One of the hardest things for me as a young mom was leaving these two little pumpkins with someone else while I went to work for 8 hours a day. I worked outside the home until my oldest was 4.5. During that time we moved three times and I had ...

Welcome to the first edition of Super Simple Saturdays! I’m going to start with one of my favorite and easiest invitations for kids – Bubble Sculptures! I love it for a variety of reasons. First, this was something my mom used to do and ...

Welcome to Super Simple Saturdays! In these posts I’ll offer some tried and true ideas for young children.  These will be ideas that preschool teachers and childcare providers can bring into their programs with minimal preparation and cost.  ...

  Yesterday afternoon my daughter and I had the chance to attend a sound check rehearsal for The Piano Guys concert we were attending later that evening.  We only attended a small portion of the rehearsal where the cellist, Steven Sharp ...

Hey there!  My name is Kristy DeGraaf and I proudly claim this crazy circus we call The Learning Tree!  The Learning Tree is a Family Child Care program in Cedar City, which is a perfect quaint little town in Southern Utah.  In addition to ...