Posts by imakebelieve

Ds 3.5, dressed himself for the first time the other day. He put his own shirt on over his pj shirt. It was inside out and backwards. He was so proud and adorable with the little tag flapping up under his chin. We went out just like...

There is a book called, The Nature Corner. I'm not sure of the author, I had it for a short time, read it and donated it to my Nuture by Nature library. It was okay. I think I was looking for somthing different. I am going to do...

Do any of your little ones have imaginary friends? We have quite a menagerie living in our house: Clocky- Ben's brother who flies, wears a "horn-hat" wears black clothes, "nice new shoes" and has a knack for...

Have you heard of the book Workjobs? I used it when I taught K-1. It involves making little counting boards and counters. For example, there are felt watermelons and black and white seeds. Frogs and toads with lilypads, fish in...

Okay, now that you mention it, Ben is also putting stuff in his mouth and he never did that before. Money, legos, acorns, it must be a 3.5 thing!

My ds 3.5 also, loves to hang out with the big kids. Most of the time they are pretty nice and tolerant, but sometimes he runs after them calling "Wait up for me guys." And they totally ignore him. He is a bit of a slow...

I have begun to teach ds3.5 some pre-reading skills. Here are some things that I have done so far: I have started a beginning sound scrapbook- I took about 30 page protectors and slid in a sheet of blank paper then I put a sticker...

I adore the treehouse from Seasonal Toys, but can in no way afford the $300 price tag. I would like to make one for my son. I think he would enjoy it for years. It has swings, pulleys, all kinds of things that he would like. He...

I have a children's theme party business. I have costumes and I come out and entertain with a theme party adventure story where the kids act out the parts. I do all of the work. Invites, rsvps, serve cake cleanup everything. Here's...

I did find out who Jonathan is. He is the boy in Ben's favorite book. Duh, I can't believe I didn't tie it together. He has been pretending about cats and kittens, also from the book. I'm so glad he is using books as well as movies...