Thank you for this Award

My good friend Clemencia at Storytime and More has bestowed upon me an award. The Award is called Premio Dardos which means "prize darts" in Italian. The award is given in recognition of culteral. ethical, literary, and personal values transmitted in the form of creative and original writing.The Rules:Accept the award by posting it on your blog along with the name of the person that has granted

Max and Ruby Paper (Dolls) Figures

My three year old son Turtle loves the Max and Ruby book series by Rosemary Wells. He enjoys watching the show on Nick Jr. He often sits in my lap while I read to his favorite book "Bunny Money." I wanted to make him some things of Max and Ruby he could play with so when I saw my friend Clemencia at Storytime and More post sometime back about Paper Dolls in February, I thought I could make Paper

The Butterfly Project

Photos from the Houston Holocaust Museum
This April 21st is Holocaust Remembrance Day and while many of you including myself only know of the Holocaust from books, film or from stories told by Holocaust Survivors ... but there are people like my parents (who are well into their 70s) know of it as children who heard of it as current news in their lifetime.

Even if you are not Jewish (I am not) .

Learning Disability Checklists

Here's a variety of checklists to determine the areas of strengths and weaknesses in all of the categories. Handy to print. These observational checklists will help you determine where your child's/student's strengths and weaknesses are. Check the appropriate items and bring forward to your IEP meeting, for a parent/teacher meeting or for your homeschooling records.Listening ComprehensionOral

Jesus loves the Little Children ( a Little Blessings Bible Lesson for Toddlers)

Bible Story time:Jesus came to townMatthew 19-13-15, Luke 8:1To spread the word of God, Jesus traveled from town to town. There were no televisions, radios or newspapers to spread the news about God. So Jesus walked from town to town to tell everyone God is Good!In one town as everyone was listening. some Mommies and Daddies brought their children to see Jesus. They wanted Jesus to hug their

Beginning Scissor skills

DEVELOPING HAND MUSCLESBefore children can cut properly, they need to first build up the muscles in their hands.* Do simple fingerplays with your child, especially ones that include opening and closing their fingers.* Let your child practice squeezing water out of sponges.* Give your child some squeeze type clothespins. Have him snap them onto a paper plate or piece of cardboard.FIRST SNIPS*

New Header (Banner) and Background

After some much thought and suggestions from my husband and sons, we made some visable changes to make the blog more fun and interesting to look at.A special thank you to the Cutest Blog on the block for their free backgrounds and ideas on customizing blogs. I really enjoy using a three column blog and this Monkey background puts a smile on my face and my sons!Hope you all like it!