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Play At Home Mom
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Welcome to our page. We are a group of moms who have a firm belief in positive parenting and play based learning. We hope to inspire, educate, uplift, and empower you all to be the best moms (and dads) you can be. Our contributors consist of moms (obviously), educators, and therapists. You will find a little bit of everything on this page. We hope you enjoy it, learn from it, live it, and share with us as much as possible.
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Solar System - Summer Style

I love when play continues to evolve and as a result learning continues to evolve as well.  As many of you know after reading THIS post, my son is very interested in the planets/solar system.&nb...

26 may 12

A Mothers Love - Happy Birthday AK!

We know we get a lot of different reactions when people first visit our page... This is awesome!I suck as a mom.Are these people serious?I love this!Its all staged.These people are crazy.  How d...

25 may 12

Honey Bees for a day - Questions answered

My girls are obsessed with all things bugs/insects lately.  My oldest is always asking a million questions a day.Does that bee sting?How come some bees sting and some dont?Is that a honey bee?Ho...

24 may 12

Glass Sculptures

Materials:Recycled JarsGemsHot glue gunMy daughters often glue gems to paper to create their art.  My oldest gets frustrated sometimes when she glues them onto a piece of paper... and the paper ...

20 may 12

Push Light Planets

I always try to follow the interests of my son when planning fun activities.  My hopes are to inspire him to delve deeper into learning about things he already loves.  He has been intereste...

18 may 12

DIY Sounds Bingo

The passive nature of hearing is very different from the active nature of listening.  Listenin g is one of the most important skills we can help children develop.  Listening is importan...

12 may 12

DIY Light Panel Letter Cards

I made these letter cards a few months ago when we were working on our Playing With Light Document.  I just recently offered them as an invitation because my son is typically "anti-letter...

11 may 12

Story Time

Weve been telling a lot of stories lately.  My girls loved theSTICKER STORYinvitation and revisit it over and over and over again.  I wanted to give them yet another way to put their creati...

10 may 12 1 person likes this

Bingo Play

My posts are probably going to be short and sweet for awhile!  Ive been busy chasing after the three little munchkins.  Here is a simple yet fun invitation we set up the other day.  Bi...

10 may 12

Balls, Bubbles, and an Indoor Pool

What do you do when the temps go from upper 80s to low 60s in a matter of days and you want to swim?  Bring the pool into the garage, of course.  Add balls, bubbles, and even a rain gutter ...

29 apr 12 1 person likes this

Colored Sand Creations

  About a month ago I posted a picture from my cell phone of my son using LIQUID WATERCOLORS to color his sand castles, but I never blogged about it.  I set it up as an invitation for him t...

28 apr 12 2 people like this

Routine Visits to Open Heart Surgery (A growing imagination)

One of my daughters favorite things to do is to "play doctor".  A Doctors office is created in our play room every day, at least once a day.  Watching their play evolve over time is...

18 apr 12

Playing With Light Document

We have finally finished our playing with light document.  Its 59 pages long and includes:·    Infants·    Toddlers·    Beyond Toddlers·  &...

13 apr 12

Garage Play

Our garage is like a second playroom.  Actually, I think we spend more time in there than in our real playroom.  Im thinking maybe all of the tools is the allure??  We do a lot of fun ...

11 apr 12

Colored Spaghetti (A video post)

What you need:SpaghettiFood coloringZip lock bagsA little bit of  vegetable oil to keep it from sticking togetherPlace cooked spaghetti in zip lock bags with some food coloring and mix together....

11 apr 12 1 person likes this

Pure Play Kids Giveaway

Time for another giveaway!!If you havent already, stop on by and check outPure Play Kids (www.pureplaykids.co m) They offer one of the largest selections of battery-free, TV-free, creative p...

06 apr 12

Telling Stories with Stickers

My girls love their books and reading/telling stories is a big part of our day.  I am always trying to incorporate different ways of doing this.  You can see some of those ideas here:3 Litt...

06 apr 12

Cooking 101

Here is an activity totally inspired by a fan - thank you, Megan McRae (Im pretty sure you were the original source). You always know when the weather is bad because you will likely see more "inv...

05 apr 12

I-Spy Redneck Waterbed

When I initially made our "redneck waterbed" - seen HERE, I had every intention of putting things inside.  I was so excited about getting it together, though, that I totally forgot. ...

05 apr 12

DIY Play Doh Mats

Play Doh is a great medium that increases the muscle strength in the fingers and hands.  The motor skills used while playing with play doh later translate into increased dexterity, writing skill...

27 mar 12

Water Play for Infants

Its never to early to start water play with your infant.  Water play is great for your childs physical, mental, and social-emotional growth and there is no right or wrong way to play.  Here...

22 mar 12

Paper Towels... Colors... Water

Materials:MarkersPaper TowelsPaintbrushWaterLiquid Watercolors I set this invitation up for my 3.5 year old and 25 month old.  My oldest is obsessed with all things letters/numbers/tracing ...

22 mar 12

I-Spy Bath Time Style

We are always excited when we find a new bath "toy."  The other day we were at Staples and saw these submergible flashlights on the end cap.  How fun!   My girls have a blast w...

19 mar 12

Constructing Letters - A GIVEAWAY

Learning Resources was kind enough to send us this product for review and now YOU have a chance to win one, too!  All you need to do to enter is "LIKE" this posted link on our Facebook p...

17 mar 12

Art and Light

I have about 10 posts I am working on right now.  They have been in our drafts forever.  Im going to make this one short and sweet!   Its pretty self explanatory anyway.  We have ...

12 mar 12

Slip - N - Slide

When I think back onto my childhood I often wonder how my mother survived (LOL), and then I realize she was a "yes mom" - she really had no choice - and maybe unknowingly she was giving us th...

11 mar 12

Glowing Reactions

Materials:Baking SodaVinegarYellow HighlighterWaterBlack lightTo make glow water please click HEREAdd glow water to your vinegar (It can be diluted a lot) and pour over baking soda in a black li...

07 mar 12

Dinosaur Discovery

It all started with THIS....Dino egg with baby dinosaur ....a small dinosaur egg that my son "bought" with about 50 tickets he won playing skee-ball and a ball drop game at a local indoo...

06 mar 12

Illuminated Easter Egg Hunt

I know its a bit early for Easter, but with all of the Easter stuff out in stores, my son has been asking to do an Easter egg hunt.  I bought some small lights at Michaels in the wedding section...

05 mar 12

Easter Bread

EASTER BREAD2 CUPS SUGAR½ CUP CRISCO½ CUP MARGERINE2 CUPS MILK (EVAPORATED MILK)3 PACKAGES DRY YEAST1 ½ DOZEN LARGE EGGS½ TEASPOON SALT5 LBS FLOUR1 TEASPOON ANISE SEED OR LIQUID1 TEASPOON VANILLAPUT ...

03 mar 12

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