Singing at the Top of Their Lungs
When bath time nursery rhymes come back at full volume
My daughters love to sing nursery rhymes at the top of their lungs. They do it in the bathroom, while playing with toys, and when walking through the house f...
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Notes from the kitchen table.
Just Playing
Watching my daughters name their world
"They're just playing."
Kids Don't Need to Practice Being Present
Slowing down and watching the birds
We have a bird feeder hanging next to our Japanese maple tree. It's been there for a while, and most days nobody pays much attention to it. The kids get home...
Scribble Scrabble Isn't Just for Kids
Most of us stopped drawing around age 10
My daughters were on the iPad playing with Scribble Scrabble the other day. They were doing self-portraits, and one of them was drawing super long arms that ...
Every Kid Draws the Same Sun
What scribbles, stick figures, and suns actually mean
My daughters love to draw family pictures. These pictures are usually two large stick figures, two smaller stick figures, and a yellow circle in the corner w...
Why I Built Scribble Scrabble
A drawing app that celebrates messy creativity
I have this vivid memory from childhood of grabbing my box of crayons, a blank sheet of paper, and shouting "It's Scribble Scrabble Time!" Then I'd pick up a...