Category: Mother Goose Time

Coloring Through Observing

leslie May 1, 2017 0 Comments
Why do kids love coloring sheets?I loved them growing up.. in fact I still love them.There's a huge industry blowing up right now for adult coloring books.What is it about coloring that is so therapeutic?I must say that as a former art teacher, there is such an overwhelming sense of accomplishment when a work of art is completed.Even if it is a coloring sheet.I love our Experience God...

Birdwatching

leslie April 26, 2017 0 Comments
This Bird and Egg Unit is my favorite so far this year yall.If you've been keeping up with us, you will know that I blogged about how Sweet Pea and I built a Bird Sanctuary the other day outside our dining room window so we could become birdwatchers.  We continued our transformation by reading the book The Birdwatchers, making binoculars from paper cups (provided by Mother Goose Time),...

Building a Bird Sanctuary

leslie April 25, 2017 0 Comments
I've been so inspired this past month by our Birds and Eggs unit by Mother Goose Time.We built our own nest that my girl loves, which you can read about here.  In fact, she convinced Daddy to sit in it with her and read together yesterday.  Wish I had grabbed a picture. Yesterday, I taught the 2-4 year old crafts at our local co-op and I had the kids make birdfeeders from toilet...

Shaving Cream Paper Eggs

leslie April 14, 2017 0 Comments
Easter is around the corner, and you know what that means...EGG DECORATING.This month our Birds and Eggs unit came with a "Who's in the Nest?" attendance tracker. Since it is just me and Sweet Pea, I decided to modify the nest to become a "How many are in the Nest? daily game for Sweet Pea. First we had some Egg decorating to do.The supplies you need are:-shaving cream-food coloring or...

Building a Reading Nest

leslie April 5, 2017 0 Comments
The month of April we are studying Birds and Eggs. I have to admit, when I first heard the name of the unit, I thought it wouldn't be that much fun, but boy was I wrong.It's only Day 1 and Sweet Pea is LOVING IT!  Maybe it's the fact that her vocabulary is blowing up, or that she's been much better playing by herself, but whatever it is, she is absolutely loving this theme!The...

A Trip to the Pond

leslie April 1, 2017 0 Comments
When I moved to this town 17 years ago, I hated it! It is a small college town halfway between 2 major cities."There's nothing here!  There's nothing to do!"   I was from "the city" when I first arrived in this town, and I didn't know all the gems this new area  had to offer.  Frankly when I first moved here, I didn't care much for even learning what this town had to...

Tot School: S is for Snake

leslie March 28, 2017 0 Comments
 Hey friends!  Had a GOD sighting last week.  Let me tell you about it.  So every Wednesday we go to our local library for Preschool Story-time.  It just so happened that we were studying and reading books on snakes which was the same thing I had planned for us to study that afternoon with our Mother Goose Time!  I adjusted the order of our days using the Planning...

Creating Alligator Skin

leslie March 24, 2017 0 Comments
We are still hanging out at the pond and having so much fun.  I am definitely behind in my blogging, but I have been having so much fun with my girl.  Today during our Mother Goose Time (MGT), I gave her a choice between studying fish, ducks, or alligators.  She chose the ALLIGATOR and today Sweet Pea created a picture of ALLIGATOR SKIN!I can not recommend Mother Goose Time highly...

Creating Cattails

leslie March 16, 2017 0 Comments
We've had so much fun learning all about the Pond in our newest unit study!Unfortunately Sweet Pea had the flu, so we haven't had many outdoor adventures to the local pond; however she did make her own picture of cattails at a pond the other day and had fun even with the flu.Mother Goose Time supplied us with sticks, green paper, and the blue sheet along with the inspiration photo of cattails....

Experiencing God with a Toddler

leslie March 8, 2017 0 Comments
Have you ever experienced God?I mean, have you ever been through something or looked at a particular person and KNOWN it was God right there?I am the Kinder-5th Grade Children's Director at my church.If you told me that I would be used by the Lord to teach kids about His love 10 years ago, I would have laughed in your face!  I wasn't even a believer then, and I didn't grow up in...