{For your convenience, this post may contain affiliate links} I am no art major. I took a few art appreciation classes in college and enjoy going to art museums (when my husband agrees to accompany me!) When I do appreciate art, I try to be specific about the elements of the art that I am…
Nature Cutting Tray
{For your convenience, this post may contain affiliate links} It’s been a good long time since I’ve made made a new cutting tray for my preschoolers. It’s not that we haven’t been doing them (in the last two weeks we’ve re-done the “Spider Web Cutting Tray” and the “Recyclables Cutting Tray“), it’s just I haven’t…
Smart & Final Store Tour (plus a great recipe using their private label products!)
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #ChooseSmart #CollectiveBias Do you have a Smart & Final store near you? We are lucky enough to have two Smart & Finals near our house! On June 5th 2015, the store at 25050 Alessandro Blvd (Moreno Valley, CA)…
Creating an “Emotions Basket” for Preschoolers
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #PlayNGrow #CollectiveBias Toddlers and preschoolers have BIG emotions. When they experience Joy it is over-the-top smiles and giggles for days! Fear makes them cover their eyes and crawl into your arms for comfort. Sadness draws out big round…
Alphabet Construction Zone
{For your convenience, this post may contain affiliate links} Well, my boys still have an intense interest in tractors (have you seen our 10 Activities you can do with Toy Tractors post? This mini sensory bin was inspired by one of the activities there). It was super simple to put together and a great…
Jello Cloud Parfaits
{For your convenience, this post may contain affiliate links} These Jello cloud parfaits make a fun and elegant dessert (is it even possible to be fun and elegant?!? It is here!), and they are incredibly simple! To be honest, I actually made these for my kids when we did a preschool cloud unit! But I…
Homeschooling in Small Spaces: Nature Tables
{For your convenience, this post may contain affiliate links} If you’ve been following the blog lately, you’ve seen I have a home preschool theme going on. Within that theme, I’m also talking about homeschooling in small spaces (because very few of us actually have entire rooms we can dedicate to homeschooling!) These Nature Tables are…
Homeschooling in a small space
{For your convenience, this post may contain affiliate links} I WISH we had an extra room that we could dedicate to homeschooling. Unfortunately, we don’t. I did look into these metal buildings for sale near me that we could put in the garden and convert into a homeschooling space, but I just haven’t found the…
Garbage Trucks: Books, Toys, and More!
{For your convenience, this post may contain affiliate links} Every Monday is trash day for us, and every Monday we sit outside and watch the trashman do his thing. It’s a cheap thrill that the kids love 🙂 As I was browsing Amazon for books the other day (because that is what I do. Buy…
How to Start Homeschooling a 3 Year Old
{For your convenience, this post may contain affiliate links} My oldest son turned 3 this April. I told myself I would start getting more serious about homeschooling him at his third birthday, regardless of the fact that April is not the typical time to “start” a school year. The thing with homeschooling is you’re free…