Category: ’Infants’

The Old Grey Cats Are Sleeping

January 26th, 2010 by Dionna - 2 Comments

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In my quest to create weekly activity schedules for Kieran, I have checked several books out from our local library for inspiration. The one I am reading today is called Musical Games, Fingerplays and Rhythmic Activities for Early Childhood. As the name implies, the book is full of over 100…

Animal Kingdom Games

January 9th, 2010 by Dionna - 4 Comments

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It has been too cold to get outside much lately (except maybe to gather snow for snow ice cream), and we have been going a little stir crazy. A friend gave me an idea for a game to help shake some of our sillies out, and I’ve been inventing some…

Rice Diving

October 19th, 2009 by Dionna - 8 Comments

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I have a friend who has a son that is almost two months older than Kieran. We are both stay at home mamas, and we both enjoy doing fun, “educational” things with our toddlers. Neither one of us is drilling our kids with flash cards or making them memorize things…

Water Sprites

October 8th, 2009 by Dionna - 5 Comments

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I hosted a particularly messy co-op class today: “Design Your Own Wrapping Paper.” I bought butcher paper and some powdered Tempera paint, then everyone used hands, feet, cookie cutters, cars, balls, and various natural objects to paint the paper on our driveway. The plan is to use the paper to…

My Bookworm

September 15th, 2009 by Dionna - 3 Comments

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So often in one of my online communities, mamas will ask what books toddler and parents really want to read. I’m going to start a running list, to be updated as we go. For now, here are 10 books that we enjoy on a regular basis: 1. Mr. Brown Can…

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