Easter Egg Questions: A Dozen Talking Tips for your Family Meal
When I was going through the old plastic eggs today, putting little candies and stickers in, I found something from a couple of Easters back – little scribbled notes that reminded me or a great idea!...
View Article“What a Wonderful WORLD!” In Song and Story….
I woke up this morning in the “bunk room” at my Auntie Ann’s lake house in New Beraunfels. I was on the bottom bunk, Ellie asleep on the top, MJ had slept soundly all night on the bean bag chair. Now...
View ArticleHappy May Day! 5 Great Ideas for Family Fun…
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old time is still a-flying… May Day is not commonly celebrated in the US, but kids love it, so let’s do it! Here are some fun ideas for celebrating and having fun...
View Article“Celebrate Spring!” A To-Do List for Busy Families
“In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.” Margaret Atwood Overwhelmed and exhausted with birthday parties, soccer games, egg hunts, spring music and ballet recitals, and...
View Article12 Great Easter Egg Ideas for Making Brain and Family Connections!
Me and my family, Easter 1983? Happy Easter from my Family to yours! My new Easter family, 2013 Bombarded with little plastic Easter eggs everywhere you turn? Here are a Dozen great uses for them! 1....
View ArticleHappy “Earth Day” to You, Happy “Earth Day” to You…
…Happy Earth Day, Mother Earth, We’ll take care of you! “… IDEAS FOR FAMILIES AND TEACHERS! Today with my students I sang the ““Mr. Rogers” birthday song with “Earth Day”, but you could do it with the...
View ArticlePicnics, Playdates, Poems, and other “Good SPRING Things”
Exhausted from a busy spring? Got an elbow in your face?Take a load off and think on your “good things”… (written April 27th, before the business began…) It’s a lovely overcast, cool Sunday morning,...
View ArticleHappy May Day: Fun and Simple Ideas from my Family and Classroom to Yours!
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old time is still a-flying… This morning, I greeted the children at school with my May Pole, wearing a flower “princess” crown! May Day is not commonly celebrated in...
View ArticleApril FOOLS! for Kids: 10 Fun and Easy Tricks
I used to be able to make my kids laugh VERY easily…as babies, all I had to do was make a silly face or sound. But now that they are getting older, my silliness can elicit rolled eyes and sighs,...
View ArticleEarth Day and Beyond: 10 Ideas for Re-connecting with your Family and Nature
Re-Connecting with Nature and with Your Family Talking Points and Family Ritual Ideas for Earth Day or any day: Write a “Thank-You” Note to “Mother Earth”, get your whole family involved, and find out...
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