Did you know that I started blogging/websites when my daughter was a preschooler? In fact, my first website was dedicated to this age: (ChristianPreschoolPrintables) Psssst….Wanna see what CPP looked like when I first started out in 2006? Pretty Rockin’ eh? Ha! Now it’s 2011 and my Sissy is entering 3rd grade. My Bubba is entering 1st grade. And my Monkey …Read the Rest
This week we made some Paper Pulp to use for an upcoming bible lesson on Preschool Post. While I’ve made handmade paper before, this is my first time simply using the clumpy pulp to make different shapes of very thick paper. It took a while to dry, and because you don’t “flatten” it with anything, the surface remains bumpy and …Read the Rest
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As part of Timberdoodles blogger review team I have an awesome product review to share with you today! Wedgits! When Timberdoodle asked our family to participate in a review of their Toddler Curriculum Package, I jumped at the opportunity! (If you’ve been reading my blog for any amount of time, you know that I LOVE educational toys and games) It’s …Read the Rest
I’m pretty sure it’s still Spring, but this afternoon I whipped up these Summer Reading Charts: And before you start to accuse me of creating charts, just for the sake of laminating them, I’ll have you know that we take Summer Reading very…. VERY…seriously around here. Not to mention that for the past two years I have somehow misplaced my …Read the Rest
I bought a laminator. I bet you thought I had one. But, nope! After many strolls down the paper product aisle at Target, I finally gave it and bought one. (The one I got is called the Scotch Thermal Laminator) And even though I’ve been walking by this laminator for months, (quietly adding up all the handy things I could …Read the Rest
This week, in addition to multiplication, we’ve been really working hard on learning and understanding Place Value. A few years back I picked up a set of Base Ten Blocks, which really made it easy for my children to visualize what I was talking about with all this “Hundred, Tens, Ones” talk. But it’s due time to to branch out …Read the Rest
We are all about Multiplication Facts around here lately (Did you see our Math Keys) (And our File Folder Games) Well, I’m pulling out all the stops trying to get these important facts into my children’s heads. Sometimes adding a bit of color….and incentive….helps! So today I made the children a Multiplication Pocket Folder: It’s really just a fancy way …Read the Rest
Recently my 4 year old son (Bubba) has been showing interest and readiness to learn at a higher level then I’ve been presenting to him. I’m really excited to see the changes over the past few months: He will sit for extended periods of time He can hold a pencil the correct way most of the time without help He …Read the Rest
I’ve started a new tab on our main site called Homeschool Tools! I hope to be able to post some of the different tools we use in our homeschool, nothing to fancy but maybe it will inspire you to get crafty in your own classroom! Last week I posted the Base 10 Bean Counters, and this week I’m showing off …Read the Rest
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