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...
by Devmelodies | Jun 8, 2011 | Early Childhood, Learning Through Play
I know, I know… that headline probably got you excited (and if you were my parents, worried), but don’t worry, there is no baby in my house. Just our lovely toddler 🙂 But outside of our house is a much different story. We have been watching all of these...
by Devmelodies | Apr 7, 2011 | Activities, Early Childhood, Learning Through Play
I bought these several years ago on clearance… I needed them to complete the Hawaii Early Learning Profile (an assessment for my itty bitties). I needed 6… I got over 100! Aside from the six that I use on a regular basis, these have been sitting way up...
