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- a list of daily morning activities/tasks for the kids during summer break to keep their bodies and brains active and their house clean. At the end of the week they earned 25 cents for each task completed. The afternoons were for outings, water play, playing with friends, trips to the library, etc. // power of moms
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Great ideas on ways for our kids to learn/practice math concepts - through play!
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This game is VERY simple but powerful for the kids because it helps them to make those connections that 5 pennies = 1 nickel, 2 nickels = 1 dime, etc...
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Magnetic puzzles-use on a cookie sheet during car trips or for the fridge to give them something to do while I'm cooking since that's the time they want to be all up on me
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75 Things to do with your kids (many are FREE)..Traditions they will remember. These are really good.
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Back to school fairy... awww.
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10 fun ideas for fine motor skills - easy things to try that the kids will love. Got an idea you could share? Peeling stickers is one of our favourites.
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Craft Clay... air dries and great for all sorts of crafts or ornaments
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Chalk Spray..seriously awesome! Great for making 'games' on the grass... driveway fun too :)
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Magnetic puzzles-use on a cookie sheet during car trips
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SO SIMPLE - how to teach long division in 3 minutes or less Are you KIDDING ME?!
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sweet questions to ask a child at bedtime to encourage building your relationship.
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The family that plays together, stays together :) How fun would this be after work one day!?! Attack Daddy with Marshmallows!
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Another pinner says: This takes you to the BEST blog I have ever read! Absolutely love, PLAY AT HOME MOM...{makes me want to have more kids just to do all the fun stuff with the little ones!}
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21 creative consequences . . . all I can say is that I'm glad my Mom wasn't on Pinterest when I was a child!
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Cool 9x Tables Trick. I usually think '9x9 = 90-9.' Or 8x9=80-8, 7x9=70=7, 6x9=60-9, etc, etc.
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Writing in salt (this site has Montessori & Montessori-inspired activities).
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Letting kids LIVE - seriously an awesome list of easy things for kids.
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Fine motor strengthening, letter recognition and spelling in one easy to make activity.
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Project Life...every month, include a cd that has all pictures & videos for the month on there. Easy to find pictures when you want them, and you are backing everything up monthly.
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Glowing Bubbles. So fun for a summer party after it gets dark! omg how cool!
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Grab a tissue! 1st day of kindergarten! ♥
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Paper towel tube & paint stirrer stick word family activity ~ perfect for 1st graders.
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"Cloud dough is a lovely sensory experience to provide for preschool children. It has a beautiful silky smooth texture and can smell divine… depending on which baby oil you choose to add to the mix. Here is the recipe… and oh so easy! 8 cups of plain flour to 1 cup of baby oil. Enjoy mixing!"
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It's alive! One of the coolest science experiments ever!- cornstarch and water mixture moves to sound so kids can visually experience sound waves.
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Teach your kids to work! 43 chores young children can (AND SHOULD) do (18 months to 7 years old)
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Bully-proofing your kids - Starting when their son was 3, psychologist Tammy Hughes and her school psychologist husband started teaching him. At night, they'd say, "Tell me three good things that happened to you today." This helped him make the distinction between events and his feelings about them. Once he had that mastered, they added, "Tell me three good things that happened to someone else (lesson: the world includes me and other people, their feelings and actions)." Next they asked, "Tell me something you did that worked out well. Now, tell me something that someone else did that worked out well for someone else." "These simple questions help children differentiate themselves and others, and (teach them) cause and effect. If you can connect these ideas and feelings, then it helps children to prepare to identify bullying -- negative versus positive behaviors -- and who did what to cause the outcome"
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I bought Avery t-shirt transfer paper (I've tried other transfer papers in the past and Avery is my favorite) and printed out mirror images of the letters (in this font - one of my favorites for projects like this) on the transfer paper and just ironed them onto the bags. The key difference between the A and the M - for the M I used a pillowcase between the transfer paper and the iron and got a much crisper transfer than when I put the iron directly on the transfer paper for the A.
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Fetching pins…
Crystal Butler Reminds me of a post I once wrote about my "Figure it Out" philosophy.