Category: Mother Goose Time

Becoming a Leafcutter Ant

leslie November 10, 2017 0 Comments
Everyday her imagination grows.About 3 days a week, Sweet Pea has "Quiet Time" instead of nap time, which has helped her mind grow so much in terms of imagination and learning how to play by herself.I think having this Quiet Time has helped her in being able to role play more often, which is exactly what happened this afternoon as we pretended to be Leafcutter Ants from our Rainforest unit with...

What’s in the Experience God Pack? God is Just

leslie October 31, 2017 0 Comments
Every month Sweet Pea and I learn another attribute about God with our Experience God pack from Mother Goose Time.  This month we are learning that GOD IS JUST as we study Genesis 2-3.There are 2 packages we receive; a Teacher Guide and a Child Craft pack.You only need one teacher guide pack, but you will need a child craft pack for each child. What's in the packages?Let me...

Emergent Writing: My Little Journal

leslie October 25, 2017 0 Comments
"Emergent writing “means that children begin to understand that writing is a form of communication and their marks on paper convey a message” (Mayer, 2007, p. 35). Emergent writing progresses along a developmental continuum. Reading and writing develop simultaneously and are interrelated. The relationship between reading and writing is bidirectional (Mayer, 2007) such that reading facilitates...

I Can Read: Interactive Sight Words

leslie October 24, 2017 1 Comment
Yall, Sweet Pea is getting into words and language so much more lately!It's like an explosion has happened, and I am so excited to be able to witness and take part in this journey with her.We love our I Can Read books from Mother Goose Time. In the past, she has always considered this book "a game" as she uses the sight word arrows to point to the matching words in the book.  I, on the...

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...

Preparing for the Next Unit of Preschool

leslie September 28, 2017 0 Comments
I love when my new little school bus box arrives on my doorstep from Mother Goose Time.There are some main things I do to prep for the next month that make life so much easier, and I want to share them with you.Prepare and order books if needed.The first thing I do is go through the teacher guides and order the suggested books for the month.  There are usually 7-9 books.  For the past 2...

A Typical Day in a Preschool Homeschool

leslie September 27, 2017 0 Comments
As a former public ed teacher, I loved a set routine!It allowed the students (and myself) to know exactly what to expect, providing a sense of comfort knowing what is coming.However being a part-time Children's Pastor and Homeschooling Momma, has forced me to live a life where our days are more fluid than structured.  Throw in a 3 year old who is also transitioning from naps to quiet time,...

Writing Her Name…All On Her Own!

leslie September 19, 2017 0 Comments
 She's growing leaps and bounds yall.  On Leg day during our Mother Goose Time unit on About My Body, Sweet Pea and I read the book Whose Knees are These? After reading, I asked her what she used her legs for, and recorded her responses in this short little video.I love that she said cooking.  I know that her kitchen is right there, but we do cook a LOT together in the...

Math Made Easy with Mother Goose Time

leslie September 9, 2017 0 Comments
  I am loving the new set up of teacher materials for Mother Goose Time. Instead of placing the theme web on my fridge like I had been in the past, I am now putting the large Activity Calendar.  This bad boy lets me see exactly what activities MGT is providing that day, including what skills they fall under such as math (the ones highlighted below).     Another thing I am loving is the Quick...