While in the bathroom at my parent’s house, I noticed a ton of empty toilet paper tubes…..and inspiration struck! I know, an interesting beginning to a craft story…. Anyway, I remember seeing / making “poppers” – goody favors inside a toilet paper tube, twisted with tissue paper to look like an unopened piece of candy […]

Every Fall we go to the Pumpkin Patch to pick a pumpkin. It just so happened to be one of the most amazing, feels-like-spring-not-like-fall kind of Saturdays this year. I imagined what it would be like if my family lived on a Farm. I could definitely see us living on a Farm. Buga fit right […]

It’s Sensory Bin Time! Oh how I love the open-endedness of a sensory bin. I love how many different skills can be practiced with a little bit of imagination and a box of “stuff”. I always enjoy creating these things, it’s a lot of fun for me to make and then I love watching how […]

Magazine Time! I (we) Love Highlights magazine. I used to love them as a little girl and now I love that Buga get so thrilled when she sees it coming through our mail slot. One of the first pages she turns to, without hesitation is the Kitchen section – she loves to help out in […]

A Simple Activity that gave me some extra time in the kitchen to get dinner finished. Halloween themed and fun. I found foam pumpkins in the Dollar spot at Target. I also found face stickers. Put them together and you get a study of faces… What makes a face? What makes a face silly? Where […]

Oh, Fall! Fall is here. I can tell by the brisk air. The smell of pumpkin and earth. The sound of leaves crunching while little feet walk. This sound is so characteristic of Autumn. I wanted to incorporate it in our sensory time – without using real leaves which would rot and decay while shelved […]

We made these in the Summer, but Fish…and I thought they would make a beautiful addition to our autumn decorations. I was right. They are so beautiful. We just used clear contact paper and covered it with tissue squares; added a piece of contact paper on top; and cut out a leaf shape. When you […]

Here are the books you will find on our shelves this Season…

We took the leaves from our Leaf Hunt and made simple Autumn Collages using double-sided laminate sheets to make it easy for little hands to stick and keep. I taped one sheet down on the table… while Buga placed the leaves where she wanted them (everywhere!) She made sure to “push them down” by gently […]

We’re Going On a Leaf Hunt, We’re Looking for Some Leaves….We’re Going On a Leaf Hunt, We’re Looking for Some Leaves…. Buga and I decided to go for a Fall stroll through the city to collect some leaves. We each had our own bag, and we collected different shapes, colors, and sizes of leaves. It […]