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It's hard to believe it's the end of March and that as I write this we are getting another batch of fresh snow. As much as I love winter fun, I'm ready for winter to be over. However, the outside world currently looks like a Christmas card. So while I may be tired of the snow, it's what we have outside to play with so we're getting creative. One day after school we decided to try painting

Sometimes we create art because we want a finished product, and sometimes we explore it for the process. This art exploration was one we stumbled across, but we loved enough that we'll do it again. I loved that not only was it colorful, creative, and hands on in many different ways, but it also became collaborative. Our container of chalk had been left outside and after several days of rain

The weather this week has been amazing, and we were really pleased to be able to get out and enjoy the nice temperatures again. Little Brother and I had a ton if fun playing with shapes outside in the fall sunshine and leaves. We had a blast bringing our large, foam pattern blocks outside and involving them in some great backyard autumn play.  Before going out to play I took one of each

It's no secret we love pirates around here. In the past we had so much fun with our Pirates' Gold Number Play we knew that we wanted to extend it into some letter play. That lead me to create an ABC Treasure Hunt. It's great to do these types of activities during the summer, so we can be outside. But, the materials are simple enough it could be recreated inside as well.  To Prepare: To