Category: Make and Play

Creating Art with Little Kids

leslie January 19, 2022 0 Comments
If you have been on my blog long, you know how much I love to create art with my children. Creating art is different than creating a craft. Creating crafts is following directions to get an end result that is much the same as the person making it next to you. There is not much use of the imagination in creating the craft, but there is use of the imagination in what you DO with the craft. This is...

Preschool Passports

leslie December 29, 2021 0 Comments
Traveling is hard these days, but our Experience Preschool box makes it so much fun as we gear up for Going on Safari this upcoming month in January. I've been looking forward to this box for years! Its one of my ultimate faves, and I wrote my most favorite post on it here. When you travel, you have to have a Passport, and on Lesson 1, Experience Preschool provided just that in our Creative...

Preschool: Learning to Say Sorry

leslie September 29, 2021 0 Comments
“The question is not, -- how much does the youth know? when he has finished his education -- but how much does he care? and about how many orders of things does he care? In fact, how large is the room in which he finds his feet set? and, therefore, how full is the life he has before him?”― Charlotte Mason, School Education: Developing A Curriculum As I homeschool my children, I have to...

The Crow and the Pitcher Activities

leslie August 6, 2021 0 Comments
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...

Exploring Rocket Ships

leslie March 31, 2021 0 Comments
Our Space Adventure month is coming to a close, but we couldn't leave without exploring Rocket Ships! This day was a blast (literally and figuratively) thanks to some awesome ideas in my Experience Preschool teacher guide and some added fun with a Christmas present that was aching to be revisited. Rocket Ship Math As an Experience Early Learning (EEL) Blogger, I receive the EEL Preschool...

Preschool Science: Root Study Experiment

leslie November 30, 2020 0 Comments
In college, I majored in Art Education. I always wanted to be an art teacher, but the Lord had other plans. Six out of the eight years I spent as a public school teacher, I was a science teacher. It was a subject I learned so much about and quickly grew to love. (I blogged about it often in 2012 and 2013 right here!) As an Experience Early Learning (EEL) Blogger, I receive the EEL...

STEAM: Color Mixing Learning with Tie-Dye

leslie September 23, 2020 0 Comments
About a month ago our Children's Ministry hosted a tie-dye party for kids from Kindergarten- 6th grade. It was my first tie-dying experience. I loved watching them create, but I learned a thing or two watching them. 1. Limit the color choices. There were quite a few muddy brown looking shirts because kids got too happy with using ALL the colors. 2. Use the rubber bands and only place dye in a...

Everyday Superhero: Firefighter Puppets

leslie July 23, 2020 0 Comments
When you think of a superhero, do you usually think of all the costume gear they wear, or their super power? Or do you think of those people out there that are willing to sacrifice their own well being for others? As an 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...

W is for Wolf: Retelling of The Three Little Pigs

leslie June 27, 2019 0 Comments
Hi! I'm Leslie- a homeschooling momma to an almost 5 year old girl and 18 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! #keepinitrealWe have been having so...

Butterfly Metamorphosis Activities for Preschoolers

leslie May 3, 2019 1 Comment
Our butterfly adventures ended this week.  We released our butterflies at the end of our last day.  It was the perfect way to end our week on Metamorphosis and our unit on Bees and Butterflies.I shared the other week some egg-celent ideas (pun intended cuz I'm cheesy like that) fromMother Goose Time as we studied the Egg in our Metamorphosis week. But here are our faves from the...