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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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Are You Listening?

Everyone (including myself) could use a little practice listening, paying attention, and following directions sometimes. Here are some fun and easy ways to practice and strengthen attention and listening skills:

When you are reading or telling a familiar story to your child, make a mistake, such as, “When Goldilocks arrived at The Three Frogs’ house, she [...]

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Build: Toothpicks & Marshmallows

toothpicks + marshmallows = quick & easy building fun
And maybe some hot cocoa when you’re done!
Have a great weekend!

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Bingo!

My girls LOVE to play bingo! We make our own bingo games — sometimes I make them on the computer, other times we print out a blank grid and we use seasonal stickers for the pictures. We play bingo with letters, numbers, rhyming words, shapes, money, holidays, etc. Practically any skill you [...]

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