Stephanie Oswald

Parenting blogger and early childhood intervention specialist. Mom, wife, coffee addict, nature junkie, book loving, kid at heart!

Letter of the Week: D is for Duck

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Letter of the Week D is for Duck

D Is For Duck Craft: Lately we have been working our way through our letter of the week crafts. While I am not personally a fan of focusing on one letter for an entire week, these simple crafts are a ton of fun for getting kids exploring letters.

Letter of the Week: D is for Duck

Is your word wall starting to take form? Yay! Are you ready for this weeks letter of the week? This week we are going to be learning about the letter D. Quack, quack. Let me ask you, do you have memories of going to the park with your parents and feeding the ducks bread? I recall many memories of watching others feed the ducks when we’d go swimming at the local river.

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Boston Creme Pie Smoothie

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Skinny Boston Creme Pie Smoothie

Custard, chocolate, bananas…oh my. When it comes to favorite desserts, Boston Creme Pie is right up there for me. It’s one of those treats that every single time I find a way to ignore the after math my hips will see. Eh…who am I kidding, I love my curves and always ignore calorie counting. Anyways…this … Read more

Letter of the Week: C is for Cat

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LETTER OF THE WEEK: C IS FOR CAT

C is for Cat Craft: Lately we have been working our way through our letter of the week crafts. While I am not personally a fan of focusing on one letter for an entire week, these simple crafts are a ton of fun for getting kids exploring letters.

LETTER OF THE WEEK: C IS FOR CAT

Your child is going to love learning about the letter C while creating an awesome cat. Remember, encourage your child to be as creative as they’d like while learning about the letter C. You don’t have to use all that I did, or anything that I am using. Appeal to your child’s wants and desires. The C can be transformed to a princess cat, and be made from lace, or your child’s cat can turn into a superhero with a cape made of leather dark plastic. The possibilities are endless! Now, who said learning won’t be fun?

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Minion Pretzels

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There’s a fever going around. Every child I know is catching it and it is spreading around like a wild fire. Minion fever is thawing out the ice storm that Frozen left behind, (which let’s be honest -it lasted way too long). Time to let it go and start the mission of finding a BOOOSSSSSS!

Which is your favorite from the main trio -Kevin, Stuart or Bob? I love Bob and his teddy bear, so adorable. What’s better? These Minion Pretzels are super simple to make!