by Devmelodies | Jul 21, 2011 | Books, Early Childhood, We Recommend
Welcome to the second post in our series “What are we reading?”. You can catch up on our June 2011 Edition Here. At Home: Yep! Another Jodi Picoult for Mom! House Rules is another doozy, dealing with issues regarding Autism, Murder and Family. Again,...
by Devmelodies | Jul 19, 2011 | Early Childhood, Learning Through Play
There is only so much exploring one can do inside and as soon as the weather gets nice we get outside fast! This year we decided to continue to build our butterfly/bird garden and have put in several new additions including a bird bath. Of course, Farrah would...
by Devmelodies | Jul 12, 2011 | Early Childhood, Learning Through Play
I am okay with a little screaming in the house (or outside of the house) every once in a while. Not the complaining-tantrum-kind, but more of the release-my-stress-and-get-it-off-my-chest-kind. In fact, college students at Northwestern have this standing tradition of...
by Devmelodies | Jul 5, 2011 | Activities, Early Childhood, Family, Food, Learning Through Play
Holidays in our house are a time of fun and joy! In honor of America’s birthday we celebrated all thing red, white and blue! As a young toddler, it isn’t so much about the importance of why the holiday is what it is (although saying “Happy Birthday...
by Devmelodies | Jun 27, 2011 | Activities, Early Childhood, Learning Through Play, We Recommend
It seems that lately, several of my private developmental therapy and music therapy kiddos are working on shapes, sorting and matching. I have some wonderful tools that I bring with me to each of my sessions (including a nice egg shaker matching set!) but I...
by Devmelodies | Jun 22, 2011 | Activities, Early Childhood, Learning Through Play
We love sounds and odds are, your children love making sounds too! I can guarantee that they will be walking around the kitchen or even outside banging on anything that they can reach. Today we spent some afternoon time in the pool making sounds. First, we tapped the...
