Inspiration for teaching young children!
I don’t typically do sale posts BUT, if you have been looking at Melissa & Doug floor puzzles to add to your “smart kid toy” stash, this might be the time to get these… I’m not a fan of EVERY toy that Melissa & Doug makes, but their floor puzzles are great! The pieces are nice and thick, and the illustrations… Read More
First of all, if you haven’t read my post, “How Kids Learn – 5 surprising differences between adults and children”, make sure you go read that 🙂 In this post, I just want to share with you all our favorite board books, CDs, apps, etc for learning Spanish. Before I get started, let me answer the “Why” question, and the… Read More
This summer, I discovered a set of board books that is simply awesome! Have you ever noticed that there are TONS of board books teaching colors, numbers, letters, animals, and shapes? Of course, we want our kids to learn those, but how many books on your children’s shelf include colors? (not to mention toys, DVDs, etc that teach colors… Read More
For 2-6 year olds “Thy word have I hid in mine heart….” ~Psalm 119:11 Scripture memory was something that my parents worked on with us kids a lot growing up. It has been a great help to me throughout my life, and I want to pass that on to my kids as well. In the last year I have found some… Read More
I mentioned to my sister one day that I needed to get a couple kid sized backpacks for some upcoming trips. She immediately said, “You’ve got to check out the SkipHop backpacks!” It was love at first sight! I had a hard time deciding which animals to order because every design is so stinkin’ cute! You can see all the… Read More
The Kumon workbooks were recommended to me by a friend, and we have loved them! They have quite a variety of books for tracing, learning letters, cutting & pasting, folding, etc. We used the Grow to Know Kumon series to get started. They have suggested ages on the front of each book, and go as low as two years old. The… Read More