Category: Learning

Confessions / Learning / Playtime / Randomocity

Raising an Adventurous One

- March 21, 2018March 23, 2018 - Momma Bish comment on Raising an Adventurous One
You know those kids who sit quietly and listen to the librarian read books, with their hands gently folded in their laps? Yeah… that isn’t my kid. I have a climber, a runner, a jumper, a skipper, an explorer, a finder, and tinkerer. He likes adventure, risk, play, excitement, and liveliness. Munchie learns through exploration […]
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Learning / Stories

May Your Memories Be Dirty and Stained

- May 24, 2017May 24, 2017 - Momma Bish comment on May Your Memories Be Dirty and Stained
Yesterday afternoon, we piled in the car and headed to Mayne’s Farm for some strawberry picking*. As we headed toward the farm it started to sprinkle and as we got closer the drops started falling faster. Now, when you promise a three-year-old strawberry addict that you are going to pick strawberries… backing out of that […]
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Learning / Playtime / Randomocity / Stories

My Tinkergarten Village

- November 23, 2016November 23, 2016 - Momma Bish comment on My Tinkergarten Village
A super giant picture today – but I really want you to see that comment. From the moment I became pregnant, my experience as a mom was less than the rainbow and butterfly experience I’d hoped for. I feel alienated, like a stranger in my own skin, and then once that little human appeared… I […]
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Learning / Randomocity

Organic Friendship

- March 25, 2016November 22, 2016 - Momma Bish comment on Organic Friendship
It’s no secret that I’ve tampered with Munchie’s pool of friends. (Evidence here and in a couple other random posts I’m too lazy to dig around and find. Don’t get me wrong… I tried… I know they exist… but three minutes was my search limit… because we have a play date in 45 minutes and… […]
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Learning / Milestones / Stories

Penis. Vagina. Nipples. Anatomy.

- January 25, 2016 - Momma Bish comment on Penis. Vagina. Nipples. Anatomy.
Blushing yet? We don’t nickname body parts… and that freaks some people out. Sorry… not sorry. Every family is different… and this is just how we roll. Some families are super modest, which is fine – but we don’t go out of our way to shield Munchie from nakedness. (This would also require a certain […]
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Learning / Playtime

Why We Encourage Risk

- December 10, 2015May 22, 2017 - Momma Bish comment on Why We Encourage Risk
Munchie is two an a half now… and for the better part of his life, he has been scaring the crap out of adults who are unaware of his… (unique? daring? risky? different?) abilities. Why? Because we encourage risk. Since the moment my husband and I started talking about children, we were reading and researching […]
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Learning / Randomocity

WTF Was Wrong with Little Red?

- November 6, 2015 - Momma Bish comment on WTF Was Wrong with Little Red?
It’s Fairy Tale week in Munchie’s class. In last night’s daily recap email, his teacher explained, “I changed the story so that it was not so morbid with grandma getting eaten. Our grandma got put into the closet because the wolf wanted the basket of muffins and cookies.” Um – I’m sorry… YOU DID WHAT? […]
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Learning / Milestones / Playtime / Randomocity / Uncategorized

That One Time I Got a Job and Totally Neglected My Blog

- October 25, 2015 - Momma Bish comment on That One Time I Got a Job and Totally Neglected My Blog
I’d be lying if I said a certain amount of guilt hasn’t kicked in. My memory is the equivalent of apples that have been mashed into sauce… with a little spilled on the floor and gobbled up by the dog… never to return. In a sense, my blog is our “book” of memories, our baby […]
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Learning / Milestones / Randomocity

Rent a Brother (or Sister)

- January 15, 2015January 15, 2015 - Momma Bish comment on Rent a Brother (or Sister)
I think children benefit from being around other children… not just in a social sense (though developing social skills is hella important… and yes, I just used the word hella), but also in a nurturing sense. Many children have the opportunity to grow up with siblings… but what if you only have one child? Even if […]
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Learning / Playtime

Driving (Mommy) Up the Wall – Vertical Learning

- October 9, 2014 - Momma Bish comment on Driving (Mommy) Up the Wall – Vertical Learning
The kids are always driving their cars around on the walls, so I figured a little ingenuity would surely make this a more educational (and fun) activity. Since I started putting our new playroom together, I have been trying to come up with ideas for using not only the flat floor space, but also our vertical […]
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