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One Wall Home School Room Ideas

October 15, 2021 By Gwen Brown Leave a Comment

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My favorite home school room ideas, pulled together into one stylish wall.  I wanted a simplified and cozy school space that would keep those busy bottoms in their chairs instead of dashing off for missing supplies. And I wanted it to be central to family life, and inspiring in a way that we could all…

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Filed Under: Crafts & Creative Inspiration, Creative Home, Kids & Learning, Organizing Ideas Tagged With: #homedecor, #homeorganization, #homeschool, #homeschoolroomideas

Organizing Kids Stuff With Color

August 14, 2015 By Gwen Brown 7 Comments

Organizing kids stuff is a must in families with more than one kid. Teaching kids to keep up with their stuff is NOT easy, and I cannot keep track of everybody’s everythings around here. I’ve got four kids, and we do school at home, so we’ve got a ton of *stuff*…notebooks, pencil boxes, scissors, rulers,…

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Filed Under: Chores-Work Smarter, Creative Home, Kids & Learning, Organizing Ideas

Clean Your Room!

August 7, 2015 By Gwen Brown 9 Comments

This week has kicked my bottom. We started school, on my oldest daughter’s 16th birthday. Aaaannnnd she started her first job. At 8 A.M. that morning. Aaannnnddd I had to be at a grocery co-op at 8 A.M. that morning. And birthday dinner that night. So. I’m one tired Mama. I survived! We’ve had a…

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Filed Under: Chores-Work Smarter, Creative Home, Kids & Learning, Organizing Ideas

DIY Block Crayons

July 24, 2015 By Gwen Brown 15 Comments

YES! Block crayons (from Waldorf schools) that you can DIY for *cheap!!!* Perfect for my preschooler!

Last year, block crayons crossed my radar as I was gathering supplies for my preschooler.  I’m a *sucker* for the beautiful, natural inspired Waldorf toys, and these crayons are what they use in Waldorf Kindergartens. Block crayons are great for small hands, and the children are encouraged to cover the whole paper with color. I…

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Filed Under: Baby & Todder, Crafts & Creative Inspiration, Creative Home, Kids & Learning

Gwen’s Nest Giveaway Week 2

February 15, 2015 By Gwen Brown 51 Comments

We’re starting week 2 of a 5 week Giveaway party celebrating the launch of my new look here at Gwen’s Nest! Last week’s two giveaway winners each won a copy of the Trim Healthy Mama book. You can see the winners here on the Rafflecopter announcement. This week, the giveaway will celebrate the Creative Home…

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Filed Under: Creative Home, Kids & Learning

The Rag Coat- a children’s book review

February 12, 2015 By Gwen Brown 8 Comments

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Today, I’m going to share a favorite book with you. The Rag Coat by author Lauren Mills is a book that my children and I both thoroughly enjoyed. Like all great books, it opened up rich conversations that grew beyond the storyline of the book. Our morning conversations wove through botany, our national and family history, and…

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Filed Under: Creative Home, Kids & Learning Tagged With: homeschooling, kid book reviews

Helping Pockets

July 26, 2013 By Gwen Brown 4 Comments

Helping Pockets are something new that I’ve made, and BOY HOWDY are they helpful!  To explain how these work, I need to tell you a little story…another jewel from my brilliant friend Heather, who should really have a blog.  It is a story about a monkey, a mango and a skateboard. The topic at hand…

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Filed Under: Chores-Work Smarter, Creative Home, Kids & Learning Tagged With: chores made easy(er), kid solutions, made this

Wiggley Sleeper Bedside Bumpers

January 27, 2011 By Gwen Brown Leave a Comment

A wiggleworm sleeps next door to my bedroom.  Her bed shares a wall to our bedroom, and she is prone to kick the wall in the middle of the night.  Multiple times.  So in an effort to protect her little legs (and preserve my sleep), I decided that the wall needed to become padded.  At…

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Filed Under: Creative Home, Kids & Learning, Mother & Baby, Sleep Remedies Tagged With: DIY decor, kid solutions

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