The letter Q is one of those letters that feels a little limiting at times. What do you do with the letter Q besides the usual Queen and quarter? Quail maybe? Madeline’s Nana is quite the quilter and so we have a few random fabric scraps. I’m not sure why since while I can appreciate [...]
Butterflies are magical. Their delicate wings covered in beautiful colors. The way they start life looking so very different than how they end up. Maddy loves them. She also loves pom poms, pipe cleaners, water color paints and glue. Buh buh buh B is for butterfly. Supplies for Letter B Butterflies construction paper pipe cleaners [...]
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Tags: learning, letter activity, preschool learning activity 
2 Comments »Maddy had her first dance class this morning and I stood outside watching her dance through little holes cut out of the colored butcher paper covering the window into the classroom I realized that I have officially reached the point that all my parenting daydreams centered on. I loved having a baby. I loved having [...]
Posted in Motherhood & Parenting Tags: growing up, independence, learning, Maddy, Motherhood & Parenting 2 Comments »It is hard to believe that 2 weeks ago today I was still running around the BlogHer Conference in New York City. I was visiting sessions on monetization, photography, pitching and writing. I was visiting with friends, both old and new, in hallways, elevators, in hotel suites and parties. I was running the streets going [...]
Posted in Catherine Evolving, Pure Catherine Tags: blogging, BlogHer New York, conferences, Friends, growing, learning, making friends, My evolution 8 Comments »G is for Garden. Also, g is for garden. We have been working on lowercase letter recognition lately. This weeks letter was “G”. To go along with “G” we talked about gardening. Seeds, plants and growing things. To connect the letter, the sound and theme together we made “G” gardens. Supplies needed for Gg gardens: [...]
For a while now the most exciting question I can ask in my house, other than “Do you want to do Barnes and Noble and play with the trains?” or “Who wants cookies!?!” is “Shall we do a craft?” Craft is a magical word around here. Activities that include glue or paint, scissors or googly [...]
Posted in Arts & Crafts, Everyday, Evolving Kids Tags: learning, toddler activity, toddler craft 10 Comments »
