The Mom I Want to Be

A creative and pretty way to practice letters & numbers. Things you need – Gallon size Ziploc bag, glitter (optional), food coloring, hair gel (dollar store).

Three easy activities build writing skills now and prepare your child for school this fall. • pad of paper • markers • paintbrush or craft sticks • water or ice cubes 1. Travel Reporter. Whether you’re heading to the beach or the backyard, bring along a pad and markers for your child to record the experience. Remember, her first […]

Watching your child learn to write is thrilling. Here’s how you can help her develop this new skill with confidence.   Three-year-old Hannah and her dad regularly have breakfast together. When she heard that he wouldn’t be home from work until after her bedtime, she decided to write him a note about the blueberry pancakes […]

Help your child to make her very own daily newspaper. • newspaper • art supplies • builds vocabulary • promotes social awareness Look at a newspaper with your child. Talk about the different sections, such as sports, weather, and entertainment. Point out how headlines look different from articles. Find one or two articles and pictures that interest her and […]

magazine or catalog with appealing pictures children’s safety scissors glue stick stapler drawing paper marker   Tell your child that the two of you will play a game to create a rhyming-word book. Ask him to staple together several sheets of paper. He can make a cover for the book with crayons or markers. Give […]

Child’s favorite storybook Variety of magazines with lots of photographs 8 1/2 x 11 sheets of construction paper child scissors nontoxic white glue 6 large interlocking metal rings black washable marker hole puncher   Read your child’s storybook together. Then, in preparation for making the flip books, discuss the book in terms of who (people […]

  It is essential that written language is purposeful and meaningful to your child. Try the following activities.   1. Help your child learn the letters of the alphabet. Read ABC books, play letter-matching games, and work on puzzles to help her identify letters. Invite her to make letters using clay. 2. Take pictures of […]

Children will have a brand new answer to the question, “What’s for breakfast?”   empty cereal boxes white paper glue tape markers, pencils, crayons old newspaper computer (optional)   Children will create a new cereal and cereal box design to strengthen creative-thinking, problem-solving, language, and writing skills.   Place a variety of the collected cereal […]