Rainbow Writing Sensory Bags

Hi! I’m Leslie- a homeschooling momma to an almost 5 year old girl (seriously cant believe I just typed that) and 17 month old boy.  The 2 are as different as night and day.  I share our adventures here to both inspire learning at home and chronicle our lives, because honestly, I never started the […]

Preschool: Car Wash Activities

Hi! I’m Leslie- a homeschooling momma to an almost 5 year old girl (seriously can’t believe I just typed that) and 17 month old boy.  The 2 are as different as night and day.  I share our adventures here to both inspire learning at home and chronicle our lives, because honestly, I never started the […]

Preschool: Exploring Alligators

Hi! I’m Leslie- a homeschooling momma to almost 5 year old girl (seriously can’t believe I just typed that) and 17 month old boy.  The 2 are as different as night and day.  I share our adventures here to both inspire learning at home and chronicle our lives, because honestly, I never started the baby […]

Kids in the Kitchen Activities

I love having my little sous chef in the kitchen! Mother Goose Time had some great “In the Kitchen” Activities this week  from our Health and Fitness Unit. Here are some of our faves. (LOTS and lots of pictures… but that’s not really anything new to you regular readers 😉   ) Cleaning and Safety: “Wash […]

Lessons from Ice Day

Busy.  Life is just so busy…both in the everyday normal (laundry, cleaning, feeding, cooking, errands…all the stuff), and even in schooling (especially public school- I speak from experience). To slow down means I have to make a conscience effort to stop, listen, and observe the world around me…especially watching my kids learn.   There are […]

BOOK Bug Scavenger Hunt

We are spending time studying the orchard this month with our Mother Goose Time.   These last few days we have studied all sorts of animals that visit the orchard including: raccoons, porcupines, birds, squirrels, and today we looked at bugs! Our Mother Goose Time STEAM station had us going outdoors to complete a fun  […]

Preschool STEAM Station: Pounding Colors

Last week we began our Orchard Harvest unit from Mother Goose Time, and it had an awesome  STEAM Station involving flowers.  STEAM stations are learning stations that revolve around Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, or Math.  In this case, the STEAM station is focused mainly on Science, but I would also say Art.  So last week, […]