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The ABCs of The Educators’ Spin On It … and this week’s Kids Co-Op Linky!

I hope that everyone reading along has been enjoying the ABCs feature series … because I SURE do enjoy being able to highlight amazing blogs and bloggers!  This week I’m excited to feature not one, but TWO bloggers.  The amazing best

A Collection of Our Christmas Elf’s Adventures in 2011

We’re still waiting for our Christmas Elf, Brief Houser, to come visit us this year.  Hopefully he’ll arrive soon because we really miss him!  Until then we’ll have to review all the crazy things that he did last year … Week

Create a Family Tree

This month Henry, my 6 year old son who is in 1st grade, had a homework assignment to create a family tree.  I was all excited to create one with him like I do with my clients  … he, however, had

Creating a Family – part 3 of the collaborative series Happy Holidays in Happy Homes

This post is the third part of a four part series about creating happy homes during the holidays.  The series, Happy Holidays in Happy Homes, is a collaborative effort between Angelique Felix, Jared Ritter, and myself.  If you’d like more info, check

Why Kids Should Play with Baby Dolls (yes, even boys!) – a collaborative post with Mama OT and Playing with Words 365

I’m very excited to share that I have a collaborative post up today over at Mama OT!  Christie (Mama OT) who is a pediatric Occupational Therapist, Katie (Playing with Words 365) who is a speech therapist, and I wrote about the

The ABCs of Mamas Like Me … and this week’s Kids Co-Op Linky!

This week I’m featuring another fabulous mom blogger, Tina, from Mamas like Me.  Tina is a former Elementary School teacher turned SAHM to four active boys!  On her blog she shares kids activities, recipes, tips on frugal living, and reflections on life

21 Days of Contagious Gratitude

I just LOVE this idea that Mari from Inspired by Family …  … over 21 bloggers who have joined forces because we believe that gratitude can be contagious and we desire to spend this month being grateful with our families.  Each day a

Utilizing the books of Tomie dePaola as parenting and therapeutic resources

Participating in the Virtual Book Club for Kids has been a great way to study different authors not only with my kids at home … but to also introduce me to more children’s book that I can use at work and

Becoming a Parent … part 2 of the Happy Holidays in Happy Homes series

This post is the second part of a four part series about creating happy homes during the holidays.  The series, Happy Holidays in Happy Homes, is a collaborative effort between Angelique Felix, Jared Ritter, and myself.  If you’d like more info, check

The ABCs of Experimenting Mom … and this week’s Kids Co-Up Linky!

One thing that I absolutely love about the blogging community is that it can bring you close people from all over the world.  I have benefited from this greatly seeing first hand seeing how similar we are as moms/women.  This week’s

PlayDrMom’s Favorite books to help Kids Build Self-Esteem

Spoon, by Amy Krouse Rosenthal … Is a nice way to talk to children about jealousy and, in turn, being thankful for our own uniqueness and personal gifts.  Check out this great activity from Coffee Cups and Crayons. Chrysanthemum, by Kevin Henkes …

Soulmates … part one of the Happy Holidays in Happy Homes series

 This post is the first part of a four part series about creating happy homes during the holidays.  The series, Happy Holidays in Happy Homes, is a collaborative effort between Angelique Felix, Jared Ritter, and myself.  If you’d like more info,