Pond Life: Creating Snakes

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...

Tangram Lessons

Have you ever played with tangrams? After our lesson yesterday with them, I have found them to be quite challenging but oh so rewarding to work with! So many possiblities! Our Baby Animals box from Experience Early Learning came with a set of tangrams and the shape cards to help children build animals. I love how this engages math principles of shapes and patterns, engineering principles of...

Mice Day Modifications

It's December! Can you believe it!?! Another year has flown by.... I'm pretty stunned. Thinking about how fast time flies makes me so thankful I homeschool our 5 year old Kindergartener and just turned 2 tornado. We've been using Experience Early Learning for 3+ years, and although I have to tweak the lessons a little for both my learners, I love having the thematic study, resources easily...

Tractor Math

What do Tractors and Math have in common?  Little kids.We had a beautiful oak die in our back yard recently.It was home to many squirrels who barked and swatted their tails at my dog. Home to cardinals, mockingbirds, and bluejays along with other birds that we enjoyed watching.But it was right next to the house. Smack dab between my neighbor and us.It had to go.I called my most favorite...

Turning Preschool into Kindergarten

Hi! I'm Leslie- a homeschooling momma to a 5 year old girl and 22 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! #keepinitrealFor three years now my little...

Kindergarten Homeschool Space

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! #keepinitrealIt's happening...