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Weekend Reads 8.27.11

August 27, 2011 by notjustcute Filed Under: Weekend Reads Leave a Comment

Articles:

Back to School: 6 Things Your Child’s Teacher Wants You to Know {Simple Kids}

Real Mums Talk About Toilet Training — Part 1, Part 2, Part 3  {Childhood 101}

Baby Geek: Infant Sleep “Rules” Don’t Work {Baby Shrink}

Julian Treasure: 5 Ways to Listen Better {TED Talks}

Activities:

City Prints & Farm Land {Laugh, Paint, Create}

How to Build a Sandbox…..Finally! {Modern Parents Messy Kids}

Playing with More Sticks {Pickle Bums} 

Rainbow Scavenger Hung {Tinker Lab}

And don’t forget to get entered for the Playful Learning Book and Ecourse Giveaway!  Comments close at 10pm Sunday!

Enjoy the Weekend!

Top photo by Tomash Devenishek. [Read more…]

Playful Learning: Nurturing Young Authors

August 25, 2011 by notjustcute Filed Under: Building Readers, Learning through Play and Experience 128 Comments



I mentioned a few weeks ago that I was excited to share a new book,  Playful Learning, by my friend Mariah Bruehl.  I had just returned home from a long trip and found it sitting on the top of my mail pile.  I immediately opened it and began thumbing through.  About half an hour later, I was still leaning against my kitchen counter, reading.  This book is fantastic.  Mariah has taken her ardent passion and rich experience and packaged them together to create one amazing resource.

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Puppy Love: Dog Books for Kids

August 24, 2011 by notjustcute Filed Under: Building Readers 6 Comments

The dog days of summer may be behind us, but there’s no better time for a good book!  Dog stories are frequently requested at our house, so I thought I’d share some of our favorites with you!

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Handling Back-to-School Separation Anxiety

August 22, 2011 by notjustcute Filed Under: Child Development & DAP, Positive Guidance and Social Skills Leave a Comment

I’m over at my amazing friend, Angelica’s place today, New Latina, sharing a post about back-to-school separation anxiety.  (Coincidentally, this is also my son’s first day of first grade.  I could probably use some of my own advice right now!)  Get a taste of the post below, and then head on over to New Latina for all the flavor.

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Weekend Reads 8.20.11

August 20, 2011 by notjustcute Filed Under: Weekend Reads 2 Comments

Articles:

The One RIGHT Way to Educate Your Children {Simple Mom}

Great Reading List of New Books for Kindergarten and First Grade {Pragmatic Mom}

Playful Learning: Thoughts on Crafting a Space {Sew Liberated}

Welcome to Motherhood: A Brief Job Description {Inspired to Action} (Short and Powerful!) 

Activities:

 Mini Plexiglass Easels for Preschool {Teach Preschool}

Simple Play Kitchen Renovation {Jellyfish Jelly}

Dance and Creative Movement for Preschoolers {Childhood 101}

Easy Ways to Surprise and Delight Your Children {Simple Kids}

Have a Great Weekend!

Top photo by Louise McLaren. [Read more…]

The 4-1-1 on Making Slime

August 19, 2011 by notjustcute Filed Under: Create, Learning through Play and Experience 30 Comments

My boys love slime!  (And really, so do I!)  Whether it’s playing the part of radioactive sludge engulfing their action figures, an alien blob, or just an enjoyable home gym for their fingers, one batch can keep them engaged for hours. 

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Spanking…..The Post I Finally Had to Write

August 17, 2011 by notjustcute Filed Under: Positive Guidance and Social Skills, Uncategorized 72 Comments

I read once that you have to be willing to write something now and then that makes you nervous, otherwise you aren’t writing anything really interesting.

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Bryan’s Post

August 15, 2011 by notjustcute Filed Under: Celebrate!, Uncategorized 6 Comments

There are a lot of people reading this blog these days, and I thank every one of you.  But there is one reader who took me a bit by surprise.

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Weekend Reads 8.13.11

August 13, 2011 by notjustcute Filed Under: Weekend Reads 5 Comments

Articles

For Better Grades, Try Gym Class {New York Times}

How to Have a Simple Organized School Year {Motherhood…Your Way}

Four Creative Thinkers to Follow {Tinker Lab}  (Add Rachelle to your list to make five!)

Deb Roy: The Birth of a Word {TED Talks}

Activities

How to Make Felt Sugar Cookies {Babble}

Read. Explore. Learn. — Potty Animals {JDaniel4’s Mom}

Elmer’s Glue Rainbow Glue — Recycle Those Half-Empty Glue Bottles!  {Pink and Green Mama}

Printable Play Space {Frugal Family Fun}

And check out these great Printable Lunch Box Notesfrom Picklebums!  Thanks for sharing those with us, Kate!

Have a great weekend!

Top photo by Rachel Bostwick. [Read more…]

Brain Child or Whole Child? The True Value of Music for Preschoolers

August 12, 2011 by notjustcute Filed Under: Music and Movement 7 Comments

As I work on some projects for the future, here’s a post from the past, originally posted in March of 2009.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote, “Music is the universal language of mankind.”  It is a transcendent medium, one that takes on a variety of forms to meet the intrinsic needs of each person.  It is enlivening and motivating.  This we can all agree on.  What has been debated in recent decades is the relationship of music to learning. 

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