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Geoboards are fun and educational materials. They are a great way to explore shapes. With younger children, you can start by making a square or a triangle. Older children might like to make designs like a house or a boat. Most of the time my children use the geoboard for free play, they make random […]

This year we went to two different pumpkin patches – Spooner Farms and Lattin’s Cider Mill and Farm outside of Seattle. I know, it’s a bit much, but I really enjoy this type of family outing, plus fall is my favorite season. I can’t get enough of the pumpkins, apples, and spice. Both pumpkin patches had […]

I try to keep M busy, especially on weekends and especially through autumn and winter. We easily fall into a rut of spending too much time at home one-on-one, and while I’m sure it’s sometimes a nice change of pace from busy preschool for her, it can make for long, exhausting days on the parental side […]

Do you ever have those times when you’re waiting for your table at a restaurant or sitting in a doctor’s waiting room, and your toddler is getting wigglier and antsier and your anxiety starts to rise and you know that at any moment one of you is going to have a meltdown? That can’t be […]

Diorama – a model representing a scene with three-dimensional figures, either in miniature or as a large-scale museum exhibit. Have you made dioramas with your children? It’s a fantastic way to explore or develop some of the child’s interests or to display their work or research!

Fall is here, y’all! This is my absolute favorite time of year, and I get completely giddy once the weather starts to cool off and the leaves begin to fall. I’m hoping to instill the same love of this wonderful season into Jackson as he gets older, so I’ve been spending some time lately gathering […]

As our summer vacation was ending, Mr. Train was having a very busy time at work.  He works from home and has his own office, but when there are four kids running around screaming like banshees it can be a bit distracting. In order to help both of us from losing our minds, I decided that I […]