Archive for February, 2010

Happy St. Paddy’s Day Designs!

Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, here’s a great design that you can fill out with a marker. Use your imagination and pop in your favorite four letter word!  Great for wearing at the office or down at your favorite Irish pub! Also available in men’s, women’s, and children’s t-shirt sizes!

Resistance Is Futile

THE BORG BLOCKS T-SHIRT

Have you ever had the experience of your mouth being possessed by your mom or dad?  Despite any vows that you would never say that one thing to your own children, there they are, your parents, inside you, jumping out when you least expect it.

  According to respected author and parent-educator Judy Arnall, parenting is 70% modelling, 20% listening, and only 10% talking.  So when your young child eats with his hands, wipes her runny nose with a sleeve, hits his baby sister, or loses it in the shopping mall, take heart.  They will end up just like you, give or take a few experiences.

Toddler T – Borg Blocks by HigherMammal
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Happy Math

Did you know that Florence Nightingale contributed significantly to Mathematics?  She is certainly better known for her work in bettering the environment for the sick in hospitals.  Why is Newton standing on giants?  What other math history sparks conversation?  Check out the happy figures on this T-shirt to find out!

Elimination Communication

The latest pottying challenges inspired me to create “Diapers Are For the Birds” as, well, inspiration, which we all need from time to time through our parenting lives.  Although my son has been pottied pratically since day one, his signals have always been more difficult to read than his sister’s and his motivations more baffling.  I am still pleased than he comes and tells me when he has wet a diaper or when he has begun a poop.  At the same time, I can’t help but remember his sister was done with dipes before age two.  It’s all about giving opportunity and sharing communication. It’s all about giving opportunity and sharing communication.  It’s all about giving opportunity and sharing communication.

 Although most of the world practices E.C., here in North America it seems pretty radical.  How do we get along in a society where training babies into diapers and then training out of them is the norm?  Check out this informative article.   Or read all about elimination communication (a.k.a. infant potty training and natural infant hygiene) with Ingrid Bauer’s Diaper Free! The Gentle Wisdom of Natural Infant Hygiene

Log Rhythms

Nothing makes math practice a happier occurence than when you’re in the groove.  At least, that’s what my students tell me.  Once things click, they can jam for hours. 

This sick lizard does his jamming on logs!