Wooden blocks may very well be one of the oldest toys around. I imagine, from the time of creation, children have sat in their father's workshops stacking wood scraps.  Because of their age old simplicity, I tend to think of them as boring. And yet,… more »

The kids and I have a countdown going on until my favorite special day. (A special day, in our house, is any “holiday” that is not a real, real holiday – which consists of only Thanksgiving and Christmas. Ha. - or a family birthday.) We're counting dow… more »

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Pin It In our house, there's nothing like masking tape to spur on a bit of imagination. And at less than a dollar per roll, who can argue with that? It's also very easy to peel off of anything, which makes it very mom friendly. This post is the fi… more »

Pin It When my 6 year old started first grade this past year, we began with a spelling workbook. One lesson for each week. Each lesson has about 10-14 words on a list. Each list focuses on a few different phonic rules which she has already learned ah… more »