Playtime Series : Quirky Momma

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Meet Rachel from Quirky Momma!

[This is part three in a series of features on the play based hosts of It's Playtime!]

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From toddler play, to preschool crafts to fun snacks for kids, Quirky Momma is full of fun learning activities! The mom behind the blog is Rachel. She's a fun-loving Momma of four kids with two more on the way [nope, not pregnant, adopting this time]. Yep! That's six kids! And she's going to start homeschooling this fall, that's one incredible Momma!

Hairy Spaghetti? Two of Henry's favorite foods combined together to make one funky snack! I think they'd be a blast to make too, sticking the spaghetti through the hot dog pieces! 

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It's Playtime! : Gardening

My Mom, Henry and I planted our garden last week.

I'm curious how Henry will react when he sees the first seedlings of peas.

Or when the pumpkins are large enough to carve!

And when we can make cucumber salad with fresh, from the garden, cucumbers.

The experience of growing a garden to a preschooler has lots of possibilities.

Getting the kids involved with gardening gets them involved in their eating, too! 

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Learning Activity : ABC Mat Game

Using an ABC Mat and ABC Blocks a learning activity is formed!

Letting Henry lead the way, 

we put the ABC mat together in order of the ABC's and 123's. 

He used his hammer to pound in each of the letters to their corresponding blocks.

Once the mat was together, 

we gathered our Melissa and Doug ABC blocks and drew one block at a time.

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Outdoor Play : Gardening

A garden has been on my to do list for many summers.

Finally this summer, we got one planted. 

Thanks to my mom.

The weather we've had this last week has been perfect!

It's been so great to be outdoors!

Henry didn't get into it as much as I had hoped he would with the garden, especially at first.

[When there's big machines also at the farm, planting a garden isn't the first priority.]

When Henry did start helping, he started by gathering rocks in a pail.

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Photo Project 365 : [149-155]

Camping, gardening, painting and fun!

[149 : Sunday, May 29]

Calming down before bedtime? 

Not really in this house!

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Thank You : Sponsor Spotlight

I want to give a huge thank you to Fudoo Boards for sponsoring me.

Fudoo Boards is a fun, interactive way to learn about and 

maintain healthy eating habits as well as a healthy lifestyle!

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I also want to thank my blog friends by giving a shout out to my top ten referring blogs for May. I recommend any and all of these blogs for you to follow. They are full of inspiration for your children!

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