Peacocks Theme - Peacock Activities For Kids What are generally known as peacocks are actually male peafowl. The females are called peahen and the babies are peachicks. It is the male of the species which has the beautiful feathers, which are shown off when he fans his tail. 25 Ways to Talk So Children Will Listen A major part of discipline is learning how to talk with children. The way you talk to your child teaches him how to talk to others. Here are some talking tips we have learned with our children: 1. Connect Before You Direct Before giving your child directions, squat to your child’s eye level and engage your child in eye-to-eye contact to get his attention.
Speed Museum With a $50 million expansion planned through 2016, The Speed Art Museum is currently closed for construction. The new 60,000-square-foot North Building will help create one of the finest experiential art museums in the country and will double the overall square footage and nearly triple the gallery space from the existing wing. The expansion will create a state-of-the-art space for larger special exhibitions, new contemporary art galleries, a family education welcome center, indoor/outdoor café, museum shop, and a multifunctional pavilion for performances, lectures and entertaining.
How to Make a Summer Fun Travel Kit for Kids: MacGyver Style - Get It Scrapped By Amy Kingsford Ok so the summer is almost over, but do you all have one last camping trip or family vacation planned before your kids head back to school? If not…no worries this fun kit will keep your kids busy year round–whether they are at home or away. Use the following ideas to build a collection of board games, card games and word games that can all be stored inside a space no larger then your average sized lunch pail and can be transported and played just about anywhere! Supplies Needed
7 Things Every Parent Should Discuss with Their Children and 3 Things They Absolutely Should Not Image via John Cave Osborne To be an effective parent, you must also be an effective communicator. Yet being an effective communicator doesn’t necessarily make you an effective parent. After all, there’s the little issue of what, exactly, it is that you should be communicating to your children. how we montessori I want to share these two Montessori activities with you because they are super easy to set up, they use items found around the house, they explore scientific concepts and they are fun! Both of these could be used with toddlers (be careful with small items) right through to preschoolers. Otis loves both of these. To begin with I look around the house for useful items - here I have collected; pinecones, sponge, feathers, wood piece, button, branch, metal screw, bull clip, small padlock, rock, mini wooden peg, paper clips, shell and a glass gem. I put all of these items into a basket. The first activity is a Montessori Sink Float Activity.
Muppet Alphabet - Final version Here it is. The final version of the Muppet Alphabet, featuring Xomfey the Pink Stalk from The Muppet Show pilot, Sex and Violence. Featured are: Animal, Bunsen and Beaker, Crazy Harry, Dr. Teeth, Sam the Eagle, Fozzie, Gonzo, Hilda, Irving Bizarre, Janice, Kermit, Lew Zealand, Miss Piggy, Newsman, Otto, Pepe, Quongo, Rowlf, Statler, The Swedish Chef (aka "Tom"), Uncle Deadly, Vendaface, Waldorf, Xomfey, Yolanda Rat, Zoot. And a big thanks to the poster at Muppet Central for the suggestion on Xomfey. Prints, posters, iPhone cases and skins available at Society6. MetroDad: The Rules: 25 Life lessons for my daughter My father has never given me any advice. The one time I remember him even trying was when I was 18 and on my way out of the house for the evening. As I recall, he briefly looked up from his newspaper and said, "You know about condoms, right?" End of conversation. Thank you, Obi Wan Kenobi.
Montessori Materials Purpose One of the things I did when I was in the Montessori homeschool co-op, was to put the following information together for the co-op parents. I found this information online and adjusted it to show what we were doing. Because of this, the list will also include the Catholic Montessori materials we were using. Take a look, and maybe it will help you know what some of the materials are for! For those of you who are new to Montessori, I hope this will be a great resource for you!
Free Montessori Materials from Around the Web - Live and Learn Farm 799 Flares Twitter 11 Facebook 136 Google+ 34 Pin It Share 617 617 LinkedIn 1 inShare1 799 Flares × Don’t miss a post! Receive all our blog posts in your inbox by Subscribing to our Newsletter. We regularly update our Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and Pinterest, and would love to connect if you are on those networks! Observation - Part Two. Observing the Child at Home. - how we montessori It took me a long time to grasp the concept of observation. Now it comes naturally. As you will read I've found observation key in providing for and meeting Otis's needs. Name Kits: Tools for Teaching Young Children Their Names - Fun-A-Day! 3.5K Flares3.5K2800----×3.5K Flares I like to work a lot with students’ names when I’m teaching. Their names are incredibly important to the children, as are their friends’ names.
Preschool Calendar Notebook - Mamas Learning Corner Are you looking for color-by-number ABC printables to supplement your Preschooler’s Letter of the Week? Check out Mama’s Color-By-Number ABC ebook: 50 pages of coloring activities for preschoolers, focusing on each letter of the alphabet! —> Note that a Kindergarten-First Grade Calendar Notebook is now available! I have a 4-year-old who is begging to do “real Kindergarten” this year (her words). She wants to learn to read, she wants to “do math”, and she wants her own notebooks.