Our Art Shed Reveal & How to Draw Almost Every Day

When I was a kid, I spent most of my free time drawing. Actually, I spent most of my class time doodling too. So I’m not surprised that my middle daughter (10) has an artistic streak. Girl loves to draw, so I am following my dear child and preparing our environment to help that avocation…

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A Birth Story, a Party and a Review

2020 has been a whirlwind of a year! Even though we’ve been strictly quarantined since March quite a lot happened around here. We’ve celebrated multiple birthdays — including the birth of our newest daughter Rose. Back in September, I did a couple talks for the Montessori Homeschooling Summit, while in prodromal labor no less. If…

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Paint-By-Numbers Museum Series

My nine-year-old painted a gorgeous Monet reproduction this morning. Can you tell how she was beaming with pride? Beautiful! Check out this excellent Paint-by-Number kit we received from Timberdoodle Co to review. The set includes everything you need and has easy to follow instructions my kid had no problem whatsoever figuring out on her own….

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Little Mémo, a Memory Game for Toddlers

How perfectly adorable are these little critters from the game Little Mémo! I wasn’t 100% sure of what to expect when Timberdoodle sent this toddler game, Little Mémo, to review. But I am pleased because it’s adorable and has been so engaging for my youngest son. William is 22-months-old, and we just introduced him officially…

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Gameschooling with Colorku: It’s Sudoku in Color

Colorku, the color Sudoku puzzle, is great in theory. Terrible in execution. Timberdoodle sends us a ton of great items to review, and we’ve loved nearly everything, but this was a total miss for our family. My candid review follows. If you’ve played Sudoku, where numbers 1-9 must be contained in each row, column and…

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Toddler Matching Puzzles from Timberdoodle

Ready for another Timberdoodle review? Hope so because I’m keeping them coming. This time I have some great work for toddlers: Match the Buddies Puzzles. We received this activity free in exchange for this review. All opinions are honest and totally 100% my own. Object to object matching is an early language work in Montessori…

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Plus-Plus + Gobble Gobble

How’s this for a cute Thanksgiving Day activity? Plus-Plus Mini Maker sets are little plus sign looking pieces (they come in bigger sizes too) that interlock to make, well, whatever you want to create. Timberdoodle sent us this cute Turkey set in exchange for a review.

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Gameschooling: Chroma Cube Logic Game

Right now, I know a lot of people are on the hunt for educational products that double as fun gifts. Timberdoodle has given us the hook up on a few fun logic games in exchange for our thoughts on playing with them. Look for more reviews over the next month. First on our list is…

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Looking for Great Toddler Books?

I don’t know if you read Highlights magazine as a kid, but I definitely did. The Hidden Picture puzzles were always my favorite activity inside (especially if I got stickers). I hadn’t thought about those magazines in such a long time, not until recently when Timberdoodle asked if Baby (ok now a toddler) Will and…

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