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I am all about celebrating each season as it comes upon us, and fall is no different. When we moved here, 3 years ago, we started a tradition of going to our local apple orchard and picking apples. This is something my children and I look forward to every year. Our local orchard is run by a husband and wife, their 2 boys and dog. They also have a big swing set play place for the kids, a cider press, and a pumpkin patch where…
guest post by Wendy I love reading to my children. We find ourselves cuddled up in the chair reading books several times a day. If you have a favorite title, a great way to extend that book is to create an activity based on something that happened in the story. Today I read The Gingerbread Man to Lani and my other child care children. To extend that story we baked our own gingerbread cookies. While baking the cookies we talked about the book. What were…
I have posted this project before, but I wanted to share it once again. It’s a fun, easy craft that you can help your kids with! Pre-heat oven to 275. Place, broken, unwrapped crayons in muffin tin.(coated with cooking spray) He made one “lemon-lime.” (to left) Oven at 275-waiting for crayons to melt.
I am a home child care owner and former preschool teacher. The Preschool Pals felt game that I received from Time 4 Felt was wonderful. I used to always make my own homeade felt games so to have something so bright, and high quality in my hand was awesome! The felt designs are sturdy, bright, and lead free. Lani and her child care friends love to take the felt out and will play for quite a long time with it. I am amazed at the…
Sometimes using plain old paint with the kids can get boring. If you want to add a little shine to your child’s artwork then grab the corn syrup out of your cabinet. Add some to your paint and mix it up well. Then paint away! Finally when the paint is dry, you can enjoy the shine. It’s hard to capture it in a photo, but the paint will be smooth and shiny once dry. Come on over and read more about Wendy over at Wesnlani
Ok, so I know I usually write about food. And more food. And still more food. But I realize there is a little more to life than food. Something else I am very passionate about is literature. And sharing that love with my children. We try to read together almost every day. Sometimes one book, sometimes ten. And I try to find children’s literature that both my children AND I (or my husband) can enjoy together. Something that won’t make mommy and daddy want to…
Amy Bellgardt is a wife and mom of two boys, as well as founder and lead blogger at Mom Spark. Amy also manages Mom Spark Media, a social media and marketing firm.
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