Play is a huge part of the developmental process for our little ones. It’s easy spend a lot of time, money, and energy thinking about different items to purchase. I don’t know about you, but around here the best part of getting gifts for my toddler is the box. I’ve found that some of the best […]
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This week we are talking ocean themed yoga and movements. In the past couple of weeks I’ve shared about zoo themed yoga and farm yoga and movements. The ocean is another great place to learn and play. Ocean themed yoga is perfect for toddlers through elementary school-aged children.
I recently read an article, Letting Kids Move Isn’t A Break From Learning, It is Learning. In this article the author discusses how important movement is in the learning process and gives great ideas on how to incorporate movement into learning, not just as a brain break. Now don’t get me wrong, brain breaks are an essential
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I was recently chatting with one of my friends who is having her first baby. We were talking about her baby registry, and discussing the actual baby must haves that she should focus on. I had a few things that I absolutely loved, and consider my baby must haves. Some of these things surprised me how much
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This week we are talking farm yoga and movements. Last week I shared about zoo themed yoga. The farm is another awesome place for kids to visit and explore. My son is particularly fond of the farm. He’s pretty darn good at all the farm animal sounds! Yoga can easily be incorporated into a
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My little guy is a man on the run. His primary mode of “go” is walking. Up until more recently, I wasn’t too concerned about shoes, he really didn’t wear them that much, only when necessary. His first pair of shoes were soft soled flexible shoes since he was an emerging/brand new walker. Times have changed, and
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It’s no secret that a favorite thing around our house is water play. C started playing in the water as a baby and hasn’t stopped. We shared some of our favorite ways to play in the water last summer. In the winter, water play has fallen to the side on my end at least. C
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Who doesn’t love the zoo? We spend a lot of time at our local zoo. It’s a favorite in both the summer and the winter. It helps that we live close and have a season pass! Zoo animals can play a part in child development as well. Think of how a child learns animal sounds,
My son drinks out of a straw for nearly every meal. I started to notice how he was playing with his straw and working on putting it in and out of the hole on his cup. It’s pretty cool to see how little kids learn through every day life and free play. I decided that
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As part of my job I get to travel between schools. I love this part of my job…most of the time. The only issue with this is, I don’t always have my own space. This is especially true when I am working with kids that aren’t a part of a center based program. I usually
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I was so very fortunate to get an entire year off when I had my baby. The best part was, I knew I still had my job waiting for me…if I wanted it back. Going into the first few months I didn’t think that I’d want to go back at all. I was completely exhausted
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We are NOT handy people at this house. Putting together anything usually ends up lasting an entire day, generally with a fight. So, when we got to the point where we needed to mount our baby monitor (video), I was on the search for an easy solution. Preferably one that did not involve tools. We considered stacking up
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I’m excited to have teamed up with a fellow educator and share with her readers all about posture in the classroom. You can read all about it at Minds In Bloom! photo credit: Marind is waiting for les tambours de la pluie via photopin cc with added cropping and text
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I’m delighted to be part of a group of great bloggers participating in a series, Happy New Year, Healthy Kids. In this series we are focusing on how to help keep our kids happy and healthy this new year. I’m excited to touch on the area of gross motor skills. Gross motor development is exciting for
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When I was pregnant and we found out we were expecting a boy, the first words out of my husband’s mouth were in regards to how much money we were going to save. He was referring to my shopping habits. In the months prior, I had ooowed and ahhed over pink frilly cute girls clothes.
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It was so much fun to take a look back at my statistics for 2014 to see what posts brought in the most traffic to Pink Oatmeal. Pink Oatmeal started in February of 2014 but being such a novice blogger I didn’t even have analytic tracking until March. It’s been a lot of fun and
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This year my husband and I are having a “fancy” meal at home for New Year’s Eve. Our New Year’s Eve evenings have changed since having our little guy. Along with food, we need a perfect drink to go along with our meal. I wouldn’t be surprised if one of the drinks we end up
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An Oball (affiliate) is a fabulous toy for baby. It’s easy to hold and manipulate and is a perfect size ball to roll to baby right from the beginning. I also talked about it as a great product to promote crawling. Some even come with built in rattles and in different sizes. When your baby
Are you looking for a different way to incorporate physical activity into the classroom? Maybe you need a different spin on brain breaks? Maybe you are looking for some carryover from therapies to the classroom with a fitness emphasis? I started to implement marathons (miles, 5k’s, 10k’s) as a motivation to move during the day.
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I signed my little man up for an art class this past fall. I found out the only thing that really interested him when it came to art was sticking his hand in the paint, squishing it between his hands, and smearing it all over the paper for a few minutes. It was a great