Category: ’Language’
Wordless Wednesday: Poetry & Prose
This week we asked: What does parenting in poetry and prose look like? Read more in this week’s articles on the theme, and link up your Wordless Wednesday post! Read More…
13 Comments | Posted in Language, Natural Learning, Reading, Wordless Wednesday
Sharing the Pleasures of Poetry
As a teacher of creative writing, I work with both poets and fiction writers. We read both poetry and fiction, and the students write exercises in whichever genre they are working on. When the week’s assignment is based on a poem, the fiction writers sometimes protest, “But I don’t understand poetry!” “Don’t worry about understanding or not understanding,” I tell … Read More…
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Toddler and Preschooler Activity Bag Fun!
Oh, activity bags, how I love thee, let me count the ways . . . I first discovered the concept of activity bags around the time my twins were born. We had just moved, I was hugely pregnant, on bed-rest for awhile and then tending to newborn twins who were nursing around the clock and mostly only sleeping in arms. … Read More…
18 Comments | Posted in Arts and Crafts, Homeschooling, Language, Natural Learning, Playtime, Reading
Wordless Wednesday: Natural Learning
This week we asked: What does natural learning look like? See our participants’ pictures, and add your own in the Wordless Wednesday linky at the bottom of the post! And tell us: What does natural learning look like in your family? Read More…
21 Comments | Posted in Arts and Crafts, Homeschooling, Language, Natural Learning, Playtime, Reading, Wordless Wednesday
Learning Sign Language with Babies and Children
Besides communicating basic needs, signing can also give you a window into the thoughts of your small child, whether she is preverbal or verbal. Read More…
4 Comments | Posted in Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding Past Infancy, Feeding With Love, Language, Natural Learning, Responding With Sensitivity
Giveaway: My Pocket Games or I Spy Sensory Stick {12.7; US/Can} CLOSED
Grow Smart Games is offering our readers a giveaway of winner’s choice of either a set of My Pocket Games or an I Spy Sensory Stick! Read More…
48 Comments | Posted in Language, Natural Learning, Natural Parenting Products, Playtime, Reading, Reviews and Giveaways
Giveaway: Glitterful Felt Stories story + travel board $22 ARV {12.1; US} CLOSED
This giveaway is now closed. View the winner here. Thank you all so much for entering! This is a joint giveaway with Hobo Mama Reviews and Natural Parents Network. You may enter at one site only. Please find the section marked “Win it!” for the mandatory main entry and optional bonus entries. WILL TRAVEL special event: I am featuring a … Read More…
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Giveaway: Giggle Junction I Spy Bag $15 {11.30; Worldwide} CLOSED
Giggle Junction’s spy bags are like a small pillow that’s actually a toy. There are 30 miniature objects hidden among the non-toxic plastic pellets that you can see and search out through the spy window. Read More…
82 Comments | Posted in Homeschooling, Language, Natural Learning, Natural Parenting Products, Playtime, Reviews and Giveaways
