If you are anything like me, you are about to have lots of empty plastic eggs left after Sunday’s Hunt. Spencer and I have already done two hunts this season and I have two bucketfuls, not to mention the ones from last year and the eggs I bought this year because I couldn’t find last… Continue reading Easter Egg Letter Find
When Spencer was younger I followed a bunch of teacher turned homeschooler blogs. I printed out all of the free printables. I spent hours cutting and laminating and re-cutting. I had a toddler that put EVERYTHING in his mouth and I didn’t wan’t him ruining the games that I made. I even made two cubes… Continue reading Pumpkin Letter Find
I am going to go out on a limb and guess that most people don’t know what invertebrates are. Well you do, you just might not realize it. Invertebrates are any animals that are multi-cellular, do not have a spine, and do not have cell walls. Think corals, sponges, bugs, shell fish including crabs and… Continue reading Invertebrates Class
Cranberry Lake Preserve is a 190 acre gem nestled in West Harrison. Since 1967 it has been a wildlife preserve for migrating birds, turtles, and dragonflies. There are several different habitat types including a large lake, cliffs, scrubland, mixed hardwood forest, swamp and vernal pools. Here is the trail map and the history… Continue reading Cranberry Lake Preserve
The Great American Eclipse has come and went. We live in New York and we had 70% coverage. On the 20th, my Mom and I decided that we would go over to the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers. The museum would be open Monday and have viewing cards, solar telescopes, a earth moon system model… Continue reading Solar Eclipse 2017
Growing up in Southern Westchester I never imagined I would like hiking as much as I do. Before we were married I talked Rob into moving up to Rockland with me. We got this adorable condo in Pomona and we started hiking every chance we got. We lived very close to Harriman and Bear Mountain… Continue reading Reeves Meadow Harriman State Park
*affiliate links I have something called Discalcula. Not many people know about it let alone have heard about it. I have a really hard time with numbers – I would get multiple answers for the same problem, I would practice simple addition/subtraction problems with my mom for hours and it didn’t help, less than/bigger than… Continue reading Simple Subtraction for Preschoolers
*Affiliate Links Spencer’s first birthday party was safari themed. He loved giraffes so I built his whole party around that. I have really liked sensory play ever since I started reading about it when he was a newborn and I knew I wanted to incorporate a sensory activity into his party. I found a… Continue reading Kid Friendly Scrabble
I don’t know if you had heard that Micheal’s was doing a free slime event yesterday from 1 pm – 3 pm. Tracy and I have just started a Mom’s Facebook Group called A Beautiful Friendship – Kids and Tots Time (if you are in the Tri-State area you should join it) One of the Admins… Continue reading Micheal’s Kid Friendly Slime
I was thrilled last night when I had heard it was going to snow. I was so sad for Spencer that the snow melted literally the day after we went sledding. You can read A Snowy Day and experience his joy too. He had so much fun that on the walk home he asked… Continue reading Blizzard 2017 – Time for Cookies, Hot Cocoa and Snowman Learning
A Beautiful Friendship 