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Toys and Other Playthings
Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children, play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood. ~Fred Rogers Recently I was reading this...
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It Needn’t be Big to be Awesome
– Good things come in small packages. We’ve all heard it, right. A million and a half times, probably. But never has it rung more true for me than in these early mothering years. For truly, these...
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Mashing, Mixing, Tasting through Summer
As the weather starts to turn from severely hot to blissfully cool (with fewer and fewer scorching days between the two extremes) we turn and look forward to autumn and all the outdoor fun it has to...
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Making Sense of it All (the Importance of Literature)
Children are made readers in the laps of their parents. – Emilie Buchwald I have said before that if all the toys in the world disappeared and all that was left were books, my toddler, Ella, would...
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The Paradox of Nature
Nature can be wild, energetic, fierce…sort of like our little ones at times. Bouncing off the walls, running back and forth and back again, yelling at the top of their lungs – in those moments we know...
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Real Tools, Real Work, Real Confidence
Ever since my days as a teacher, I’ve found myself referring to children in unique ways. When I worked in a classroom, in 2nd-4th grade and high school, I always called my students “friends.” Often I...
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Science with Little Ones : : A Practical Guide
There’s always one of two reactions when you talk to people about science – they either love it, like I do or they are convinced that they “can’t do science.” Somewhere along the line they lost...
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Lessening Holiday Stress for Little Ones
For many of us, we are smack-dab in the middle of the holiday season and everything feels like it’s speeding up. Days seems to zip by and the pressure is on – to do more, give more, make more, be...
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Crafting an Authentic, Connected, and Creative Life
As with anything, much of the work of Crafting Connections goes on behind-the-scenes. Danielle and I are constantly dreaming up new ideas, trying new projects, or just getting our little ones together...
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Making : : Process vs. Product
You may notice, when creating through the many craft tutorials and DIYs we offer, that projects seem to fall into two main categories: Process and Product. You can think of process projects as more...
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For You, the Creative Mother
What we call little things are merely the causes of great things. - Henri Frederic Amiel Here are 10 ways you, creative mother, are embracing all those sweet little things (and little ones) that have...
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On Our Shelf : : Ice Cream
These late-spring, early-summer months are a time of change – a shift is felt in us all as our part of the world continues to warm up (though places in the US are already up in the 90s and 100sF –...
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Crafting to Cope
Yesterday my little guy had his first ever piñata experience. It was filled with over-the-top excitement and joy. What else can one expect from an experience involving a Papier mâché animal that...
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Learning to Share
“It’s MINE!” “No, it’s miiiiiinnne!!” “Mama!!!” Sound familiar? It’s a not-uncommon exchange between my two little ones, especially when a newly-favorite toy is involved or my three-year-old has a...
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Learning Language – Fill the Page!
I am continually amazed at how different my children are. Case in point – my daughter has always been a talker. I remember as a first-time mother going to her 18 month pediatrician appointment and...
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7 Ways to Raise an Optimist
When describing myself, the first word that generally springs to mind is optimist. It’s a trait I’ve carried with me my entire life (and that is certainly not to say my life has been all rainbows and...
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Crafting with Preschoolers (ages 4-6)
As we noted in our previous post on crafting with toddlers, one of the questions we get asked most often about our magazine is about the age range. What age is Crafting Connections for? And while our...
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Nature is Good (and important too!)
There are a million reasons to get outside and into nature with your kids. They are grumpy. You need some fresh air. The leaves are changing. The kids need to run. The sun is shining. The air feels...
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Less is More & Little Ones
I would not consider myself to be a minimalist – for instance, I have a thing for vintage bowls, and subsequently I’ve collected…a few (OK, many, but that’s beside the point!) But though I don’t live...
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