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Little Bitty Learners – Tot Basket

By on April 29, 2010 in One Room Schoolhouse

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I stumbled on this idea last week and wanted to save it for my post about my Little Bitty Learners. I have been trying to figure out a simple way to do more (planned) activities with the twins (almost 2). I am visual. If something is hidden away, I will forget about it. So, when I saw this idea, I thought it was amazing and just the solution that I needed. It would allow me to plan ahead, be organized, and have a visual reminder of activities that I wanted to do with the twins.

I want to introduce you to the idea of the Tot Basket. It is not my idea. It came from here – What’s In The Basket? I am thinking that the basket could be changed out weekly or daily depending on how quickly the twins caught on to the activities (or bored of them).

Yesterday, I was doing some organizing (and it sure felt good)…

I found a nice wicker basket for the homeschool catalogs (it is the season for those), magazines (Writer’s Digest and Acts and Facts, if you must know!), and books (those are a secret) that I will be writing reviews for soon. That certainly looks better than a messy pile. Trust me, it made grandma happy.

I also re-purposed another wicker basket and put it in the center of our new (to us) dining room table. I put it on a thick place mat so it does not scrap the surface of the table (just in case you were worried it would). In that basket, I put the newly created binders and all of our workbooks etc for the rest of the term. Everything fit perfectly. The basket looks great.

Okay, so all of that to tell you this… I have a cute (adorable is more like it) wicker basket with a handle that I found (another re-purpose job) and I am going to use it for the twins Tot Basket.  I am going to fill it with activities just for them. It is sitting on a shelf (in plain site) right beside our telephone (I can’t miss it). I will pull it down when I have a few minutes and we can do an activity together.

Have a look at my post that was filled with ideas of activities for toddlers.

What do you do for your younger children? How do you include them in your homeschooling?

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Little Bitty Learners – Loads of Resources

By on April 22, 2010 in Little Bitty Learners, One Room Schoolhouse

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Life is busy and I am trying to build in special times with my almost 2 year old twins… (aka Little Bitty Learners).

We have five children (ages 10, 8, 6, 23 months, and 23 months). Life is busy, crazy, a little wild, and a volume control option would be nice now and then.

It is my desire to purposely set aside time for the twins (for more than hugs, kisses, stories, and creative play – which we do already!). I want to weave fun and educational activities into their day.

Today’s post is loaded with links of excellent places that I have found and love to visit when gathering ideas for inspiring things to do with the babes. I can’t believe they are almost two already.

In my weekly Little Bitty Learners’ posts, I hope to share with you loads of resources, great blogs, and fun activities for the Toddler/Preschool age group. I hope you’ll stop by and visit again.

What are your favorite Toddler/Preschool resources?

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Breastfeeding 2 year old TWINS!

By on March 4, 2010 in Family Memories

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I love nursing my almost 2 year old twins.

I have breastfed each of my five children and each experience has been uniquely different and came with its own set of challenges.

The twins, Zion and Hosanna, were born at 35 weeks after a very uneventful twins pregnancy (that is the way they like them). They were perfect. They were tiny. Zion was 6 lbs 14oz and Hosanna was 4lbs 14oz. I spent 7 days in hospital recovering from a c-section and they came home with me. We did not even attempt breastfeeding until we got home from the hospital. I pumped and the babes were bottle fed with breast milk and formula. Our life for the first few months revolved around feeding the babies. I nursed, bottle fed, pumped, and then it was time to start all over again. Hosanna didn’t take to nursing until she was 5 weeks old. Zion was much earlier to start, but I can’t remember when exactly (that whole first few months is a blur – okay, the whole first year is a blur!). It was so much work teaching the babies how to nurse and making sure there was tons of milk available for them. We returned the medical grade breast pump when the twins were around 6 months old. It was such a relief getting to the point where they were completely breastfed; life got so much easier.

Now, almost 2 years later, they are still going strong.

We have two main nursing spots (but they are not restricted to those places).

At naptime and bedtime we nurse in the comfy chair in their bedroom. I load up with pillows and the babes climb on. I have 4 tiny eyes starring at me. I have 4 chubby hands playing with my shirt, twittling my tag, pulling each other’s hair, or holding each other’s hands. I have 4 feet flailing. Sometimes Zion likes me to hold his feet and sometimes he tries to stick them in my face (stinky, smelly, sweaty feet). Hosanna hangs off the edge of the chair (still hanging on to me “you know where”) and climbs her feet up and down the wall. They snuggle, they cuddle, they get the giggles. I love the peek-a-boos under my shirt and the goofy grins that follow. Oh, and they accidentally bite when they are laughing while you are trying to take a good (and discreet picture).

On the couch they carry the pillows to me and insist that I sit down so they can have a feed. Sometimes they come just for a second to know it’s still there. Sometimes they come for a short nurse when they have ouchies. Sometimes they come if they are thirsty. Sometimes they come for a longer nurse if they just need some down time. They come…

Nursing twins is quite the production, it’s not very discreet, we stay home a lot*, but I wouldn’t change it for the world.

*Just for the record, I have nursed them both at the same time ONCE in public at a mom’s group.

So, what is your experience with breastfeeding? I would love to hear your story.

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