This morning after dropping some flyers and business cards off at our blog buddy's playgroup:
www.ladybirds-playgroup.blogspot.com, I stopped by my friend Kissy's house to drop off these-
and I ended up staying and enjoying this
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yummy cappuccino made with rice and soy milk--no sugar needed 'cause it's already just sweet enough |
and an hour and a half of great conversation.
"Come take a look at what we've been doing!" she exclaimed with all the excitement of a mom who has been doing impressive stuff. She took me on what was nothing short of a learning tour of her living room, the hallway, and her kids' room. This is what I saw and immediately had the urge to snap pics of:
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door to her kids' room--her oldest is into stickers, and she supports that
(love the invented spelling hanging on the door) |
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Remember my chalkboard wall?--Yeah, this was the original idea I stole. She uses hers daily...and well. |
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adorable paper bag puppets hanging on the fridge
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story time and dictation--her kids make up the story, she writes it down and illustrates it...
and validates the importance of their learning by hanging it in the hallway
and my personal favorite... |
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she transformed her hallway |
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into a bowling lane |
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did the green thing and made pins out of recycled plastic bottles (she suggests leaving a little water in to weigh them down) |
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and labeled each pin with numbers to encourage her kids to master number recognition |
After seeing all of this, I told her I was going to post it on the schoolhouse blog under the title, "Seriously, Kissy?" As in, you seriously have all of these great ideas and you're not sharing them?! I mean, you are obviously a funny lady with tons of talent (see:
http://www.theamericanmag.com/article.php?article=3669) but the fact that nobody is seeing this stuff is a tragedy.
Kissy, I have a message for you. In my BEST Jenny from Forest Gump voice I urge you, "Blog, Kissy! Blooooooooooooooooog!"
In closing, hats off to my homegirl Kissy--the official recipient of the Mom of the Day Award.
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