Category: Math and Reasoning

Egg-cellent Counting!

leslie January 14, 2017 0 Comments
Disclaimer:  I taught public school for 8 years before becoming a mom. I taught a new grade or subject EVERY year.  Never the same thing twice (Jack of All Trades is the perfect name *wink)I have hoarded  collected re-purposed many of the things that I used when I taught.Hence the stash of about 100 plastic Easter eggs I have tied up in my garage.Do you have some too?  I...

Pregnancy and Pigs

leslie January 9, 2017 0 Comments
I'm not going to lie... when I first saw our Baby Animals Unit Theme Web in our Mother Goose Time curriculum my heart sank a little.Our first week is Waiting on Baby.Waiting on Baby.  This.  This is what made my heart sink. The thoughts and emotions that come back full force.  It's hard for me to talk about "Pregnant Moms" when I had a molar pregnancy that led to a DNC a few months...

Tot School: Teaching One-to-One Correspondence

leslie December 8, 2016 0 Comments
Reciting numbers and memorizing their names is one thing....Understanding that those numbers mean a certain amount is a whole nother ball game.One-to-one correspondence is the ability to match one object to one corresponding number or object.Each month Mother Goose Time sends some kind of math manipulative and some new number cards.This month, as we study Winter in the Woods, Sweet Pea received...

Calendar Time: Teaching Patterns

leslie November 19, 2016 1 Comment
Calendar time is one of my girl's most favorite parts of the day... and it happens everyday.From my experience in public education, kids thrive in structured environments where they know what to expect, feel safe, and know where things are that they can have access to. We start our Mother Goose Time the same way everyday... with the Calendar and our brief circle time activities which could...