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Pin ItAs a Childminder in Northern Ireland there are particular courses I must take and qualifications that I must have.  There are also courses that are not required but are offered to people who work in childcare; nursery schools, day cares, as well as us childminders who work from home.   Read More ...

Pin It Another week has passed and another 111 great ideas were shared in last week’s Mom’s Library where I featured Summer Fun Indoors or Out.  This week I am putting things in the sky in the spotlight.  As well as linking up your great ideas,  don’t forget to enter to your chance to win   Read More ...

Categories: Mom's Library, Summer

Pin ItThis past weekend was full of fun and learning for our whole family!  There was an educational event that took place in our village and we were so happy to be a part of it!  The council organised a peregrine falcon watch for anyone that was interested.  I tried   Read More ...

Categories: Birds, Outdoors, Spring

Pin ItAnother week has flown by so quickly and another 112 great ideas were shared in last week’s Mom’s Library where I featured Sand Fun.  This week I am putting Summer Fun Indoors and Out in the spotlight.  As well as linking up your great ideas, there is a chance to enter our   Read More ...

Pin It The annual We Teach Summertime Learning eBook has been released!  This FREE ebook contains a volume of fabulous free learning projects and activities for you to do with your children over the summer.  It contains over 30 ideas chosen from over 100 items submitted!  I am honoured to be   Read More ...

Categories: Craft, Literacy, Math, Science, Summer

Pin ItAnother week has flown by so quickly and another 120 great ideas were shared in last week’s Mom’s Library where I featured human anatomy.  This week I am putting sand in the spotlight (well, sunlight perhaps!).  As well as linking up your great ideas, there is a chance to   Read More ...

Pin ItIt’s a tough job to learn your letters when you’re young!  But it’s an important job as they are everywhere!  There are hundreds of ways you can help your child to learn their letters, and this is my personal favorite!  The Alphabet Soup game and song is an activity   Read More ...

Pin ItThis is one of our favorite family recipes.  We’ve been making these homemade spicy fries for years, and it’s time to share it with you. A short while ago we reviewed a CD “Little Songs of The Andes” by Daria Marmaluk-Hajioannou.  Within the accompanying book, “A Child’s Life in   Read More ...

Pin ItWelcome to Mom’s Library! Filled with parenting tips, activities for kids, stories, crafts, recipes, and more!  This week I am featuring Human Anatomy, a topic I have always been interested in, and these ideas are sure to get anyone excited for learning! Be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss the next   Read More ...

Categories: Mom's Library

Pin ItIt’s time for the Where Are The Dinos? e-book giveaway winners to be announced!  For more information about this fun book by Julia Dweck and the Kid Lit Giveaway Hop, click here to see my post from last week. Before I announce the winners I want to say how   Read More ...

Categories: Books, Give-away

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Pin It The annual We Teach Summertime Learning eBook has been released!  This FREE ebook contains   Read More ...

Pin ItLast year after returning to the UK from an Easter visit to the Canadian   Read More ...

Pin It Here is a round-up of Mother’s Day ideas from Crystal’s Tiny Treasures. If   Read More ...

Pin It Do you have a jigsaw puzzle lying around your house that is missing   Read More ...

Pin It I love this little craft!  Who wouldn’t love a gift made with love?   Read More ...

Pin ItI came across this little ‘jingle ‘ over two years ago and thought it   Read More ...

Pin It A little over a month ago Molly Moo posted photos of a papier   Read More ...

Pin ItWhat to make Daddy for Father’s Day?  It’s always been a more difficult question   Read More ...

Pin ItIt’s calving season once again!  Last year we visited a friend’s farm and watched   Read More ...

Pin ItDo you use plastic milk cartons?  Are you looking for a use for them?   Read More ...

Pin ItDoes your little one like to dress up?  Why not let him/her make their   Read More ...

Pin It   Here’s a little add-on from our Shamrock wall hanging.  If you haven’t   Read More ...

Pin It This Tuesday I took part as a guest on Red Ted Art’s Google +   Read More ...

Pin It While thinking about what we could make for St. Patrick’s Day this year,   Read More ...

Pin ItLast year was the first time I needed to think about a Mother’s Day   Read More ...

Pin ItWe had so much fun last week co-hosting True Aim Education’s Mom’s Library, that   Read More ...

Pin ItTHERE are so many things that you can do with a flannel board.  The   Read More ...

Pin ItValentine’s Day is upon us again and this little tissue paper heart wreath is a   Read More ...

Pin ItShrove Tuesday aka Pancake Tuesday is upon us already.  We will be enjoying our   Read More ...

Pin ItThe Chinese New Year will fall on February 10th this year.  2013/14 will be   Read More ...

Pin It When we were home in Canada last Easter my Mom had a box   Read More ...

Pin ItIs it snowing in your area?  If it isn’t (or even if it is),   Read More ...

Pin ItI was looking at my children’s craft supplies recently and thought I had a   Read More ...

Pin ItTristan was still three last Christmas, but he has impeccable fine motor skills so   Read More ...

Pin ItThis craft went over very well with everyone and I’m sure we’ll do it   Read More ...

Pin ItThis Washi paper hand-covered journal is the craft I made for the adult Pass-the   Read More ...

Pin ItLast year Tristan wanted to help make Christmas cards with me.  I thought this   Read More ...

Pin ItLast December a friend asked us to mind her youngest child for a couple   Read More ...

Pin ItThese little tree ornaments were fun to make, and there are so many ways   Read More ...

Pin ItTristan made this wreath last December when he was three.  He had such a   Read More ...

 

 

 

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