It’s Dirt Adventure week in our EcoVenture box from Experience Early Learning. Playing in our dirt box is one of my kids’ favorite activities and when we can take dirt and turn it into a science experiment- even better! My teacher guide suggested a STEAM Activity called Layers of Nature. Instead of putting it in […]
Superheroes wear masks! As we can see in the world around us, masks are everywhere. This month we are studying Superheroes with our Experience Early Learning curriculum, and you can’t talk about superheroes and not mention masks. When I was planning our adventure in learning today, my teacher guide suggested making Nature Masks as part […]
Praying Mantis by Mary Ann Hoberman That praying mantis over there is really not engaged in prayer. That praying mantis that you see Is really preying (with an e). It preys upon the garter snake. It preys upon the bumblebee. It preys upon the cabbage worm, The wasp, the fly, the moth, the flea. (And sometimes, […]
“Never be within doors when you can rightly be without.” -Charlotte Mason (Vol 1: Home Education) Our spring weather has been absolutely glorious down here in East Texas. So whenever I can, and however I can, we take our learning outdoors. Since our Experience Early Learning box (EEL) has been all about BUGS, it has […]
Have you read books by Lois Ehlert? He uses natural objects to make beautiful illustrations.And anytime I can incorporate reading or books into our learning, the better! Leaf Man is one of our favorite books of his. The leaves of our oaks and crepe myrtles are changing here in Texas, and as the nuts fall […]
Nature Detectives. That is what we have been this month- up close and personal with nature. Pretty fitting that our Mother Goose Time curriculum sent us a book called My Close to Nature! book. Our MGT activity suggested to take some up close and personal pictures of the nature items around us and then write […]
This month is all about Folktales & Fables with our learning box from Experience Early Learning. We spent the last 2 weeks playing and learning life lessons from some of Aesop’s most famous fables like The Crow and the Pitcher and The Ant and the Grasshopper. This week we moved into one of the biggest […]
We love a box of dirt around here, and there is so much learning that can take place with a box of dirt. Whether outdoors or inside, add a box of dirt and make learning more fun! As an Experience Early Learning (EEL) Blogger, I receive the EEL Preschool Curriculum in exchange for my honest opinions and […]
Homeschooling multiple ages can be tough. Especially when one of the children is an extroverted 3 year old little boy. We started our new school year for my eldest a few weeks ago. Being by himself sounds like a punishment to my 3 year old, so we have to find ways to include him while […]
June and July will be filled with learning adventures provided by our Experience Early Learning EcoVenture box. Want to know what’s in the box? Read this post! Our first week has been all about Trees and we have loved every minute! We have done activities about Climbing Tress, Building with Trees, Counting in Trees, Writing […]
