This is our first year homeschooling. We’ve been at it a almost 3 weeks now. As we sat down the first week, Unit Studies in hand, I quickly realized we were going to need a little more deschooling time. I made the decision to try a bunch of different things to see what sparked interest, … Continue reading
Spring Break is always fun for the kids… it can be more fun for moms if you have some ideas for activities for Spring Break. The idea is to keep the kids busy! 😉 As always I turn to Pinterest when gathering ideas for myself and my family. Here’s tons of ideas for activities for … Continue reading
I love to read. I read as often as I can and truly believe if my kiddo sees me enjoying reading it will rub off on her too and she’ll be a reader as well. I think reading is one of the most important things we can give our kids… from day one (if not … Continue reading
Note: Today’s post is a guest post from Rachel ~ you might remember her from the first Community Blog Review! I’m thrilled to have her with us today, helping us help our kids learn to read. My little ones absolutely love reading books. We have hordes of books, we go to the library, and still … Continue reading
Who knew when I bought a big bucket of beads how many hours of sorting activities it would provide. 🙂 I can’t remember why I decided to buy the big tub, maybe we were thinking about making bracelets or something… but it’s some of the best money I’ve spent. We brought it home and Hanna … Continue reading
Finally, finally, finally… it’s raining. 🙂 And of course it’s the second day of Summer vacation and we’re stuck inside. I thought I’d take some time to brainstorm some rainy day activities for kids. 1. Read books… Hanna and I curled up this morning with 5 new books and it was perfect being … Continue reading
I recently printed out some “ending sound cards” from The Montessori Print Shop and had them laminated (yes, my own laminator is still on the wish list). Anyway… Hanna’s been having fun writing the last letter in for words. She’s also been having a blast with play dough since I moved my office upstairs. She’s … Continue reading
This Summer (is not very far away! yikes) is going to be all about reading. We love to read, and I’m currently putting together a nice Summer reading list. I figure we’ll go to the library and check out books, and maybe the ones we love the most we’ll buy to have around. However… part … Continue reading
