Lessons From Anansi

It's our last week with out Fables & Folktales box from Experience Early Learning, and I am really sad about it! We had so much fun learning through stories from Aesop, like The Crow and the Pitcher and The Ants and the Grasshopper, and ventured with Paul Bunyan as we learned about American Tall Tales. This week we have been exploring international folktales, and some of my kids most...

Paul Bunyan Activities for Little Learners

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 Tall Tales of America- Paul Bunyan! amzn_assoc_placement =...

The Grasshopper and the Ants Activities

There is a time for work and a time for play. That's a hard lesson for little kids who just want to play all day long. Teaching them through story is a fantastic way to help them understand this concept and the famous Aesop fable of "The Grasshopper and the Ants" teaches this concept beautifully. My son and I had some special one on one time this week and he loves games. I pulled out The Ant and...

The Crow and the Pitcher Activities

It's a new month with Experience Early Learning, and we are spending the month of August looking into Fables and Folktales including 10 different Aesop's Fables! This past year we read 2 Aesop's fables each week with our Ambleside Online curriculum for Year 1. So delving into activities to revisit some of our favorites is something we are definitely going to enjoy. If you are looking for a...

Paul Bunyan Fun for Preschoolers

This past week we studied the Tall Tales of Paul Bunyan with ourMother Goose Time Fables and Folktales Unit.MGT did not disappoint in the activity department either. Here's just a few of the activities we did this week....Literary Activities:Each day we had a story in our bag complete with colored cardstock puppets to cut out and play with.  My girl's favorite was Bessie the Cow and...

Preschool Science: Volume and Water Displacement

I get so tickled when my preschooler does things that I used to teach in 4th and 6th grade.Understanding VOLUME is a huge concept in both grade levels.This month with our preschool curriculum we are studying Fables and Folktales; one being The Crow and the Pitcher- an Aesop fable.The story goes that there once was a crow who was so thirsty on a dry, hot, summer day and the only water that...

Writing with Shaving Cream

I'll never forget my 3rd grade Language Arts teacher, Mrs. Carrier.It was in her class that we practiced our spelling words every week with shaving cream.I think it was on Wednesdays... could have been Tuesdays.  I might have forgotten the day,but never what we did.Today I had the privledge of watching my girl practice her letters in shaving cream.I wonder if she will remember today 20+...