Invitations to Create – Page 3

Building Sandcastles without Sand

leslie June 27, 2020 0 Comments

This post contains affiliate links. How can you build sandcastles without sand? Is it really a Sandcastle? Well, you read through this post, and you tell me. :) This month our learning has centered around Islands thanks to our monthly box from Experience Early Learning. We had a great time playing pirates, which you can read about here, exploring volcanoes, and wondering about the wind. Today we...

Exploring Ants with Preschoolers

leslie May 9, 2020 0 Comments

This post may contain affiliate links. It's a new month which means a new theme of learning from Experience Early Learning. This month is all about bugs! I have to admit, I used to hate those creepy crawlies, but after this past year of Exploring Nature with Children and trying to show my kids how to love and enjoy the great outdoors, I have found more respect for bugs. (still not a fan of wasps...

Building Birds with Kids

leslie April 13, 2020 0 Comments

This post may contain affiliate links. We saw our first bluebird EVER last week! It was absolutely stunning and was only outside our window a few seconds before it was gone. We have Blue Jays that have built nests around our home. In fact, we had one outside our window for over a minute a month or so ago and really had time to observe and take in its' beauty, but bluebirds are a rare treat. This...

Creating Wing Art

leslie April 9, 2020 0 Comments

As a Experience Early Learning (EEL) Blogger, I receive the EEL Preschool Curriculum in exchange for my honest opinions and authentic stories about our experiences using the curriculum. All opinions and thoughts are completely my own I. Love. Invitations. To. Create. In a world full of Pinterest and internet images, we can get bogged down on making things look like the picture expecting...

Plant Life Study: Algae

leslie March 31, 2020 0 Comments

As a Experience Early Learning (EEL) Blogger, I receive the EEL Preschool Curriculum in exchange for my honest opinions and authentic stories about our experiences using the curriculum. All opinions and thoughts are completely my own Pond life is the perfect exploration for preschoolers. So much life in the pond, not just the abundant variety of animal life, but the plant life as well. This...

Snail Exploration with Little Kids

leslie March 24, 2020 0 Comments

As a Experience Early Learning (EEL) Blogger, I receive the EEL Preschool Curriculum in exchange for my honest opinions and authentic stories about our experiences using the curriculum. All opinions and thoughts are completely my own This entire school year we have been using the Exploring Nature with Children curriculum and this month is coincides with our Experience Early Learning...

Pond Life: Creating Snakes

leslie March 7, 2020 0 Comments

As a Experience Early Learning (EEL) Blogger, I receive the EEL Preschool Curriculum in exchange for my honest opinions and authentic stories about our experiences using the curriculum. All opinions and thoughts are completely my own. It's Springtime in Texas! The weather is glorious, the birds are returning and building nests, and the snakes are out. Blue Jays built a nest in our azaleas, and...

Thumbs and Plums

leslie February 29, 2020 2 Comments

As a Experience Early Learning (EEL) Blogger, I receive the EEL Preschool Curriculum in exchange for my honest opinions and authentic stories about our experiences using the curriculum. All opinions and thoughts are completely my own. Little Jack Horner sat in a corner eating a piece of pie. He stuck in his thumb and pulled out a plum and said, "What a good boy am I!" What is it about kids...

Studying Snowflakes

leslie December 23, 2019 2 Comments

We live in East Texas. Snow reaches us once in a blue moon. I think the last time we had snow my girl was 2 or 3 and we only had enough to make a 4 inch high snowman. We wish we had some snow here, but alas... none. However, just because we don't have a first hand experience here with snow doesn't mean we can not have fun learning about it. Experience Preschool gave us some superb ideas on how...

Bird Activities for Little Learners

leslie September 18, 2019 0 Comments

Hi! I'm Leslie- a homeschooling momma to a 5 year old girl and 21 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 books and my kids will just have to look back on their childhood through this blog... ha! #keepinitreal"Momma, can we learn about...