Friday Links & Lovely Things {Indoor Active Play Edition}

January 4, 2013
Playground equipment with Battle of Brooklyn map

Neighborhood Find of the Week: Raise your hand if your playground equipment has a built in history lesson! Isn’t this cool? Indoor Active Play Ideas of the Week: It’s getting cold out and even if you can’t get to the playground your kids still need to get their wiggles out. I love this informative post… Keep Reading →

by: Erica MomandKiddo posted in: Free Play, Friday Links 6 Comments

15 Fun Family Activities for Black Friday

November 23, 2012
fun family activites for black friday

15 Black Friday Alternatives to Shopping I have always been amazed at the way Americans clamber for a great deal the day after Thanksgiving. I mean, did we really just spent a holiday expressing gratitude for family, friends, health and all the other non-material blessings in our lives only to wake up 3am to score… Keep Reading →

by: Erica MomandKiddo posted in: Parenting 6 Comments

Friday Links and Lovely Things {Thanksgiving Edition}

November 16, 2012
amaryllis

Indoor Plant of the Week: Hippeastrum. The plant you see above is commonly called “Amaryllis”, which is actually a different plant, though in the same family. I love growing bulbs indoors in the fall and winter. Their cheeriness makes me so happy. Plus, it adds a little something to our “view.” Yes? How have you… Keep Reading →

by: Erica MomandKiddo posted in: Holiday Fun 1 Comment

Mini Pumpkin Prints Art Project

October 10, 2012

This week during the school holiday the boys and I took the opportunity to do one of our favorite easy fall-themed art projects: printing with mini-pumpkins. I blogged about this back in 2009, but it’s sort of a sad little post so I’m doing a re-fresh. We bought a few mini-pumpkins on our way home… Keep Reading →

by: Erica MomandKiddo posted in: Arts and Crafts, Autumn 13 Comments

Fine Motor Skills Practice With Acorns

October 3, 2012

On our way home from school yesterday Kiddo and New Kid spotted a treasure trove of nature’s finest manipulative: acorns. Perfect for fine motor skills practice! We brought them home and of course the first thing we had to do was wash them. They were collected from an urban sidewalk afterall and we have all… Keep Reading →

by: Erica MomandKiddo posted in: Autumn, Motor Skills 4 Comments
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