Comments on: DIY Growth Chart and GIVEAWAY! https://livingwithlady.com/2012/04/diy-growth-chart-and-giveaway.html Thu, 03 May 2012 04:27:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: Lady https://livingwithlady.com/2012/04/diy-growth-chart-and-giveaway.html#comment-7440 Thu, 03 May 2012 04:27:47 +0000 http://ladyslittleloves.com/2012/04/diy-growth-chart-and-giveaway.html#comment-7440 In reply to CariAnne.

Cari,
I love the idea of you starting a teacher blog! YOu have GOT to do this,the parents will LOVE it!And thank you so much for all of the great outdoor ideas! There are definitely some on there that Gwyn will love. And I will check out your cousin’s blog too, thanks!

]]> By: Lady https://livingwithlady.com/2012/04/diy-growth-chart-and-giveaway.html#comment-7439 Thu, 03 May 2012 04:24:48 +0000 http://ladyslittleloves.com/2012/04/diy-growth-chart-and-giveaway.html#comment-7439 In reply to Christina.

Christina, We would LOVE to do bike rides with our kiddos. The town we live in is pretty hilly, but there is a great bike path we could try out. And I can’t wait to take them to the ocean this summer! Thank you so much for the suggestions!

]]> By: CariAnne https://livingwithlady.com/2012/04/diy-growth-chart-and-giveaway.html#comment-7438 Sun, 29 Apr 2012 19:28:13 +0000 http://ladyslittleloves.com/2012/04/diy-growth-chart-and-giveaway.html#comment-7438 Shannon!
Okay so I think I subscribed to your blog. Not exactly sure!
Anyways, As a teacher I would love to have this in my classroom!
Measurement is a huge part of standards in all grades. My students would just love this GIANT ruler so use during math time.
My favorite summer activities are anything that has to do with being in the water (i.e. boating, lake tahoe, the beach, and especially floating the river!)
I don’t have any of my own kids but I do have 35 students and I enjoy going outside and planning lessons that can actively engage them. My goal would be to eventually have my own blog where I post lessons and pictures of student work so that parents can be involved and I can always go back to my years in teaching and look at old work.
Something really fun I did with the girls I nannied for and Gwen might to young for this, but we made a summer to do list and we made it a goal to check off everything on the list. We came up with ideas like….
1. Make a music video
2. Build a sand castle
3. Go to sea world
4. Tie Die
5. Make picture frames
6. Go to ceramic cafe (its this cool pottery store where you can paint coffee mugs
and plates)
7. Make popsicles
8. Paint the first letters of our name to put in our rooms
Thats just an idea of things we did but you can create your own and its fun to have everyone come up with an idea and then you all have something to look forward too.
My cousin (who is a teacher) does these things with her 4 kids on her summers off. She creates really fun and cheap art projects. Here is her website:

http://californiaparkers.blogspot.com/

Hope this helps!
Cari

]]> By: Christina https://livingwithlady.com/2012/04/diy-growth-chart-and-giveaway.html#comment-7437 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:58:33 +0000 http://ladyslittleloves.com/2012/04/diy-growth-chart-and-giveaway.html#comment-7437 Okay so something fun we do with our kids in the spring/summer, is bike rides. We found a great baby trailer to put on the back of my bike, we load it up with lunch and go to the park. As a family unit we spend alot of time at the Truckee river or on the beaches of Lake Tahoe making sand castles. Micheala my 7 year old made her first sand castle at 3. (it looked like a big lump) But she was sooo proud of it. Trips to the beach with little ones give a new meaning to “Sand”which. Plus watching babies play in the sand and water is just fun! I hope that gives you something to think about. :0)

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