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Valentine’s Day Matching Game – Free Printable

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So this Valentine’s Day Matching Game idea first came to me when my son and I were working on his sight words. I remember playing sight words games with our now 12-year-old back when he was in Kindergarten, and the games just seemed to help him get it. Somehow, it hadn’t crossed my mind to play games to learn sight…

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Martin Luther King Jr Craft, Experiment and Quotes

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MLK Day is approaching and as I was planning a Martin Luther King Jr craft and activity, I decided to quiz my kids a little to see what they knew about him. My littles really had no idea and their answers were as follows: 5: I saw him at my school once.Me: Like, a picture of him?5: No, the real…

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DIY Easy Christmas Sensory Bottle

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Sensory bottle (also known as discovery bottles, calm down bottles, quiet time bottles, and many other names) are a must-have in our house. We make one for almost every holiday, and we pack them away with that holidays ornaments so that we’re sure to have them when the holiday rolls around the following year. Somehow, we have never made a…

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Rubber Band Character Rescue – Easy Fine Motor Activity

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This rubber band character rescue was a HIT with my kids. It kept them busy and having fun while fine tuning their fine motor skills. Some days, keeping them productively busy is hard to do when they just want to watch YouTube and Netflix or play video games. I admit, my kids get a little too much screen time. I…

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10 Nostalgic Books to Read With Your Kids (or alone!)

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Think back to your childhood… which books did you LOVE to read? Which ones were you extra excited to see at story time? As you got older, which books captured your attention the most? I have ALWAYS been a reader and can’t remember a time in my life when I didn’t love books. Instilling that passion in my kids is…

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10 Memorable Easter Ideas To Make This Year Special

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In the past, Easter hasn’t been a very memorable holiday for my family. We celebrate with one side of the family the week before Easter, and then not at all with the other side of the family. We would do Easter baskets in the morning, and then our big kids would head off to spend the day with their mom’s…

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28 Life Lessons in 28 Years

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I turned 28 on the 11th (and my baby turned 2 the same day!!) and I spent quite a bit of time reminiscing and reflecting on the past years of my life. With the reflection came some of the life lessons I have learned along the way. There have been so many events in my past that I always think…

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