Recycle

Parenting to me is a lot like teaching...a constant recycling of ideas from others (parents, friends, magazines,..etc) and you just pick the ones you think will work best for your kids. I thought today I would share a few of them that have been a hit in this house.

1. Put coloring sheets and pages from various preschool activity books in page protectors, buy a set of low-odor dry erase markers, and let your kids go to town. Will loves to learn this way and it is a great way to cut down on the expense of buying new workbooks and printer ink. (I print out the fun pages from the Disney website and buy the workbooks at Half-Price Books on the dollar rack.)



A Learning Tower....greatest invention ever though not the prettiest! It is like a big step stool with walls so your kids can't fall out (thus better than a stool). Will stands inside and colors, paints, and even helps me cook. It makes that 5-6:30 time slot (you mom's know what I am talking about) pass by so much faster and smoother when he can be in the kitchen helping me.



And something for the cleaners of the house....I stumbled upon this, Bar Keepers Friend, at Kroger and it is wonderful. It cleaned my flat surface cook top better than anything I have ever used.

Hope you found these ideas helpful!