I have always seen cool ideas on Pinterest and Facebook for sensory bins and sensory activities for kids. To me, they always looked a little complicated, messy and like more clutter for my house. I want my kids to have sensory activities but usually leave that for playing outside. Then, after way too much time stuck inside due to a… Read More
We are really enjoying learning Italian! I hope you have enjoyed the first two lessons. If you’re new, check out Lezione 1 here and Lezione 2 here. For today’s “lesson” I am sharing some of our favorite books to support learning Italian. Some are children’s books in Italian, some are about the country/culture and some are for learning words. Children’s… Read More
Ciao! If you’re new here, be sure to visit Lezione 1, for an intro to these lessons and to print the first sheet. The first lesson has a free printable Italian flag and coloring sheet. It also has a fun worksheet that shares some intro words like hello, goodbye, my name is, etc. Today we are continuing our Simple Italian… Read More
Today I’m sharing my favorite iPad apps by age. When your kids have trashed the entire house, have played with all the toys and have eaten all the snacks…. In the summer: “go outside!” In the winter: “want to see the iPad?” Anyone else? I’m going to be totally honest: my kids don’t love the iPad and honestly, sometimes when… Read More
We’ve done posts like this before: a book and a craft! You can do the craft without reading the book of course, but sometimes it makes it more fun for the kids to have a book to go along with what they’re making. During the long winter months, we also look for activities to take up a little more time… Read More
Ciao ragazzi! Fun fact: I studied Italian in college and finished my minor in Italian while studying abroad. Besides to help me get around while traveling in Italy, I haven’t used that college minor for too many other things. Before I had kids, I had grand plans of raising bi-lingual children who spoke Italian fluently when they were young. Those… Read More
We’ve done posts like this before: a book and a craft! You can do the craft without reading the book of course, but sometimes it makes it more fun for the kids to have a book to go along with what they’re making. During the long winter months, we also look for activities to take up a little more time… Read More
Halloween has come & gone and all is left are giant buckets of candy! There’s no way that even this mom can eat all the candy that we have. The kids had school off on Monday & Tuesday, so I decided to take some of that extra time to make some creative use of their Halloween candy. Below I am… Read More
The big brothers are back in school and we have been settling back into a new routine of the school year. I have had to readjust our schedule to enjoying life with two kids from 8-3 before the big after school rush of homework, sports, and dinnertime. Abby attends half-day preschool, but I am enjoying spending time with her at… Read More
Madeline has always been one of my favorite books. I was so excited to read it to my girls for the first time when they were tiny. Since then, we’ve read them non stop over the years and last year made a special visit to Bemelman’s Bar in New York City for the Madeline Tea. This Halloween, Alex chose to… Read More