This week in our Pinterest Party I am featuring one of my favorite educational communities on Pinterest and Google Plus. This group, Homeschool Bloggers Google+ Community, is one busy place that is always sharing educational, kid-friendly ideas. If you are concerned that your kids might be getting a little bit of the summer brain drain then pop …
Over the next few days, I will be sharing some free Monsters University Printables to aid you in handwriting practice! I have pages for each age level. So, this week we are tackling handwriting for Kindergarten! I hope your little one enjoys writing the names of some of the famous Monsters, Inc characters! You can …
Reading a book to your child is a great way to help your child learn. Sometimes, though, simply reading the words on the page may not be stimulating enough. Some of the time your child might be perfectly content to sit and listen; on other days, he may not be able to keep one foot …
Getting a child to live up to his or her full potential is one of the most challenging things about being a parent. On one hand, we do not want our children to feel that we are putting undue pressure on them to do things they may not necessarily want to do. On the other, …
Coming up with breakfast and dinner recipes are fairly easy for me. Lunch recipes, now that is a different story! I want a healthy lunch, a tasty lunch and one that isn’t going to require me in the kitchen all afternoon. I make it a point to come up with lunches that are quick and …
I cannot begin to tell you how crazy the weather has been around here! We go from rain, rain, rain to blazing hot days! Last week, we had a super hot day and we decided to have some water fun. I had just picked up some liquid water color from Discount School Supply, and …
I was blessed with the chance to review the Play-DOH Create ABC’s app for both iPhone, iPad, and coming to Android soon in exchange for an honest blog post. That in no way shaped my opinion of this product. When it’s raining here, my kids LOVE to pull out their Play-Doh and create all kinds of …
These free counting worksheets are perfect for your preschool children or Kindergarten aged children! You’ll love using these Counting with Monsters University Printables for a fun learning method. They will love learning with these Monsters University Printables Perfect for counting practice and as an addition to all the Monsters, Inc movies! You can access your …
I had a great question on my Facebook page the other day from a reader asking me what my general day looks like. I think the below picture describes it pretty well: HA! Seriously, I spent years going from planner to planner from system to system and not getting organized. No one thing worked for …
In our house at The NY Melrose Family breakfast is one of the most important meals for my toddler. My daughter loves fresh strawberries and anything that she can eat with her fingers so I put a twist on a classic Lemon Poppy Seed Muffin by adding Homemade Strawberry Jam as a filling. I also …
A few weeks ago, we did a “cupcake” theme week, complete with a pretend cupcake store and some real cupcakes for snack time! You can check out all the activities at this “C is for Cupcakes” post. I was sorting through my pictures and realized I left out our Sparkle cupcake activity, so I thought …
Tastes like heaven in a bowl! Southern comfort food, any time of the year!Thinking of when I was growing up, the smells, the taste… reminds me of home. This recipe is very easy to make and extremely affordable. It will become a family FAVORITE! Check out our other easy soup recipes, too! What makes potato …