Taking a semi summer break
As you may have noticed we’ve been posting less and less, the reason for that is that we are moving from Montreal to Calgary, next weekend! So to be able to organize the move and settle in once there, we have been slowing things down and we will keep it like that until fall. In the meantime, though, we will continue posting Around the World in 12 Dishes because we have to eat anyways, lol. Kids … Read entire article »
Planting a flower bed with a toddler
(June 19, 2012) We have 2 flower beds in the backyard and we decided to put flowers in one of them. So we bought already grown flowers and also seeds. Nico and my mother (her name is Linda, Nico calls her Dada) decided one day to get to work, well, she did and of course, he insisted on helping. She already had cleaned it up since it had an old rose bush and some poison … Read entire article »
Filed under: Activities, English, Home, Life, Outdoors
18 ways to help your toddler’s fine motor skills
Motor skills are something incredibly important for any toddler to learn and train and the possibilities virtually are endless. There are your usual textbooks as to what can be done, there are games that foster these skills, but you can help them with almost anything in the household in various ways, both in developing and maintaining or fine-tuning. And some of these things may even help you in your every day activities as well. We … Read entire article »
Boys vs. Girls Blog Carnival
This post was written as a contribution to the Boys vs. Girls Blog Carnival. The participating bloggers are sharing their experiences, ideas, and opinions on why gender roles should be avoided in parenting and teaching practices. Gender Stereotypes in Society Gender stereotypes are everywhere, among friends, colleagues, at stores and pretty much anywhere else in life. Here we look at how difficult it can be to keep an open mind. Click here to read more. Look here to … Read entire article »
Pretend Play – door salesperson
(Jan 15, 2013) Nico wanted to play store shopping where he goes around with his cart and puts stuff in, comes back and pays at his till. My mother was upstairs and decided to turn it into a door sales person game. His house was the bathroom (no idea why, he picked it), he would close the door and my mother would knock and sell him a toy she got from his toys (a little … Read entire article »
Filed under: Activities, English, Home, Indoors, Life
Homeschooling – First day
On Friday, I asked Nico (3 1/2 yo), if he wanted to start school at home every day. I explained what school was (reading, writing etc.), he said yes. We’ve been doing tot packs on an irregular basis (a sheet here and there), mostly learning through life, like shopping (math, numbers, letters, different fruits/veggies/bread) and so on. Saturday, we went to the Dollar Tree (we went to the States for shopping) and he picked a … Read entire article »
Kindness starts at home (Grandma)
Last year we participated in the 2nd Annual 100 Acts of Kindness Challenge from Toddler Approved so when it came around again this year, we said yes of course! The 2013 edition of the 100 Acts of Kindness started out on January 21 and runs through to Valentine’s Day, so hop over and see all the details! A few things worked against us since the challenge was issued, we all got the flu one after the other lasted about … Read entire article »
Date night 2 in 1 (no babysitter needed)
I was challenged by Mari at Inspired by Family Magazine to come up with a date night post for readers that are busy but still want time with the hubby and with Valentines Day coming and everyone needing more ideas (I’ll be reading the other blogs to get more ideas for the future too!) it was a great idea I couldn’t refuse. Since I was challenged, we’ve all been sick and now our babysitter (my mom) … Read entire article »
Filed under: English, Home, Life, Simple Pleasures
Thanking Public Servants
Inspired by last year’s Christmas Eve delivery of goodies to the firehouse, we wanted to continue and make it a yearly tradition and since Nico is so fascinated with anything related to fire trucks, ambulances and police cars, it was an easy choice. So after some considerations as to what to make and almost as many that we scrapped again, we finally decided on chocolate dipped Spritzgebaeck that we put together with my mom from Germany… …and … Read entire article »
The ABCs of…Farming for Children S-Z
Welcome to the third part of our The ABCs of…Farming for Children series, where we take a look at how you can use farming as an educational tool to learn through playing (and of course actually doing it). If you missed our two part, please click here for A-F, here for G-L and here for M-R. Safety – Life on a farm has many dangers and risks, which is why to look out for safety is, as in … Read entire article »
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