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Will It Dissolve? experiment
Starting out with the "Will it dissolve?" experiment, I first had to think of how to explain what "dissolve" means. I decided on using a melting, or dissolving, ice cube as an example. Then Kay...
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Helping Little Ones "Pet the Doggie"
Today I am happy to have Miriam with a guest post about how to keep interactions between kids and dogs safe for everyone. She offers 3 simple "do's" to teach kids when they approach a dog and 3...
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All Aboard the Train to Christmas Town
Bumblebee the Polar Bear I was excited to get on board the Train to Christmas Town. Almost as excited as my daughter Kay. Almost. Nothing can top a 4-year-old looking forward to meet Santa and his...
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Top 10 Building Toys for Preschoolers
Welcome to the Top Ten Holiday Lists gift guides as we share with you our favorite books, games, building toys, pretend play toys, crafting supplies/kits, and non-food stocking stuffers! Each...
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EZPaint Review and Giveaway
I'm excited to tell you about this new way of painting. Be sure to enter the giveaway, too, so you can try it for yourself! EZPaints look like nail polish, but in more fun colors (neon orange,...
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Toilet Paper Roll Turkey Utensil Holder
I would love to be able to take the credit for coming up with this, but it was the creative minds behind Sugar Aunts that deserve the props. These napkin rings are easy and cute too. We used:...
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Colors: Weekly Kids Co-op
Color-learning is our theme this week! These posts have been linked up in the past few weeks. Be sure to add your own to the linky at the end! *Sugar Aunts did some color matching with play dough...
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Thankful Hearts
Happy Thanksgiving to my American readers! In honor of the holiday, I'd like to share this guest post I did for Project Gratitude, hosted by Tips from a Typical Mom. We use these Thankful Hearts...
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We Love Weekends WOW Linky 11/29
To our American readers, I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving on Thursday. This week I'd like to highlight some great ideas for recyclable and natural materials that were shared last week: The...
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Packing Peanuts and Pipe Cleaners Fine Motor Play
Kay said her leg hurt. Now whether it really did or she was just pretending, I don't know. But whatever the case, she refused to walk on it for awhile. Chances are she really did pull something...
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Lime Juice Invisible Ink
Kay has been pretending she's a spy a lot lately. With binoculars or a magnifying glass she goes around saying she's a "secret agent" (where did she even hear that word?!) This activity fit in well...
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Melissa & Doug Toy Shopping Spree Giveaway
I'm super excited to be one of a wonderful group of bloggers to bring you this great Melissa & Doug giveaway. There will be 2 winners so keep reading for your chance to get in on this Toy Shopping...
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Simple Holiday Traditions Your Kids Will Love
Oftentimes the best traditions are simple little things. At Christmas time, my father always took me, and later my sister, to pick out our very own ornament. We would pick what we were interested...
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Learn Through Play Blog Hop #6
While this is the 6th Learn Through Play blog hop, it's my first time as co-host and I'm happy to be a part! We're all about learning through play. I look forward to reading and sharing your ideas....
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Top 10 Pretend Play Toys for Preschoolers
Welcome to the Top Ten Holiday Lists gift guides as we share with you our favorite books, games, building toys, pretend play toys, crafting supplies/kits, and non-food stocking stuffers! Each...
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Transport Toys for Preschool Boys
Today I have a gift guide written by Antonella Bettley of England. She offers some suggestions about transport toys for preschool boys, but I know my daughter would be interested in some of these...
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Make Your Own... {Weekly Kids Co-op}
You added your great posts last week, so let's check out some highlights on things you (or your kiddos!) can make: Letter Maze (How Wee Learn) Pine Cone Rudolph (Crystal's Tiny Treasures) Colorful...
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We Love Weekends WOW Linky 12/6
Thanks to everyone who participated last week, whether by adding a post or just checking out the ones shared (or both!). I love this play dough kit from Racheous because it's so open-ended. With a...
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Kid-Made Ornaments (Fine Motor Fridays)
I'm excited to be bringing you this special Fine Motor Fridays Christmas Roundup Edition! Together with Stir the Wonder, And Next Comes L, LalyMom, Craftulate, School Time Snippets, Racheous and...
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Dancing Raisins Experiment
"Dancing raisins" is my favorite science experiment yet! And since every time Kay has raisins for a snack now she asks to make them 'dance', I'd say it was a hit with her as well. The first day we...
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