Hi everyone!
Happy Friday! Here's to the unofficial start of summer. Schools are letting out nationwide (or will be very soon), and you are sure to be after all sorts of ways to keep your kiddos busy. I hope to provide you with plenty of that, as well as great informative parenting posts, to help you keep your sanity with the kids at home all day! You'll notice our Facebook page banner has been updated for Summer, as has our newsletter header, and our sidebar now features all our
Summer posts!
Saturday, I shared the final post in our Hands-On-Prints book-inspired series:
30+ Ways to Use Coconut Products. Big M is a bit gun-shy when it comes to trying new foods, so when she asked to 'try some' after reading
Nuts for Coconuts, I rounded up all the coconut products and recipes I could find to let her taste away! If you try any of the recipes, I highly recommend the Oatmeal Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookies.
On Tuesday, I revealed my latest DIY project - a
Weekly Magnet Calendar for Big M. She's become more interested in days of the week and dates, and this has proven the perfect prop to help her crystallize what previously was just an abstract concept of dates and times. We check it out every night before bed, so she knows just what the next day has in store!
Reeti, a pediatric occupational therapist, from Baby Begin, joined me on Wednesday, to answer my onslaught of questions on Plagiocephaly, more commonly known as Flat Head Syndrome. I was shocked to learn Flat Head Syndrome is now estimated to affect as many as 46% of all babies. Learn what it is, and how you can prevent, detect and reverse the effects in our
Q&A with Reeti.
Thursday featured a fun, summer-themed math activity for preschoolers:
Sorting Seashells! Don't have seashells? You can substitute any natural material that gives you a range of sorting options. Don't miss all the different ways Big M and I sorted our seashells!
As always,
We Love Weekends is out today - don't miss our great features from last week, all centered around a 'Schools Out for the Summer' theme, as well as all the great posts that will be added all weekend! And if you haven't checked it out yet, don't miss my fun
Instagram campaign, supporting the need to let our kids get out and play!
Follow me and check out
#kidsneedplay to catch all the great facts and child's play quotes I'll be sharing daily! I also often share sneak peeks of our daily activities.
Finally, my newest feature -
Featured Friend of the Week! This week, I am featuring
Dyan at And Next Comes L.. She blogs about play, discovery and learning activities, as well as being a great resource on autism and hyperlexia. She is also, as of this week, a published author - congrats! Check out her new book:
35 Awesome Kinetic Sand Activities for Kids! Take a look around her site, and sign up for great content in her
weekly newsletters!
Don't miss this week's special offer: 40% off your first subscription box with Citrus Lane!
Happy Friday everyone!
