Don’t you love when you’re out for a mid-morning stroll, and you happen upon a field of these: You didn’t plant. You didn’t water. Hidden back beyond the roads, where almost no one can see. A forest springing with life. And then you look close at the real beauty, the unique dressing of each flower… a glimpse of the mind …Read the Rest
Just so you don’t think I’ve completely fallen off the face of the Earth, I thought I’d share with you what I’ve been up to! I’ve been working like crazy (read: KER-A-ZIE) on a new look for Preschool Post. Preschool Post is a website that I work on with Lynn Felts (of GroovyStorytimes). We post fun Preschool Bible Lessons that …Read the Rest
I know I haven’t posted in a while. It’s really not my fault. You see we’ve been really very sick. For the last month or so we’ve all been dealing with a very bad case of Spring Fever. (I hear its going around) We’ve tried to avoid it. Closing the curtains. Blocking out the sweet sounds of the birds chirping. …Read the Rest
This week we finished up our third scripture art project! I thought I would take a second to share a bit behind the scenes. These projects usually take two 30minute lessons. The first day for the artwork, and the second day for the scripture. Even though I’m kinda flying by the seat of my pants, I try to spend each …Read the Rest
It’s April. The sun is shining (today) and it’s officialy Spring. And as I stare out my window all I can see are little pops of yellow all over my yard. Even after mowing. You see, I’ve recently realized that Spring dandelions are much smarter then Summer dandelions. Summer dandelions stretch long and tall chasing the sun across the sky. …Read the Rest
Okay. Just to get it all out there. I grew up playing barbies. Not like some people grow up playing barbies (where they have a closetfull of barbies, and a trunk full of clothing, and every baby playhouse, convertible, and ken doll imaginable) Not like that. I grew up with maybe 2 or three different barbies, one ken doll, and …Read the Rest
Reading Eggs is an online reading program for children ages 3-13. When you join Reading Eggs you get access to two different levels of their program, Learning to Read, and Reading to Learn: Since I have fluent readers over here, we’re reviewing the Read to Learn portion called “Reading Eggspress” (Other crew members are reviewing the Learning to Read portion) …Read the Rest
Over the next few weeks my two older children will be preparing a research report on Dinosaurs! Each kiddo will be choosing a dinosaur to research, preparing a written report, presenting an oral speech, and creating a visual presentation. I wish I could take credit for this fun idea, but actually this is an assignment from their Truth in Science …Read the Rest
Since our last “Scripture Art” project was such a huge success, I decided that we would try another~ We continued to work with watercolor (This is the set that we are using) And we kept the lesson really really simple, with LOTS of table talk a little bit of technical instruction. We folded our papers in half both ways, and …Read the Rest
When I started homeschooling one of my biggest concerns was: How will I know that my children are really learning? In fact, during the first couple of years I had nightmares that we’d fall victims to the “Fill-in-the-blank” cycle of teaching. You see I would spend a week teaching my children all about “Rounding to the nearest 100″ They would …Read the Rest
Valentine’s Day is a great opportunity to share God’s love with children! We’ve got some fantastic Preschool resources for you to use this year, and now we’ve got a few activities for you your older kiddos as well. Today I wanted to highlight how to use one of our new Valentine’s Day resources: This little printable craft would be a …Read the Rest
Someone very special is turning 1 this month! Someone cute, and adorable, and someone who’s diaper I don’t have to change! Someone who made me an Aunt for the very first time! Someone who deserves an AMAZING 1st birthday gift, (you know…..to remind him who his favorite Aunt is) I found (via Pinterest of course) this wonderfully simple tutorial for …Read the Rest
Ever since the kiddos saw my new watercolor set, they’ve been dying to dig into the bright colors and try them out! And since the weather has been dreary all week, I decided that it would be a great time to really bring out the color. (Inspiration via: this great lesson in our Artistic Pursuits curriculum,) We practiced blending across …Read the Rest
Over the weekend I picked up a few shabby touches to spread around the house: a plant stand. a little bird. a little nest. some weeping. some willow. I love having new treasures to look at!
We recently had the opportunity to review Kinderbach! Kinderbach is an early education piano curriculum for home or classroom use. The target age for this program is 3-7 years old. There are 6 curriculum levels to Kinderbach, each with a very detailed syllabus of what skills are being addressed. Each level is scheduled to last 10 weeks (with 4 lessons/week) …Read the Rest
Yes, I realize that were in the middle of Winter. But all the more reason, I say! Sometimes we can go a bit stir crazy spending so much time indoors, playing the same games, finishing up the same puzzles, and coloring the same coloring books. Sometimes it’s fun just to have a completely NEW activity to keep us busy. During …Read the Rest
Don’t you just LOVE Pinterest? I love that you can follow people and see THEIR pins, and then “repin” it to your own boards. A virtual “To-Do” cork board of that never runs out of space! Anyway, this week I saw these adorable Secret Valentines, and I was inspired to make our own version: These would be super simple for …Read the Rest
The story of my first canvas experience: What Fun!
Update: This Giveaway is now Closed! We have Two Winners: Comment #128 was Marcie who said, “I really like that primary, manuscript, and wide ruled are offered. As a parent of a 2nd grade reluctant writer (who is also still learning to form letters), I like that I have options for him as well as my 4th grader.” Comment # …Read the Rest
It’s been a long time, but I finally have another TOT in the house. Monkey is 2 1/2 and in full on TOT mode. Which means he wants to do “school” like his older siblings, but he has the attention span of a… Well……. of a Monkey But he absolutely MUST be keep busy. As we all know That if …Read the Rest
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