5:17 a.m. My eyes open in bed. I had a dream that woke first my mind, then my body. My face is pressed against a sweet, softly-sleeping baby. In the dark I lift him up and carry him across the room to place him gently in his crib. He doesn’t wake. A small miracle. I…
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Free 3-Week Creative Family Culture Curriculum for At-Home Learning (Easy, Fun, and Adaptable for All Ages)
Wishing you could gather up your family together and do something meaningful with your time at home? Do you love the idea of art and creative play, but don’t know where to begin or how to teach it? Are you looking for something easy, with little-to-no preparation required and no previous experience needed to teach…
Treasure Hunt, Creative Family Idea Box Day #13
Kids are natural treasure hunters! Get outside, take a walk, find some woods or look in your own backyard for natural treasures. Anything can be a treasure! Be inspired by your children’s natural curiosity and wonder. Find something to photograph or bring home. Draw your treasures or write about them in a journal, or tell…
Dinnertime Storytelling Game, Creative Family Idea Box Day #5
You are five minutes away from a dinner full of family stories that you have likely never heard! This is a super-simple Storytelling Game that you can play at your next meal. Just click the Storytelling Game image, print it, cut out the words and put them in a bowl. During your meal, take…
Voices of My Life, an abridged biography
It’s easy to look back over years as a series of big events–the day I was born, schools I attended, graduations, marriage, jobs held, the birthdays of my children… These are the visible rings around my tree, the important details in a brief biography of my life. But when I close my eyes and let…
Harperella, Hazel, Rose, and King Candy
We have lots of paper dolls for you this week. I think you will especially like Kells’s cute little guy named King Candy. He is wearing a birthday cake hat and has a little baby friend. I love this boy’s drawings. Paloma has another girl named Rose with a bunny named Rosie. And Rosie has…
6 Quick Kid-Friendly Crafts Made from Recycled Materials
I recently finished my miniseries called How-To Tuesdays. To make it easier to find these in my blog, I am just putting them all together here in one post. Hope you can find something to make with your kiddos using things you have laying around the house. These are quick, easy, inexpensive playthings that can…
How-To Tuesdays #4: Paint Sample Storytelling Cards
I love telling stories with my children. Last year, my sister gave Rosie some beautiful fairy tale storytelling cards. Each has a different picture on it, and you use them to help you tell a story. These paint sample storytelling cards were inspired by that gift. There are lots of way to play with the…