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Freebie Friday: Snowflake Gross Motor Learning

January 26, 2012 by Katie Filed Under: Freebie Friday, Language Enrichment Activities for Parents, Therapy Ideas and Activities 14 Comments

So this past week, I saw two similar activities that I really LOVED. The first one, is from Roots of Simplicity. She created a great gross motor reading activity by writing words on snowflakes and taping them to the ground (check out her post for details). Then, Emma at Mummy Mummy Mum linked up a very […]

Freebie Friday: Penguin Memory/Describing Cards

January 5, 2012 by Katie Filed Under: Freebie Friday, Games, Language Enrichment Activities for Parents, Therapy Ideas and Activities 36 Comments

Well, after quite a blogging break, I am so happy to be back this week and so excited to share with you all my freebie today! This month, we are focussing on both winter activities and Chinese New Year activities. So in the spirit of winter, I created these Penguin Cards. There are 20 different […]

We’re Building Snowmen Over Here!

December 14, 2011 by Katie Filed Under: Crafts for Kids, Fine Motor Activities, Language Enrichment Activities for Parents, Therapy Ideas and Activities 3 Comments

We have been building SNOWMEN! OK, so they haven’t been real ones but whatever. We’ll take what we can get…it doesn’t snow here in the bay! 😉 Yet again, I was inspired by an activity that was linked up at my Thrifty Thursday Linky Party. Jessica over at  Preserving Life’s Memories shared this adorable Felt […]

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