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Desert Night Activities for Preschoolers

leslie March 17, 2019 0 Comments

We have had so much fun with our Mother Goose Time: Desert Discovery theme!Last week we did activities that were all about the rodeo and this upcoming week we will actually attend a rodeo in our small town so stay tuned. Did you know that the desert night is filled with noise?From coyotes to campfires and caves, we had an absolute blast exploring the desert night in the comfort of...

Preschool: Safari Food Fun

leslie January 26, 2019 1 Comment

This week has been one of those weeks where I am sooooo thankful for homeschooling. We had a busy beginning to the week, but the last few days- at the end of the week- my girl has been battling the flu. Flu B actually. So please forgive all the pajama pictures. She lived in them for the last few days. *Homeschool blessing* I am so thankful we have our Mother Goose...

Preschool Culture Study: Jewelry

leslie January 20, 2019 2 Comments

Africa is an amazingly beautiful continent. It is so rich in the beauty of its' people, their culture, and the animals and scenery of the land.It's not every month that you get to go on Safari, but that is just what my preschooler and I are doing through our preschool curriculum from Mother Goose Time.Last week I shared how to prepare to go on a safari, and this week we ventured into the...

Preschool Rhyme Time

leslie December 1, 2018 0 Comments

Lately my little girl has been into sounding out words by syllables."Momma, can you say 'ev-er-ett is scr-eam-ing'?" Yes dear, I can. And I can hear him. Ugh.By sounding out words into syllables, she can catch rhyming words more often since she can hear the ending sound to the words. On our Bridge Day, my girl built bridges between picture cards that rhymed.This...

Alphabet Delivery Truck

leslie November 27, 2018 0 Comments

November has been a rough month on the homeschool front.I am the Children's Director for our church and this month has been insanely busy as we have opened our new Children's area after a fire back in August. Not to mention the Thanksgiving holidays, my husband's 40th birthday, and planning my son's first birthday for December 1st. Whew.... crazy....So when my friend needed a little...

Paul Bunyan Fun for Preschoolers

leslie August 27, 2018 0 Comments

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...

Storytelling with a Sensory Bin

leslie August 13, 2018 0 Comments

It's a new month, and you know that means-- a new unit with our preschool curriculum from Mother Goose Time. This month it is all about Fables and Folktales, and we just spent the whole first week reading from Aesop's Fables.One of those fables happened to be about the Ants and the Grasshopper which inspired our monthly sensory bin. I have been working with my just turned 4...

Writing with Shaving Cream

leslie August 8, 2018 0 Comments

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+...

Animal Homes: Spider Webs

leslie June 15, 2018 0 Comments

I love preschool!So much wonder and excitement about all the things I take for granted.Seeing life through the eyes of a child truly is a gift.My almost 4 year old decided she wanted to learn about WEBS from our Mother Goose Time preschool curriculum yesterday and we had a blast!I find that she stays engaged longer if I let her choose what she wants to learn about from a limited amount of choices...

DITL Homeschool: Preschooler and 5 Month Old

leslie May 21, 2018 2 Comments

**This is a long post. But it is exactly what happened last Friday.**I roll over and look at the clock. 7:03 am. I glance at the monitor. Everett is still asleep in his crib, but Avaleigh's bed is empty."Are you on the floor," I say groggily.Up pops her little head like a wack-a-mole. "Go tee-tee," I tell her.My husband, Jason, knows I was up 4 different times...