Jenae, Author at I Can Teach My Child!

Playdough & Alphabet Stamps

This was a serendipitous idea that came while the boys were playing with playdough today. As I watched them play with the cookie cutters, I grabbed our Melissa & Doug Alphabet Stamps (my favorite stamps ever) and encouraged a little…

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50% off Select Fisher Price Toys (Today Only–6/18)

I wasn’t planning on posting today, but then I noticed that Amazon has select Fisher Price toys 50% off TODAY only. If your birthday stockpile has depleted since December’s sales (like mine), I thought you might appreciate this. Here are…

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Sight Word Dive

One of our favorite things about the summer is swimming. My parents have a pool and we live about 2 miles from a YMCA waterpark, so we are in the water a lot! Unfortunately, Little Brother has had some…

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Books about the Tough Stuff: Stranger Safety, Safe Touches, and How Babies Are Made

We live in an imperfect world. At times it even seems cruel and dangerous. As much as I want to raise my children to believe that every person is good and loving, unfortunately this is not the case. I…

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Outer Space Playdough

Big Brother is currently obsessed with learning about space. He has all 8 planets (plus Pluto and its moon) memorized in order and knows individual facts about each one. I honestly didn’t know most of this information until he…

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DIY Quiet Blocks

We’ve found another way to utilize pool noodles–making them into quiet blocks! I love it when the boys build with blocks, but we have wood laminate floors on our main floor…which means that blocks are really, really loud (especially when…

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Free Webinar: Get Kids to Listen Without Nagging, Reminding or Yelling

I am super excited about this opportunity for myself and for each of you! I’ve teamed up again with Positive Parenting Solutions to offer this FREE webinar from Amy McCready on strategies we can use to help our kids listen…

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Summer of Reading

Make the summer of 2013 a summer of reading! Encourage your children to develop a life-long love of reading with these suggestions: 1. Read aloud to your child for at least 20 minutes each day. Even if your…

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God’s Little Explorers Preschool Curriculum

My friend Stacie from MotherhoodOnADime.com has been working tirelessly over the last year to create an AWESOME preschool curriculum: God’s Little Explorers. It is a wonderful hands-on curriculum that teaches about God and academic concepts simultaneously! Little Brother will…

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DIY Books of the Bible Puzzle

This post is obviously for older kids, most appropriate for 3rd to 5th graders. Our church is in the process of adopting a new curriculum that needs a lot of additional supplementing, so I have been working on writing…

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New Books!

Our local library is having their annual Scholastic Book Fair this week, so the boys and I picked up a few new books that were all so good, I just had to share! Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by…

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Shaving Cream + Cornstarch = Fun

We tried out a new sensory experience with shaving cream and cornstarch that I originally saw on Ms. Lisa’s Musings and Mayhems (via Pinterest). The boys loved it and if we’re being completely honest…I thought it was pretty cool…

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8 Tips for Traveling with Kids

Traveling with children is truly an art form–one that I have yet to master. I thought I would share a few tips that I learned from our most recent vacation adventure to the Mountains. Some of these things are…

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Books about Road Trips

Summer is the time for road trips. Hearing these two simple words together could elicit a wide variety of emotions, ranging from wonderful memories in the car as a family to a bit of anxiety as you remember listening…

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Alphabet Parking Lot: Matching Capital and Lowercase Letters

One of the boys’ favorite things to play with is cars. They spend hours playing with their assortment of Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars. Little Brother used to be the only car lover, but he has now passed along his love…

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Deciding Where Your Child Should Go to School

A post that I wrote back in February is finally posted over at MomLife Today. Here is a snippet: My oldest child just turned five, which means he will be starting kindergarten in just a few short months. After wondering where on…

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Sticky Salt Painting

This was a fun, last-minute activity for both of the boys that took all of two minutes of prep time and less than 10 minutes to complete. It is similar to our salt-absorbing fireworks but uses contact paper instead…

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67 Ideas for Fun and Learning This Summer

Summer is almost here! Woo-hoo! I love nearly everything about the summer (except for the bugs). I love the warm weather, I love the pool, I love longer evenings, I love having my kids home. I’ve compliled a list…

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Author: Jenae

Playdough & Alphabet Stamps

50% off Select Fisher Price Toys (Today Only–6/18)

Sight Word Dive

Books about the Tough Stuff: Stranger Safety, Safe Touches, and How Babies Are Made

Outer Space Playdough

DIY Quiet Blocks

Free Webinar: Get Kids to Listen Without Nagging, Reminding or Yelling

Summer of Reading

God’s Little Explorers Preschool Curriculum

DIY Books of the Bible Puzzle

New Books!

Shaving Cream + Cornstarch = Fun

8 Tips for Traveling with Kids

Books about Road Trips

Alphabet Parking Lot: Matching Capital and Lowercase Letters

Deciding Where Your Child Should Go to School

Sticky Salt Painting

67 Ideas for Fun and Learning This Summer

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