February 2010

showcase

Weekend Showcase: Link Love

by Kara
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Friends can you believe that it is almost time to pack up the Valentines and trade them in for shamrocks and Spring flowers? The weather outside my window may be speaking of Winter, but the calendar is telling me that Spring is not too far away. Let’s celebrate these last weeks of Winter and then [...]

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crafts

At the Craft Table with Rae Grant: Good Old-Fashioned Paste

by Rae Grant
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With early spring fast approaching there is still time for plenty of indoor crafting projects before the shift to outdoor weather play begins. Getting your kids to sit down at the craft table can sometimes be a challenge. Time and organization is one hurdle and having useful basic materials in the house to get the [...]

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food and nutrition

Head of the Class: Eco-Friendly Lunch Containers for a Smarter Planet

by Mariah
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Every winter tends to lead to the infamous lunch-packing rut. To break the cycle this year we made a resolution to reduce our lunchtime waste. We decided to shed our plastic baggies and set out to investigate eco-friendly lunch containers. As a family, we learned a lot along the way and feel great about the [...]

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showcase

Weekend Showcase: Link Love

by Kara
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Photo by josh.liba I just love the trend in the blogging world of taking some time to share favorite links from the past week. It reminds me of  long, lazy weekend mornings and passing the most interesting newspaper articles and the funniest comics back and forth, “Here, you’ve GOT to read this! You’re gonna love [...]

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play learn explore

Storytelling Day: The True Story of Hickory Dickory Dock

by Robin
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Hickory dickory dock The mouse ran up the clock The clock struck one The mouse ran down Hickory dickory dock Mouse families aren’t so different from people families. Mouse families live together and love each other and play together and support each other. And just like you do, every mouse in the family has a [...]

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