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Olympic Fun for Kids

Are you and your kids enjoying the Winter Olympics? My girls are loving it, especially the figure skating. I’ve already been to our local ice rink’s website to look at beginner classes, because they both insist they must take ice skating lessons!
I have a few posts in my archives from the Summer Olympics two years [...]

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Grocery Store Games

My girls are actually at an age where they can be really helpful at the grocery store, but I have not forgotten the days of needing ample entertainment to make it through the store! When I Spy is getting old, maybe one of these games will be a welcome addition on your next shopping trip.
Grocery [...]

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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!
That’s [...]

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Things to String

What can we string?
cereal (Cheerios, fruit loops, etc.)
pasta (wagon wheels, penne, rigatoni, macaroni)
beads
plastic straws, cut into pieces
buttons
foam shapes with a hole punched in the center (or a slit) – see a great example at Plum Pudding
String onto:
shoelaces
pipe cleaners
coated wire
yarn – for easier stringing, wrap the end with tape or dip in glue and let dry [...]

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Fun with Familiar Songs

During this past school year, I had so much fun being the music docent in my daughter’s kindergarten class. We had a great time singing together, listening to some orchestra music, learning the names of instruments, and dancing. Since many of the songs listed in our kindergarten music curriculum were familiar songs that [...]

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Crazy for Mazes

It used to be dot-to-dots, but now mazes are all the rage in our house. The girls like doing them and making their own, too. There are lots of great sources on the internet for free maze printables. Thanks to reading some of Laura’s posts at My Montessori Journey, I realized that [...]

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Flashlight Fun!

Happy March everyone! Did you do anything special to celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthday yesterday? Natalie’s kindergarten had a green eggs & ham breakfast, with green pancakes too! We also enjoyed reading a big stack of Seuss books before bed.

Do your kids like to play with flashlights? Mine sure do! Today [...]

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Our Top 10 Play Things

Here’s the things that are keeping the girls busy lately:

Art supplies, especially stickers
Playsilks & pieces of fabric
Small animals
Chapter books; How-to-draw books
Dress-up clothes
Music (often combined with playsilks and/or dress-up clothes)
Letter writing and delivering
Puzzles
Board games
Each other

What are your kiddos really into right now?

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File Folder Games

I’ve written about these before, but we love making our own board games out of file folders. You can check out my ideas and examples for these easy DIY games over at Blissful Kids today!
Happy playing!

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Friday Fun: Autumn Bingo

I realize that it’s not technically Autumn yet. It is still quite hot and summery around here. But I am wishing for fall, so why not start with some fun Autumn Bingo!

We’ll be using fall-colored buttons and leaf buttons for markers. You can download a pdf of our simple bingo game by clicking on the [...]

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