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School’s Out for Summer

July 22, 2014 by Amy, Using Our Words 8 Comments

The other day I ran into a friend at my office (aka Starbucks). He asked what my kids were up to this summer and the subject of workbooks came up. I confessed, as I’m doing to each and every one of you here, that I don’t make my kids do one single bit of school […]

Filed Under: Common Sense Media, featured, Tips & Ideas Tagged With: apps, books, Common Sense Media, education, learning, music, reading, school, science, summer

An Invitation to Create, *Giveaway* Tinkerlab: A Hands-On Guide For Little Inventors

July 10, 2014 by Amy, Using Our Words 45 Comments

*UPDATE: This giveaway is now closed. Many thanks to all who entered!*   Tinkering. My boys are experts at it. And, quite honestly, it makes me crazy. All too often I discover a new form of chaos has erupted in my house. I step in honey on the front porch where they were making “potions”. […]

Filed Under: featured, Tips & Ideas Tagged With: art, book, creativity, giveaway, inspiration, learning, science, Tinkerlab

From The Pool to Back-to-School: Swim Noodle Science

August 20, 2013 by Amy, Using Our Words 6 Comments

The other day I was noodling around in the pool chatting with a girlfriend. Wait, wait, wait…that sounded way too relaxing. Let me try again. The other day, my friend and I were at a local pool with six kids age 7 and under, with at least one child hanging on each of us — […]

Filed Under: featured, Tips & Ideas Tagged With: activity, back to school, experiment, rainy day activities, science, summer activities

15 Things I Learned This Week, Vol 111

July 14, 2013 by Amy, Using Our Words Leave a Comment

This week, last week, heck, it’s summer. And they all run together anyway, right? Here’s some stuff that happened in our world lately. And if I didn’t have a non-napping toddler screaming at the top of her lungs this very moment, I’d certainly be writing a far more engaging humorous intro. But instead, I’m going […]

Filed Under: Everyday Lessons, featured Tagged With: 4th of july, baseball, independence, lessons, science, summer

Camp-Tastic

July 3, 2013 by Amy, Using Our Words Leave a Comment

What happens when you have two kids who are slow to warm, suffer from varying degrees of separation anxiety, and just want to play sports all day? You stick ’em in a science and art camp for 6 hours every day for a week. Wait, huh? I’ll admit, though I was thrilled with the idea […]

Filed Under: featured, Mom Musings, Sponsored Post, Tips & Ideas Tagged With: art, camp, Camp Galileo, confidence, projects, science, separation anxiety, summer camp

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