How do you teach preschoolers the alphabet? Many people send their children to preschool programs that have different techniques ranging from letter-of-the-week studies to playful learning opportunities and everything in between. I must admit that I am not super strict on sticking to one technique with my boys. As we preschool at home, we use…
Last week, the Early Childhood Education Team and I wrote posts covering the topic of how to teach kids to make and be a good friend. After reading all the posts, I realized what an important topic this is and I decided to spend some more time on it with my kids this week. If…
My kids LOVE working with their dad’s tools. Today, they helped daddy repair some wood posts on the house when I was trying to get their attention for an indoor activity. I finally gave in to their interests and grabbed a handful of the safest tools I could find and offered this simple painting activity…
We like to buy gently used books from thrift stores, and lately my oldest son has wanted to get every snake book we come across! We sit and read the books over and over. We’ve even gone to a live snake show to indulge his desire to know more about the slithery creatures! While I…
When I was in third grade I distinctly remember coming in from lunch every day and our teacher reading a book to us about different random acts of kindness. I was hooked. I looked forward to hearing a new story every day and couldn’t wait to be a grown up and do those types of…
How did you choose your child’s name? Did you spend countless hours evaluating each possible choice, then eliminate some due to the “bullying” factor? Maybe the initials were terrible (F.A.T.) or maybe rhyming words made it too easy for possible taunting (“Smelly Nelly”). Kids can be merciless and I know we didn’t want our kids…
September is nearly here and that means many preschool teachers are getting ready for their apple preschool unit! Fall is prime apple picking time and we have plans to join the fun by picking apples at a local orchard. What we won’t be able to do, though, is visit a apple packing facility. Let me…
Yesterday we used these little Safari Ltd. animal pets in our “What Pet Should I Get?” activity, today we are using them in muddy painting process art! OK, I should clarify we aren’t actually using mud, we’re using brown paint, but my kids loved it none the less! We are big fans of muddy play…
This post contains affiliate links I’m sure you must have heard the news- Dr. Seuss has a new book out! What Pet Should I Get is the most recently released book by the famous children’s author, and if you’re familiar with his other works, you’ll notice the characters are very similar to the ones in…
September is just around the corner and that means most homeschooling families are preparing, planning, and putting finishing touches on their school year plans. Maybe your homeschool family consists of grade school children and you are trying to find a way to keep your preschooler busy when you’re giving direct instruction to the older kids.…
