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Learning & Engaging

Between last year’s Sensory Box and Easy Handmade Gifts for Imaginative Play posts and this year’s DIY dress up box [...]

photos via MADE and the rigneys   The popularity of our current giveaway for a 6 month kid craft club [...]

Part 4 of the “Make like a Montessori Mama” series is definitely my favorite, it’s right up our alley.  C [...]

I’ve been on the lookout lately for a new activity both the kids would enjoy. S is going through an [...]

Now that school’s back in session, I thought it might be a good time to sharpen up our science skills. [...]

photos via Small Types   So I bet you’re expecting a slew of shadow puppets and Halloween fun from this [...]

Do you guys remember the play workbench roundup I did a while back?  After all that research we ended up [...]

Lately I’ve noticed an abundance of cumulonimbus coolness popping up… must be something in the air (sorry, I’m ridiculous, I [...]

We’re kicking this week off with another installment of the new “We Tried It!” series.  These magic milk colors have [...]

I was recently lamenting on the facebook page that I find myself blogging about fun activities for the kids more [...]

I’m so honored to have Amanda of Not Just Cute guest posting today.  If you’ve been an MPMK reader for [...]

Happy Friday everyone.  We’re currently on family vacation at the lake, yay!  But I still wanted to quickly stop in [...]

This week started off with routine doctor appointments for the kids, which also meant routine shots.  To say I wasn’t [...]

photos via Play at Home Mom   Are you guys familiar with children’s light boxes?  I recently ran across two [...]

You all seemed to really enjoy the DIY Toys that are Totally Worth the Effort post a few weeks back. [...]