tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50548877099208035022024-03-13T11:09:36.289-04:00Phoenix's Baby Book Club Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993083720045041587noreply@blogger.comBlogger193125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054887709920803502.post-15352984666621745442015-09-18T09:53:00.001-04:002015-09-18T09:53:18.623-04:00When children's books mention airport security <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Yes darling people might carry weapons on planes. UGHHH Started reading Olivia goes to Venice to Vivian this morning and was astounded at this page!!! Let's scare all kids that someone could have a weapon on the plane. I get it, this is life, reality of our world unfortunately but really think this page should be taken out!!! There are other ways to explain it truthfully but not horrifying! We fly a decent amount and when the question comes up or it's time to explain the security process, I'll say something to Phoenix and Vivian like, "everyone has to get checked for sharp objects and dangerous items that shouldn't be on a plane, so we all get checked to be safe and keep the plane safe." Couldn't the author have used a description like that or something similar?? Come on editors!!<br />
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We love Seabiscuit and the movie and we go to horse races each year. <br />
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Go horse go! We did this Race Horse Shapes Activity this morning. Phoenix likes adding the triangle mane and tail the most. He also choose the horses uniform color and the number of the horse, Also features rectangles, ovals and a square. Use themes based on your child's favorite things.<br />
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Our shapes and construction truck activity. I showed Phoenix my example of a truck first, then mixed pieces up and choose a shape and asked Phoenix to place it on the body, where the construction worker sits, the trucks track wheels, the levers, scoop. And we will talk about the shapes more this morning. He loved it and after we added glitter and made some triangle construction cones.<br />
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Phoenix loves Caps for Sale and this is a construction paper caps sorting project inspired by the Caps for Sale children's book. Also we used Melissa and Doug's big sketch paper. The caps are great for toddlers and kids and monkeys of all ages to sort on top of the peddlers very own checked cap. Phoenix also has this <a href="http://www.outofprintclothing.com/collections/kids-tees/products/caps-for-sale-kids-tee">Caps for Sale t-shirt</a> from Out of Print Clothing which is very awesome. Tsz, tsz, tsz!</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993083720045041587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054887709920803502.post-19577684016413587882015-01-28T16:17:00.000-05:002015-01-28T16:18:02.440-05:00We are pinning about children's books and enrichment<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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With a new baby girl and a two year old energetic boy it's not easy to find a spare moment to put out a real blog post, but I love sharing what we are reading and the fun matching, sorting and enrichment activities we are doing. So you might see some posts here with photos but also we are pinning about children's books and enrichment here:
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993083720045041587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054887709920803502.post-40871844735228521552014-10-07T14:34:00.001-04:002014-10-07T14:37:36.321-04:00Go-to bedtime children's books for simmering down the day<div>Here are my go to books for simmering down the day and your little ones when they are restless during their bedtime routine. </div><div><br></div><div>Also I suggest: Dim down the lights in the livingroom or wherever your baby/toddler is playing before the bedtime routine starts. Setting the mood can help, it doesn't need to be drastic but bright lights signals awake and diming the lights down a bit is a way, without even saying it, to calm down the body and mind. Usually before bathtime I like to dim down lights and after bathtime also have just a little light in Phoenix's room while changing for bed clothes/pajamas. Then after brushing teeth, the lights are turned down more to just the lantern. </div><div><br></div><div>If your baby or toddler isn't calming down after a few books and songs here the books I recommend based on creating the "bedtime or naptime tone" that these books have. These are my "go-to-sleep" books and besides being favorites, I also bank on them whenever my monkey is still jumping on the bed or not settling down when it's getting to be way past his bedtime. These longer stories allow one read through, when it's a restless night then 2, and by that time your little one should be in dreamland. The board book of Baby Beluga I co-side with Goodnight Construction Site, etc. And for The Bear Snores On I read it very quietly and slow so some of the more exciting emotions in the book are taken a tone down. These books also have a quiet tone, meaning when you read it your voice will naturally become softer easily and they read sort of like a song or poem, and the flow of the story is soothing and calming. Sometimes</div><div>I start reading while my little precious is still restless but the tone of the story gives him the cue. </div><div><br></div><div>A children's book like Caps</div><div>For Sale, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and the Otis series are books we love but books involving excitement and surprise, for us, are better for day time reads because they can rile up a little one (and that's great for when it's time to play), or best to read them first before a calming-down and relaxing bedtime children's book. </div><div><br></div><div>After you've been animated and made animal noises and paled and had some jokes, these books might help relax the day down. </div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgloC889CY90u-W93lkSwtmPZjc2xiFLT1I5BV2_oxPI3eHdyGWDRR9G-fLlf2jtNUgx-tEZ1jdJ31w_cPrGyUn0ltIwruaItGz9UfGLHmdE5zXeVmChEy1zW8Pm105zj5XoG2m0oJqQuY/s640/blogger-image-108318511.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgloC889CY90u-W93lkSwtmPZjc2xiFLT1I5BV2_oxPI3eHdyGWDRR9G-fLlf2jtNUgx-tEZ1jdJ31w_cPrGyUn0ltIwruaItGz9UfGLHmdE5zXeVmChEy1zW8Pm105zj5XoG2m0oJqQuY/s640/blogger-image-108318511.jpg"></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993083720045041587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054887709920803502.post-51353189964767038282014-09-08T21:26:00.001-04:002014-09-08T21:26:15.395-04:00New Orleans children's books and Eric Carle at Gymboree<p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica;">In New Orleans we picked up some books at Nola Tots</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhhZEWc5CbLeF5OXsf8dXp1fRYwaTcBN1tP-iOoDvTnO8kMnuNCoHdcKguLz_ptlixqPD-8zZdNMUXvNBRFKeiwy1RKtJ5-sNBMPkLzn7oRhfdFjmACTsuTqzGxnysez7134K8k27i4RE/s640/blogger-image--87809985.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhhZEWc5CbLeF5OXsf8dXp1fRYwaTcBN1tP-iOoDvTnO8kMnuNCoHdcKguLz_ptlixqPD-8zZdNMUXvNBRFKeiwy1RKtJ5-sNBMPkLzn7oRhfdFjmACTsuTqzGxnysez7134K8k27i4RE/s640/blogger-image--87809985.jpg"></a></div> and noticed at Gymboree the Eric Carle collection was out! <p></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993083720045041587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054887709920803502.post-71605719476399398342014-08-28T07:57:00.001-04:002014-08-28T07:57:20.842-04:00Gap features reading outfit for toddlers<p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica;">Cool that @Gap shared a reading outfit in the toddler section online #toddlers should have books in their life daily life. Read to your baby so that when they are toddlers they will be the one picking out the book to read together and their first word could be Book!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiABbYOuYI4P3R5yf0logYviX0Xm9qGKop1dsiovpSR6THl9SB8ilyG0LDXopi2Oz2f5aJDlSfTEiJLoC6juO6CLmT1xLAvTTV8ATUUZ6YeASNF8lEhogKmWmoB-Zn0m7GwYLn0N2Bv5FY/s640/blogger-image--759935436.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiABbYOuYI4P3R5yf0logYviX0Xm9qGKop1dsiovpSR6THl9SB8ilyG0LDXopi2Oz2f5aJDlSfTEiJLoC6juO6CLmT1xLAvTTV8ATUUZ6YeASNF8lEhogKmWmoB-Zn0m7GwYLn0N2Bv5FY/s640/blogger-image--759935436.jpg"></a></div><p></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993083720045041587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054887709920803502.post-67251749322283668522014-08-27T22:27:00.001-04:002014-08-27T22:31:59.875-04:00Toddler sorting colors game with cups and a plateThis involves foam fish from craft store and cups and a plate I have at home. I didn't have a yellow cup but it's okay, it made the sorting more to think about for Phoenix when I put a yellow plate down, and he loves this game we will play it a lot tomorrow and onward. We can use different objects or shapes too, to mix it up.<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> Toddlers love having control and making choices and this is so simple to create but can be played over and over again happily.</span><div><div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1xtJT7KZeZxyX8X4wDOHEdUq-ACuCnBqNvn3n7AsIs2chdd_2aTDFpkORojkgDR3noYe3Scm6X326YWXoqVPJaPppbSU2TQRV9NTsKalrHP_1ck9BK7g1AgI8hO4PNZBed-dH7pb4ww4/s640/blogger-image-1814534763.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1xtJT7KZeZxyX8X4wDOHEdUq-ACuCnBqNvn3n7AsIs2chdd_2aTDFpkORojkgDR3noYe3Scm6X326YWXoqVPJaPppbSU2TQRV9NTsKalrHP_1ck9BK7g1AgI8hO4PNZBed-dH7pb4ww4/s640/blogger-image-1814534763.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993083720045041587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054887709920803502.post-52661164656928743752014-08-27T22:21:00.001-04:002014-08-27T22:21:24.905-04:00Reading by the light of the lanternSteam train, Dream Train<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7BKIWvVqxz6mfkALwM-i14545K1f_XkLU309PX5X00N-DUIRsuhnC0g9qe35Jg00U3i4G678-XXpyF1yx5KSGq72B0IH8WRYh5T_fEbkCkCVdNfewh8bzJeClQ4sSeDpBsuC0re69qqY/s640/blogger-image--499936174.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7BKIWvVqxz6mfkALwM-i14545K1f_XkLU309PX5X00N-DUIRsuhnC0g9qe35Jg00U3i4G678-XXpyF1yx5KSGq72B0IH8WRYh5T_fEbkCkCVdNfewh8bzJeClQ4sSeDpBsuC0re69qqY/s640/blogger-image--499936174.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993083720045041587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054887709920803502.post-34865833667716782062014-08-27T22:19:00.001-04:002014-08-27T22:19:28.652-04:00Little frogs as a color teaching tool for toddlers<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1yX1zWCIEkdZ7p3ubuaf1LDXMVPBn25SToUxBI93Wzgvei-x9Kze9uEd8EgBNriysvQSL9ca8ke6yX0okFXhCieTT9BfjL2Iauh0BOfoXwjtoasdY0sU34AxMwoaR9mioJd5otSRvEUw/s640/blogger-image--390644923.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1yX1zWCIEkdZ7p3ubuaf1LDXMVPBn25SToUxBI93Wzgvei-x9Kze9uEd8EgBNriysvQSL9ca8ke6yX0okFXhCieTT9BfjL2Iauh0BOfoXwjtoasdY0sU34AxMwoaR9mioJd5otSRvEUw/s640/blogger-image--390644923.jpg"></a></div>Phoenix took this picture with my iPhone of his new frogs.<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>We love Phoenix's new frogs he got at the American Museum of Natural History today. For me I see these little creatures as perfect tools for teaching my little one more about colors. </div><div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWPYC8MRlT_rgtQ5cNSCmEXB9Z13kBkr4B-DtbM-_25c-Tnr0PHWYV0KlYmLU4q32XkPiDeeU7AYNmLI4jMAATxNbG1CtN3O9WKMwmvLSr4x5kdJqARldp2EjO3FBEewuBOL4v-UNV9Ms/s640/blogger-image--940901854.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWPYC8MRlT_rgtQ5cNSCmEXB9Z13kBkr4B-DtbM-_25c-Tnr0PHWYV0KlYmLU4q32XkPiDeeU7AYNmLI4jMAATxNbG1CtN3O9WKMwmvLSr4x5kdJqARldp2EjO3FBEewuBOL4v-UNV9Ms/s640/blogger-image--940901854.jpg"></a></div><div><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;"><br></span></b></div><div><br></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993083720045041587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054887709920803502.post-10039040136343837442014-08-27T22:18:00.001-04:002014-08-27T22:18:56.927-04:0010 mins a day toddler motor and logic skills<p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica;">10 mins a day or less toddler motor & logic skills. 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We went to check out their free </span><a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/family-programs/storytime-in-nolen-library"><span style="font-family: inherit;">story time</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">, there were a lot of books read, around 7 books, way more than expected and the audience of babies and toddlers actually focused sometimes. Phoenix liked best the books <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Go-Away-Big-Green-Monster/dp/0316236535">Go Away, Big Green Monster by Ed Emberly</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Let-Pigeon-Drive-Bus/dp/078681988X">Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems</a>. I liked it. I think it's a great free storytime and the MET is actually a good-time for both parents and baby/toddler together to have an experience if you are realistic. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We haven't been to the MET for awhile but I'm trying to break the mold of a museum like the MET being no loud or wild kids allowed because I love art and I think Phoenix can too, especially since we live among beautiful large scale oils by <a href="http://www.belgraystudios.com/">Anthony John Gray</a> and Phoenix and I do art daily, painting mostly.
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This time we got more adventurous. After leaving storytime (we will be back another day, since they hold it every day at 10:30am) Phoenix wanted to walk, so I put on our handy </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Goldbug-53876-Animal-Harness-Lion/dp/B001AXF5EC/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1407177570&sr=8-4&keywords=kid+leash"><span style="font-family: inherit;">lion backpack </span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> that is also a harness/leash to keep him from touching or running into a precious sculpture because we had to walk through the major scary Greek and Roman sculptures to get to the other side of the museum where the Egyptian art was. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Phoenix had fun emptying my wallet of coins and throwing them in the water that surrounded The Temple of Dendur. We must have thrown $3.00 in change. I hope he made some good wishes. </span></div>
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A handful of favorites to give as gifts at a baby shower because among the cutest outfits and booties, reading to your baby is a precious and special experience that begins your child's love of books. These books are great for when your baby is an infant and all the way until they are the ones picking out the book to read. Inspire the love of reading. It starts...it can start the day the baby is born, that first night home, and before...in the womb. Give the beautiful gift of life long reading. </div>
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A fellow Mom asked me today in our awesome music class, "How do you always look so put together with blush and all?" I told her, while Phoenix plays in the morning I run around back and forth getting dressed in about 10 minutes, because we don't leave until I'm ready for the day... And we gotta get out of the apartment and get busy! I believe you can still keep your mascara and be a Mom, I'm not giving up stuff like cute jeans, my jewelry, my long hair, my beauty routine, it just means learning to be quicker about it and sticking to the basics that work. Good foundation or powder, GOOD liner and Mascara, a stay-on lip gloss, and if there is time, a dash of blush. I usually put on earrings in the elevator if Phoenix is in a good mood I do my makeup once a day, maybe touch up if I'm awake enough to go out for dinner or meet the girls. Another thing, you gotta pick and choose, to have your face means you might not get to brush your hair, to have great hair means you might leave the house without earrings or eyelashes curled. 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More to come! It's good to introduce books to your baby or toddler that can become keepsakes to look forward to each year as they grow. 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Weekends for us always involve discovering something or seeing something new.<br />
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Here are some <a href="https://www.facebook.com/isobella.jade">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/IsobellaJade">Twitter</a> updates on family moments from the weekend:<br />
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was at the Kidville <a href="http://www.helpusadopt.org/">www.helpusadopt.org</a><br />
event this morning...Rockin Railroad concert, pizza and gym time :) Phoenix loves flinging himself into the "lava pit" I call it, jumping on the Tumbl Trak (<em>and he sat SOO well at the table for a snack, which most landed on the floor but we had a nice time.)</em>
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Yesterday we did a family photo-shoot in Central Park:
When you do a family photo-shoot with your infant or toddler, remember, you only have about a 20 sec interval to get the shots. And babies only typically have about a 20 min tolerance before they are done. HANDS are a big thing when holding a baby in a family group shot, have one of you hold the baby and another gently stand close and touch your babies arm or hand or your spouses, a bad positioned hand can ruin a shot. Practice in front of the mirror before shooting or have a plan...a few different concepts and QUICK position changes are key!<br />
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After Phoenix's 1 year doctor's apt we celebrated with milkshakes!</div>
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Apple picking at <a href="http://applewoodorchards.com/Applewood_Orchards_U-Pick_Pick_Your_Own/Home.html">Applewood Orchards</a>, such a fun time</div>
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First haircut at Sharkey's in the Upper East Side</div>
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WTHECK! Only "one in three parents (33 percent) read bedtime stories daily with their children" ! SAD :( <a href="http://www.rif.org/us/about/press/only-one-in-three-parents-read-bedtime-stories-with-their-children-every-night.htm">http://www.rif.org/us/about/press/only-one-in-three-parents-read-bedtime-stories-with-their-children-every-night.htm</a> I get it when your kids are old enough to read to themselves and support a calm down and read and get ready for bed time plan. Playing games on your phone only keeps you up, I know this because my husband does it and it doesn't relax the mind...or ease our energy. How do these parents get their babies, toddlers and kids to sleep, for us the book is like what we do, Phoenix just under a year hands us the book to read to him already, he wants the book. <br />
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Sad that parents aren't having these precious moments and memories with their kids...reading is more than words and pictures, it's an important bonding time and kids really love that closeness that happens when snuggled with a book and their parent/s.<br />
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