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Jul 19 2008
This is a great activity to show weather systems or simply for a little play time. I actually have a Toysmith Cyclone Tube to use for this activity and you can usually pick these up at any science, or toy store. You can also purchase them at a teacher supply store and they [...]
Jul 17 2008
If you are looking for something that is downright gross for your kids to do, then this is a rainy day activity for you. I tried this activity when I was still in college working at my first placement. The teachers looked at me like I was crazy when I wrote up the [...]
Jun 18 2008
With summer here, kids are going to be outside a bit more than they were during the winter months and that means that parents will need to have a few more outdoor activities for their kids to enjoy.
Since everyone loves bubbles, why not have a recipe ready to create gallons upon gallons of bubbles for [...]
Jun 02 2008
I have found over the years that I have become a person that will leaf through travel brochures and gaze longingly at planes as they pass by overhead. I think to myself, “What wonders will I see if I travelled to faraway destinations? What would I experience?”
I think everyone has those thoughts, well, [...]
May 26 2008
This last weekend has seen a lot of amazing things space wise. Nasa landed the space bot Phoenix on the surface of mars and you can actually see the first photos from Phoenix of the northern pole of Mars. I have already been on the Nasa site several times with my little guys, [...]
If you can remember far enough back, I wrote both part one and two of this series on Theorists of Child Development. My first post was about Freud and my second was aboutErikson. Today, I am going to take us closer to the end of this series and discuss Piaget. If you are not sure [...]
Today it was official, we took down the pool so it has to be the last day of summer. Okay, maybe the last day of summer is officially on September 21st and the last day of summer vacation isn’t until Monday but you can definitely feel the days winding down into a new schedule.
Already my [...]
It’s probably a little early to be dreaming about snow but with the muggy weather I had today, I’m almost ready for winter. Well, almost ready…okay, not really, but the thought of winter made me think that it would be an excellent time to share my recipe for Whipped Snow.
This is a fun little recipe [...]
Welcome to part two of buying a layette for your baby. If you have been with me for a while, you will probably remember the first post about buying a layette. I know that usually this is just one article but since I am writing a few points about every item, I decided to break [...]
It has been a while since I wrote a cheat sheet for That Parent Place so I figured it was time to do so again. Right now, I am the proud snail-sitter of about 10 snails. They will be going back into a nice spot in my yard very soon, not the garden where they [...]