This week,we have been working on developing his fine motor, one-to-one correspondence, matching, color identification, expanding vocabulary and the focus or theme of the week has been eating a rainbow! What? Eating healthy with your kid teaches all that? Well, YES! If you are an avid reader of our blog (and we are so glad you are!) then you know that we believe in the power of gardening, healthy eating, getting our kids in the kitchen and much more. My 29 month old has been ... Read more...
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Ultimate Blog Party 2012
HI! This is our first Ultimate Blog Party! Thanks for stopping over here at The Educators' Spin On It…we love new visitors! Background Info Our site is a little unique, there are two of us! I'm Kim and this is my family of 5 and I share this site with Amanda and her family of 4. The Educator's Spin On It is a collaborative effort of two best friends who are parents and former elementary school teachers. Although I hesitate to use the word former since we both are still certified ... Read more...
March Activity Planner for Kids
Fun ideas for spring with your child. Follow along with our March Activity planner for kids as your explore concepts of gardening, rainbows, Easter and more in this colorful month of childhood.Let's get started as we welcome SPRING!We want to extend a warm welcome to all of our newest followers! We are so excited that you have discovered our site! We also want to express our gratitude to our continued followers! We’re amazed daily how many of you are returning and bringing new friends with ... Read more...
Building Character with Afterschool Activities
By encouraging my daughter to learn new things and to learn how to perform in front of others, she's building character by gaining self confidence and developing new skills. A season of change is happening in our house. This week has been full of Afterschool Activities that my daughter was enrolled in, just like every other week, but this week was special. We spent 3 of our nights celebrating all the things she's accomplished. I think it's important to stop and bring attention to our children ... Read more...
Bilingual Babies – Borscht and labeling your fridge!
My father-in-law taught me how to cook Borscht. Borscht is the traditional Russian Beet Soup, well his version of it! It is well known that if you put a bunch of Russians in one room and asked them to make a certain dish, each dish would be completely different, but completely right. There are many, many versions of Borscht. The one I make is very similar to this recipe, but we use beef. There are vegetarian recipes too! Here is a link to a bunch of different recipes if you are in the mood ... Read more...
