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Homeschool Preschool: Constructing Homes

leslie June 8, 2018 0 Comments

Learning all about homes is the theme for this month's Mother Goose Time, and although we are late starting our study this month, we have already had a blast constructing different homes.On our first day, we received these home templates. as we studied Houses. Using stickers, markers, and shape stamps (provided in last years's boxes of MGT), we made houses while reviewing letters,...

Preschool Ocean Art: Salt Painting

leslie April 4, 2018 0 Comments

This month we are becoming Deep Sea Divers and exploring the Ocean with our Ocean Commotion Unit from Mother Goose Time. We live about 4 hours from the coast, and my girl has yet to see the ocean; but that didn't stop us from experiencing.We first tasted the Ocean.After drinking regular water, we added a little bit of salt to our cup so we could taste what ocean water is like. The...

Cultivating Creativity with Mother Goose Time

leslie March 16, 2018 0 Comments

How do you teach someone to be creative?How do you foster the creativity of a student?In a world of Pinterest and sharing and copying ideas, how on earth do you cultivate CREATIVITY?According to English Oxford dictionaries Creativity is:"The use of imagination or original ideas to create something; inventiveness."Creativity includes using imagination, curiosity, risk-taking, wonderment,...

Getting Ready to Travel with Mother Goose Time

leslie February 12, 2018 0 Comments

During our first week of It's a Small World unit with Mother Goose Time, we had a ton of fun preparing for a trip!First thing up: We need to pack a Suitcase.Instead of digging out our roller suitcases, I grabbed one of our bags and asked Avaleigh to pack it. The first thing she threw in was her Beauty and the Beast Usborne book.She LOVES that story.Then she packed her baby blanket, all...

Preschool Dinosaur Activities

leslie January 22, 2018 2 Comments

Dinosaur Week!This past week we studied 6 different dinosaurs with our Dinosaur Dig unit from Mother Goose Time. We studied: Tyrannosaurs Rex, Brontosaurus, Stegasours, Triceratops, Mussaurus, and Pterodactyl.Tyrannosaurs RexThe first dinosaur we studied was of course T-Rex. This day we received her My Little Journal and for the first time she wrote her name all on her own without...

Preschool Paleontologist

leslie January 11, 2018 0 Comments

Paleontologist.That's what my little girl became last week as we opened our newest box from Mother Goose Time: Dinosaur Dig!For our first 4 days of home school preschool, we studied paleontologists, bones, fossils, and excavation sites. With her name tag, I wrote her name, and she used a glue bottle to trace her letters. She did really great! Honestly, I was surprised. Then using...

An Upside Down Day: Understanding Sloths

leslie November 27, 2017 0 Comments

We are wrapping up our Rain forest Adventure unit from Mother Goose Time this week.Today we studied sloths.Our MGT starts the same everyday:Calendar (practicing counting to 30!)Day of the week word matchingWeatherTopic Poster (sloth)Find the topic in our theme poster (if applicable)Read the book of the dayToday's book is by Eric Carle:It didn't take Sweet Pea long to start reciting with me some...

Children’s Artwork: What to Keep and How to Store It

leslie October 16, 2017 0 Comments

As a former art teacher, and teacher pack-rat, I truly struggle with letting things go. Trying to decide what artwork my 3 year old creates is trash or treasure really has perplexed me.However, my preschool curriculum from Mother Goose Time, has really helped me start narrowing down what is worth keeping and what is okay to toss. What do I keep?The purpose behind keeping artwork...

Preschool Homeschool: Cloud Study

leslie October 13, 2017 0 Comments

This month we are studying the weather and seasons during our Preschool/Homeschool time using our Mother Goose Time curriculum. On this particularly glorious day, we studied Clouds. There weren't many in the sky, but there were tons on our little table.We started our study with me asking Sweet Pea a few questions:What do you think a cloud feels like? "Soft."What do you...

Superhero Study: Speed

leslie August 27, 2017 0 Comments

Superheroes can be known for a lot of things: strength, speed, invisibility, and so forth. Today with our Superhero Unit from Mother Goose Time we studied the quality of SPEED.However, my girl is a cautious and quiet observer... she is definitely not known for her speed.Our first activity was supposed to be about how fast the child could match the letters, but we accommodated it to...