Preschool Activity : 10 Minute Challenge

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Picklebums! I love the name of this blog. Kate is the amazing mom and author behind this cute blog.

Full of beautiful children [four!] and beautiful photography [not to mention chalk full of activities with some parenting tips along the way], Picklebums is a must see, check out now blog, if you haven't done so already. 

Kate's here today to create a challenge for you. Are you up for it? Or, more correctly, I should ask, are your kids up for it? This is a challenge directed to your kids to help in 'those moments' and I bet you'll find yourself having fun doing the challenge with your kids too!

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She is yelling at him, he is crying, the other one is doing cartwheels in the lounge room and the baby is desperate to go to bed. You just need something, anything, to change the tone, to break the cycle, to buy yourself a little snippet of peace, before you lose it completely!

That's when I go slightly loopy and skip around singing, "Challenge time! It's challenge time!"
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It's Playtime! : A Spooky Halloween

Halloween is coming up fast!

Oh so fast....
I need to make Henry's costume yet... and George's... oh man.

What are your kids going to be for Halloween?

Here are some crafty, playful ideas, oh and spooky too, to get you in the mood for Halloween:
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Art : Bubble Print & Leaf Collage

I feel like a successful hands on mom when my preschooler runs to me with bubble wrap in his hand and says,  "We have to save this and paint with it later!"

That's how fall leaf art collage came about.

We made bubble prints first in beautiful fall colors.

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Preschooler Activity : A Big Maze

A maze and a maze.

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Parenting is Child's Play : Life Skills

As a parent, I often wonder if Henry's on the right track. If he's doing everything he should be doing. Or if he's lacking in an area. When he was younger, I'd track all the developmental charts to make sure he's on track. But somewhere along the way... I've gotten to not looking at those charts anymore.

Recently, with Henry starting preschool this year, I've starting thinking about life skills and wondering if Henry can do what he should be doing at this time.

But what should he be doing?

I asked Deborah J. Stewart, M.Ed, early childhood educator and author of the blog Teach Preschool, what she hopes to see three year olds are doing when they enter into preschool.

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