A day is not starting well when...

(a countdown from mild to !*--!*)

4. You realize you are so far behind schedule on a project that you'll have to beg, borrow, and steal childcare every waking hour in order to catch up...
3. The time change results in your children waking up in the 5am hour and they don't want to watch tv when you're willing to make a special exception to the "no tv before school" rule...
2. You see the city has kindly left you this:
   
   
   
   
   at the end of your driveway and you wonder how you're going to get your rather large vehicle from your garage onto the street...
1. A child drops an iPhone you didn't know they had into the toilet...

And how have your mornings been lately?

Roll It!: Printable Initial M Speech Activity

Thanks to the generosity of my parents and my husband, who are doing extra childcare duty, I have been working pretty intensely on preparing a vowel speech kit. One of the activities I created for that kit is a set of printable speech dice. Roll multiple dice at the same time to work on simple phrases or one at a time to work on single words. Here is an Initial M version I modified for you guys to check out.

Initial M Printable Speech Activity: Roll-It!

(Click to open image to full-size then right-click to save to your computer. Then print using a program of your choice.)

Gather some glue and scissors and print this activity on cardstock. Cut out the two dice templates. Fold on the solid lines, glue where indicated, and assemble the dice.

An Opportunity

I had an opportunity pop up for some publicity for a card set in a couple of weeks. There was a catch though. Isn't there always? In order to take advantage of the opportunity I have to make a new one. They wanted a vowel kit. So, I'm working doubletime on trying to get a vowel kit ready by the middle of November. Posting may be a bit more sporadic over the next couple of weeks while I get the vowel kit finished. As soon as it is done, I'll make it available in the shop for all of you as well.