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Preschool Activities for Learning the Letter M
September 23, 2013
Morning sickness has really put the brakes on our letter of the week plan for Owen's preschool time! We're still plugging along, but it's more like a letter every 2…
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DIY Duplo Lego Monsters Building Set
September 17, 2013
With some hot glue and googly eyes, you can upgrade your Duple LEGO®'s into a fun monster building set! Owen has been learning about the letter M, and we were getting ready…
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Ninja Pumpkins
September 16, 2013
As I mentioned the other day, we're pretending that it's almost fall! Today's high was 97... Really makes you want to break out the sweaters! Gresham is especially ready to…
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Craft for Kids: "Welcome Fall" Sign with Coffee Filter Leaves
September 15, 2013
It's mid-September in Texas, which is pretty much still summer. We've been having highs in the upper 90's, but the long range forecast has a few days in the 80's,…
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Preschool Activities for Learning the Letter G
September 7, 2013
Letter G is up next in our preschool letter of the week series! We found several ways to work on recognizing the letter G and its sounds through learning, playing,…
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Duct Tape Lightsabers Craft
September 3, 2013
It seems like we always have pieces of PVC pipe floating around our house for various projects, with the most recent being our Nerf dart poppers. Several days ago, Owen…
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Ocean Tub Pretend Play
August 28, 2013
A couple weeks ago, Gresham (age 6) had the idea to put a little blue food coloring in some water to make it look like an ocean for his toy…
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Five Activities for Learning the Letter S
August 26, 2013
We just started our fourth "letter of the week" for Owen, and I am so happy with how it is going! He is really retaining the letter names and sounds,…
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Make a Coconut Volcano
August 21, 2013
Several months ago, I saw an idea on Parent Teach Play to use a coconut to make a volcano. I knew that Gresham would LOVE to make one to play…
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Letter "C" Themed Activities for Preschoolers
August 15, 2013
Now that Owen is 4, we are getting a little more academic with our preschool efforts! He is interested in learning letters, and starting to understand that letters have sounds…
