As you can see, this was a while ago, but sweet nonetheless… I have a “Quiet Drawer” in my bedroom for when I am nursing and napping Boo. I let Buga sit quietly on the floor and play with a number of toys. Today she built a “sand” castle with some blocks. This fit right […]

I made these for one of our bug themed learning centers. Buga has a really good sense for numbers for a three year old and this reinforces one-to-one ratios, counting, and numeral recognition.

Our Spring Time theme certainly brought out the flowers! We have been reading a lot of stories about gardens, flowers, and colors. We have also been watching the flowers bloom around us. When I bought a rainbow of flowers for Buga’s sensory bin I made sure to buy extras for this little “store front business”. […]

In our Spring unit we have been doing a lot of work with bugs, worms, dirt, compost, etc. One rainy day I was looking for something to do with Buga and remembered this recipe from my childhood and thought it would be appropriate for our Spring theme….not to mention fun in the kitchen. Buga LOVES […]

We have updated our Sensory Bin a couple weeks ago to a Spring Theme. I love how earthy it turned out and Buga is enjoying the novelty of getting her hands dirty and playing around with the new things she discovers. I used black beans for the “dirt” and moss for the “grass” in the […]

We have been working on our new Theme… Spring time. In keeping with the theme, I pulled out the Nesting A Rainbow Set I made for Buga (and can be found at MamaMayiShop.com). She loves playing, pretending, and counting with these adorable rainbow bird family.

Buga just had a birthday party. We celebrated Eric Carle-style with a Hungry Caterpillar themed party. It was so bright, colorful, and cheerful – just what we all needed this time of year. I did some online searching for party theme ideas and in collaboration with my own ideas, here’s what we came up with. […]