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15 Minutes : Read It : Alphabet Books
image via hereI love alphabet books, and there are so many amazing ones out there. Small Magazine did a beautiful layout highlighting a few of their favorites--which include some of my favorites as...
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1 Hour : Make It : Natural Easter Eggs
image via marthastewart.comI've wanted to try out these naturally dyed Easter eggs ever since I saw the Martha Stewart article a couple years ago. The fact of the matter is, I never prepare early...
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15 Minutes : Make It : Bunny Envelopes
Here's a fun Easter craft project to make with your kids. Fill the envelope bunnies with small toys, candy or hand-written notes and deliver to friends and family!
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15 Minutes : Make It : Easter Printables
A few free printables I found for Easter: A paper basket from Freshly Picked. I know I've said it before, but my daughter loves paper crafts and teeny things of all sorts. This will be tomorrow's...
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15 Minutes : Play It : Handwriting Activities
image via hereMy son and I have been focusing on improving his handwriting. For the sake of review, I print out a basic tracing worksheet of a certain letter. Somedays we choose a worksheet that has a...
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Quick Share : Traveling with Kids
image via hereWe're now officially planning a summer vacation. While I do consider our family to be seasoned travelers--two cross-country roadtrips, several 8-10 hour trips, and a couple flights with...
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It turns out that the RedRoko women are not at all ambitious when they are 1. pregnant, or 2. caring for new babies. Thus the long pause between posts. We hope you'll continue to browse the activities...
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15 Minutes : Play It : Listening Lotto
Am I the only mom who repeats myself dozens of times a day? I'm especially working with my two youngest children on their listening skills. We've been playing Outside Listening Skills Lotto together...
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15 Minutes : Read It : School Books
We like to give the teachers a new book on the first day of school. These are the ones we picked this year:One Smart Cookie, by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. Each page uses a part of the cookie-making process...
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If you live in my area, I hope you know about the PERC, located at the Orem Public Library. The Parent Education Resource Center loans out educational games, activities, puzzles, developmental toys,...
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15 Minutes : Read It : Nonsense Books
Sometimes we just need some of those books that are so ridiculous and silly that my kids actually hoot out loud when we're reading them. I know any mention of underwear sends even my three-year-old...
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15 Minutes : Play It : Listening
image via hereStill working on listening skills...One day as we sat on the back porch, I asked my two youngest to close their eyes very tightly and just listen. My kindergartener knew instinctively...
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15 Minutes : Play It : Memory
image via hereAfter spending five whole minutes tracking down the whereabouts of my very mischievous three-year-old, I decided we needed to have a little sit-down-and-focus time this morning. We played...
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1 Hour : Play It : Activity Centers
image via hereToday I borrowed from the quintessential preschool/kindergarten set-up: activity centers. The truth is, I really needed to work on organizing the laundry room--which is next-door to our...
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15 Minutes : Make It : Lunches
image via anotherlunchHave you heard of Bento lunches? I like the ideas at the deliciously beautiful site, AnotherLunch, though I wonder if some of them would be too light a meal for my sprouting...
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15 Minutes : Read It : Autumn Books
My very favorite picture book to start off the fall season isOx-Cart Man, by Donald Hall. Another excellent one is In November, by Cynthia Rylant. But since I've already reviewed both of those, I...
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15 Minutes : Read It : Stone Soup
The classic folktale, Stone Soup, is a beloved of mine. I love the lessons of working together, of selflessness, of community--it just never gets old. Here are two versions I particularly like:Stone...
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15 Minutes : Make It : Pasta Skeleton
image via hereSo, despite the fact that I'm going to have a baby any day now, I am supposed to organize--not attend, just organize--the centers for my kindergartener's Halloween party. (Believe me,...
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15 Minutes : Play It : Pin the Face on the Pumpkin
image via hereAnother one of the center activities for my son's class party: Pin the Face on the Pumpkin. So simple and classic that I wonder why I needed the internet to think of it. But to be fair,...
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Quick Share : Thanksgiving
In postpartum mode here. So, until I find a minute to post something about Thanksgiving...Enjoy some of our ideas from last year!
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