January is such a fun time for armchair gardening here in the Northern Hemisphere.
A craigslist posting for some clay tiles has been thinking about these projects I might try while I wait for spring to arrive. Garden fountains, flower pots, planters, stoves, and more!
For some of our kids the mechanics of handwriting are a barrier to learning. So alternatives like computer keyboards, sign language, and oral reports bridge that gap.
I've posted tips here and here in addition to these new ones below:
Fix it Write provides 10 days of exercises to help create more fluid writing movements. It also suggests an alternative handwriting grip to make writing easier. Users can choose what font style, writing style, and handwriting grip works best for them.
Apps in My Pocket offers touch screen help with letter formation and phonics together in one app. A nice, and somewhat rare, feature is that they use the D'Nealian font which aids in the transition to cursive. Children can use the fingers or a stylus to form the letters.
I've been trying hard, and mostly successful, in eliminating plastic from our kitchenware.
The last bastion is the sippy cups.
My youngest really doesn't need them but some times a girl's just gotta drink lying down, you know? And they are kinda nice at bedtime so we don't end up with a late night bedding change from a spilled glass of water.
They are sitting in the paper bag waiting for me to have the courage to recycle them.
My husband's water bottles from his mountain biking days are in there too. They aren't BPA free. I'm just waiting to make sure he is okay with me sending them along.
Well, here are some alternatives to plastic sippy cups!!
Mason jars with paper lids and paper straws from Family Bites
I'm obsessed with bright shiny things here in the dark winter days. I just want to be surrounded by these beautiful beams and things that reflect them....
