Showing posts with label toddlers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label toddlers. Show all posts

9/30/2009

Bloglight's On You: Lost In Pizzaland


As a Mom of a Toddler, I am always looking for new activities for us to do throughout the day. Well, my all-time favorite blogger has some great ideas on her blog Lost In Pizzaland. Now, why is she my fave? Because she's my older sister! :)

She was over at my house one weekend telling me all about the things her and my niece had been doing together. I told her she needed to start a blog and share since so many of us are looking for things like these. So there we were trying to think of her blogname and we were busting up laughing when she decided on one I threw out to her. It's a funny family story, that she shares in her sidebar.

What's her blog all about? She does weekly themes that you can do with your kids. She'll give you a supply list to look for and then the activities/crafts you can do. She also includes games, snacks and related books to look into.

Now, she's just starting out and doesn't have as strong of a computer background but she's catching on fast. You know how it is trying to figure out the quirks of Blogger! :) She's still working on her format but I think she's doing a great job. (especially considering the poor thing has to work off dial-up access, since some trees obstruct her high-speed capabilities!)

She shares so much information for each week that you could almost stretch it into a whole month, if you did a few a day! I've already got a few of her activities on my list of to-dos with Nathan. She also does a Bake/Cook/Make Saturday, adding a baking/cooking idea to do with your little ones. I'm loving her lion cookie idea she found. (Pictured above)

I'm still amazed at how many ideas she's gathered from books, library/school activities and just her own creativity. So if you are looking for some boredom busters, check out Lost In Pizzaland!

To My Sister: Congrats on Your New Blog! I wish you all the best and hope you end up loving it as much as I do! Proud of you, Sis! :)

1/22/2009

Ask the Readers: Helping Toddlers Talk



Nathan has been doing very well with talking lately. It's amazing how far he has come in the last few months. I've been focusing on reading lots of books to him and on trying to tell him the name of anything we come across. The biggest help so far has been Baby Babble - Speech-Enhancing DVD for Babies and Toddlers. It's a great DVD that also has a Parent Tutorial at the end with some ideas on how to help speech improve.

But to me, the best tools and advice are those tried and true methods of fellow Mommies. So I'm asking you, the readers, what were your best findings when your child was expanding his language speaking skills? Were there any books, dvds, games, activities, etc that seemed to help more?

 

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