Today we celebrated finishing reading the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. Our project was sewing a teashirt bag on the sewing machine and painting their favorite animal. I didn't enjoy the book when I read it the first time. Probably, because I rushed through it with a deadline for a school assignment. However, it... Continue Reading →
I've been on a computer presentation kick lately. My calendar time folder has fallen apart twice and it occurred to me that I could put the information on slides and go with a presentation style on the computer or television. The funny thing is now that calendar time is projected onto the TV the kids... Continue Reading →
I want to start out by saying that I am not affiliated with any products in this post. I saw an add for this book series and I thought it looked interesting. I have a 1 year old, 3 year old and a 6 year old. I thought that they all might be too young... Continue Reading →
Made By Dad 67 Blueprints For Making Cool Stuff by Scott Bedford This book was given as a gift to my son from his grandparents a year or so ago. We have done a few of the projects and my kids have loved them. Recently we did the rocket candy machine. My son spent a... Continue Reading →
So it's that time of year again. We are getting our garden seeds started indoors. My kids love hands on things and so after they helped me get the dirt into the cups and helped plant the seeds. They also helped make the label sticks beautiful. I cut giant craft sticks in half and wrote... Continue Reading →
My kids spent the morning making soda plaster heart beads. It was a lot of mess and fun. My only advice on this is when you roll it out leave it a little thick. We made a bunch of shapes that didn't survive the heat and went brittle. Oh and make the bead hole before... Continue Reading →
Kids love paint. My kids had to take a bath after this project but they had fun. It was fun to compare how they each approached it. Top left is my 1yr olds, top middle and right my 3yr old and bottom ones are my 6yr olds.
Paint was a bit messy but they had a blast making Thanksgiving Turkeys! Happy Thanksgiving!
3 to 4 year olds are so cute right? And their minds are like little sponges ready to learn more and more. If you haven't read my post 4 Things To Focus On With Your 1 Year Old that's the place to start. With my 3 year old I keep up with everything in that... Continue Reading →
This is the 9th post in my 10 post series For Sanity's Sake. Family time in the evening can be anywhere from 1 to 2 hours depending on how the day has played out. What we do isn't the point it's that we are doing something together. Here are a list of things we fill... Continue Reading →
Make fall traditions with your family. Pumpkin weekend your kids will remember forever.
(This post contains affiliate links.See my Disclosure Policy) Leaf Man by Lois Elhert. I'm going to say it. I didn't like this book. I don't know what it was about it. Mabey the sleepy feeling it gave me. Or the messy feeling the pictures gave me. It wasn't my thing. My feelings aside my 3... Continue Reading →
(This post contains affiliate links.See my Disclosure Policy) Its important to pick curriculum and resources and stick with it. Dont get distracted by all the the ideas you come across online on pinterest because nothing will get done. At some point you have to commit and then do it. No curriculum is perfect. That's the... Continue Reading →
Today was as great day! We made box cities out of empty diaper boxes today. Wrapped the boxes in craft paper, handed the kids some markers and let them go at it. It always amazes me how entertaining a few cardboard boxes can be. After art time we counted all the windows and doors that... Continue Reading →
This is the 5th post in my 10 post series For Sanity's Sake. I have two times of day built into our daily homeschooling schedule for movement activities and outside time. About half an hour in the morning and 2 hours in the afternoon. During the summer when it is really hot out I do... Continue Reading →
Thre is a lot to learn for a one year old. Everything is new and fun and wonderful. There are the four areas that I concentrate on when playing with my kids when they are one: identification, counting, music and life skills. 1. Identification Identification is just giving names to different things 1 year olds... Continue Reading →
mommylingerlonger 