examine my priorities and practice the art of leaving nonessential things undone. Although this blog is fun, it is nonessential so I am not going to post for the next week or two. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving! I hope to have some Christmas posts soon. Links to this post. Friday, November 13, 2009. Tot School: Week of November 11. Sorting pictures by season. Corn: On and Off the Cob.
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Explorations: December 2009
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Exploring the world with my girls. Saturday, December 12, 2009. Tot School: Week of December 7. Lauren is 38 months. Illness interrupted our tot school routine but we were able to get a few things done. Lauren then read her story to me. I regret that I did not write down what she said! Lauren wrote letters in colored salt. We worked on the alphabet puzzle. Lauren loves to sort by color so she decided the sort the letters. We played this activity from Making Learning Fun. Links to this post. The girls lov...
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Explorations: March 2009
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Exploring the world with my girls. Tuesday, March 31, 2009. We're Counting the Days. At our house we have two exciting events in April: Easter and Julia's birthday! Of course Julia wants to know how many more days until each of these events so we created an egg hunt countdown and a birthday countdown. I created Julia's birthday countdown. In Power Point using clip art. Each day she colors a cake, counts the remaining cakes, and posts the number on the record sheet. Links to this post. Links to this post.
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Peaceful Playing: Our Indoor Play Area's
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Monday, May 16, 2011. Our Indoor Play Area's. I thought I would give you all a tour of our indoor play area's. It is a work in progress and I am still in the process of weaving out our plastic toys. I plan to keep a couple such as the little people toys just because they are so loved by the daycare kids. Our playstand that hubby and I built. Car racer, playsilks, little people farm, tree blocks, bucket of little people toys. Sensory table hubby and I built, a box to play in, and blocks. Our Indoor Play A...
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