So you’ve taught your kid their letters and sounds.  You’ve been through my entire FREE letter of the week curriculum.

Now what?

It’s as simple as sounding out words now, right?

Nope.  Not at all!

See your little Einstein there, may have a clear  understanding of graphemes & phonemes (lay-Mom’s term – letters and sounds), but they likely lack the ability to understand the difference between a letter, word, or sentence.  Or how letters and words function within a sentence to convey a meaning to a reader.

That’s because they do not yet understand print concepts.

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This year’s birthday party theme may have had me a little giddy with excitement.

It’s a party theme I myself would’ve loved as a young girl.  So when both my daughters agreed to a unicorn birthday party, I hoped on Pinterest and started brainstorming ideas immediately!

The result was a sweet and magical unicorn party that was a fun as it was cute!  And today I’m sharing all my DIY projects (with printables!) and even many of my party printable files (for FREE!).   Be sure to pin this one for later!  You’re going to want to re-visit it time and time again!

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Now that Christmas is over, the stores are painted red.  Everywhere you look, you’ll find a reminder that the day designated to love is upon us.

It’s a day where we show the people we care about that we love them by indulging them in sweets and cards.  And even though, I try to share love year round, I love the idea behind this day.

Topping my list of loves of course are my kids and family.  But also,  the less suspected characters –  my kid’s teachers.  How could you NOT love the ladies (or gents)  who teach and love your kids and give you a much deserved break from those sneaky devils  sweet angels.

So you can be sure, we’ll be giving our teachers a token of our appreciation on Valentine’s Day.  To help prevent the last minute scramble, I’ve rounded up this list of 15 simply sweet Valentine’s gift ideas for teachers

Be sure to pin this one for later!  You’ll want to revisit it!

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Is it just me, or is the end of Christmas somewhat depressing?

You spend all this time shopping and planning, maybe an entire month or more.  For a couple of wonderful days you’re hanging with family, eating great food, singing Christmas carols and then it’s just over. All that’s left ahead is a bleak and deary January, and months until Spring.

It is for sure, my least favorite time of year.  So, to help myself beat the slump, I’m thinking ahead and working on Valentine’s day crafts.  I may or may not have even put my Christmas tree up yet, but that’s no reason not to celebrate the next season of love, right?

So today, I’m rounding up 25 of the most adorable Valentine’s Day SVGs out there, and as if they could get any sweeter…they are FREE!

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