A recent trip to the beach reminded me of how much my children love sand. A bit afraid of the lapping waves, they happily sat on, scooped and poured the golden powder for hours. We don’t go to the beach all the time, but we have the beach right at home for some serious sensory play. How do we do it? Sandbox I bought our sandbox almost two years ago from the first … [Read more...]
Choo-Choo Fun: Making Your Own Train Set
There's nothing like wooden blocks to make a child's imagination flourish. Our blocks have been roads, bridges, castles, a piano, and most recently, a train track. When I put The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper on our shelf, Little T immediately wanted to "study" it. So, I put it in our Learning Basket together with: Two Little Trains by Margaret Wise … [Read more...]
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
I found another Caldecott Medal treasure in my favorite used bookstore Books for Less: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble. I did not have any idea about the story, but I was in a hurry, the pictures were beautiful, and the author seemed familiar. Well, it turned out William Steig was also the author of Pete’s a Pizza, a book that Little T and I recently enjoyed.Sylvester is a young … [Read more...]