by jessicaperkins | Oct 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
These are the moments that melt my heart. Pretending. Exploring. Imagining. Together. Both my girls exploring the creativity of their own minds. So many toys and learning tools in my house – but a favorite by far, is a box. In this case it’s a desk...
by jessicaperkins | Oct 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
We have been making Play Dough seasonally, which seems to work out well. We choose a different color and scent depending on what we are exploring for the season. This Summer we chose to make Yellow Play Dough with Gold Glitter and Coconut Extract (it smells like...
by jessicaperkins | Oct 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
This little Folder Game was made for our Summer Beach / Ocean Theme and is used to reinforce simple colors. I found the Fish on a border at the Dollar store. I hole-punched them with a large circular punch, laminated the, and added Velcro. I cut out the...
by jessicaperkins | Oct 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
The Color Square Do you know the colors of the Rainbow? The perfect combination of cotton, fiber, wood, and paint create this whimsically delightful Color “Square”. Can you point out the different colors? Name them? Find their opposites? Describe...
by jessicaperkins | Oct 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
We did several projects to include on our Beach Mural this summer. One of them was a simple color-me shell page. We both colored some of the shells to put up at the bottom of the ocean floor. Buga doesn’t always enjoy coloring – it’s not that she...
by jessicaperkins | Oct 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
peanut butter sandwich, pepperoni, almond slivers, cheese stick, carrot sticks, green grapes I have always loved the ideas of bentos. For adults. For kids. For toddlers. There is just something about cute little colorful foods combined together in a thoughtful way...