Month: June 2012
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Math Mats
Math mats are a wonderful way to scaffold and expose children to number sense concepts, like one-to-one correspondence, counting, and number recognition. The idea originated with an old program – Math Their Way (I think). I used math mats as a kindergarten student teacher with Mrs. Kliefoth in Thermalito back in “the day”, and was…
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Everyday Life – Gateway Science Museum and Park Walks
The boys and I didn’t have anything on our schedule for this morning, so I decided to try out one of the places I found to take kids in Chico online. CSU Chico has a hands-on science museum called Gateway Science Museum. Landon’s been to other science museums that were a lot of fun –…
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Things Kids Say
This morning, Landon crawled in bed with us and snuggled in between Brad and I. He does this every morning. Today he snuggles in closer to Brad, looks up at him and says in a very matter of fact voice, “Don’t do anything. Don’t tickle me, don’t poke me, don’t bother me.” I was dying…
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Fear of water
Fear of water is a funny thing. We went to Shawn and Lacey’s apartment tonight to go swimming in their pool. This is the first time this summer that Landon’s been at a pool. We’ve gone to the creek a few times to dip our toes in and throw rocks, but no swimming. Last summer…
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Gluten Free Playdough
Landon’s allergic to wheat. I know he’s not the only kid! He’s much better now about eating it, but when he was littler he would eat the playdough when I wasn’t looking. Shocker of all shockers I know. This recipe I found here it’s really easy to make! Gluten Free Play Dough 1/2 Cup Rice Flour 1/2…
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Breakfast Cookies
I’ve tried several baked oatmeal recipes but they all had so much sugar in them that I didn’t feel right serving it as a main meal. These have NO added sugar. They get their sweetness from the applesauce (I even use unsweetened) and the dried fruit you put in. If they are to “unsweet” you…
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How I keep my house clean – The less stuff you have…
Moving, though I really hate it, is super helpful in getting rid of stuff that you never have or honestly will use. We moved stuff into our old house that we would “some day” use. “Some day” didn’t come in 2 1/2 years. I’m pretty certain that if we waited 2 1/2 more years it…
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Moon Sand
This morning we had some fun with moon sand. If you’ve never made moon sand you’re missing out on hours of fun. It’s super easy and cheap to make and lasts for quite some time in a zip lock bag. It’s like sand when you run your fingers through it, but it forms like play dough when…
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Snickerdoodles and life lessons
More cooking adventures today. Landon’s allergies make baking more challenging, but over the last two years making some gluten free, dairy free, egg free snickerdoodles doesn’t scare me. There are so many wonderful food blogs out there now dedicated to gluten free cooking. There are many wonderful ones also dedicated to vegan cooking (takes out…
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Look Who’s Crawling!
Riley at 9 months 3 days crawled! He’s been so close for so long. He doesn’t really crawl in that he moves his legs back and forith, but has figured out that if he keeps up on his knees with his belly off the ground he can pull his body forward. Hey – it’s a…