Amy’s Picks

Our Favorite Board Books

Wanna take a trip down memory lane with me? During the long (and apparently never-ending) unpacking process at our new house, I came across a bin of board books that I had saved. Even though my girls have mostly outgrown these little treasures, I couldn’t bear to part with our favorite board books. These books [...]

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Interesting Books for Beginning Readers

We have been doing lots and lots of reading this summer. I’m reading aloud to the girls as usual, but now they are both reading on their own, too. So exciting! Delaney is a beginning reader – she can “sound-out” many words, she knows about 25 sight words, and she is good at using picture [...]

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Scrambled States

Since we started participating in a 50 states postcard swap (graciously hosted by Aimee at Adventures & Pursuits), the girls have been fully absorbed in exploring U.S. maps, looking at photos and videos on state tourism websites, and trying to learn each state’s special state symbols. The whole family is having a blast learning state [...]

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Creative Building with Dado Cubes & Squares

It’s no secret that I’m passionate about open-ended, imaginative, creative toys and products for kids! I thought I would share some photos of the Dado Cubes and Dado Squares in action. These are both great products – colorful, durable, ready for creating all kinds of cool structures. They are even made in the United States! [...]

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Faber-Castell Gel Sticks

Whenever we get new art supplies, the girls and I like to sit down and experiment. We had some new Faber-Castell Gel Sticks to play with, so I put out some white and black construction paper and some scraps of watercolor paper. The gel sticks are a creamy, pastel-like crayon in a plastic, twist-up tube. [...]

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Yoga for Kids

Don’t you love it when you buy something because it looks really cute and fun, and it turns out to be even better than you expected? That’s exactly how our whole family feels about the Yoga Pretzels activity cards. My girls LOVE them! We’ve had the cards for about a year, and the girls still [...]

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Spinny Spellers

Have you seen the Spinny Speller? We are all quite enamored with this simple toy. Spin the wood blocks and spell basic consonant-vowel-consonant words (you can make 36 real words, and dozens more silly ones, too!). The first time Delaney, age 4, played with the Spinny Speller she successfully sounded out a few words than [...]

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