Category: Preschool

Preschool: Safari Adventure

leslie January 12, 2019 2 Comments
Oh my goodness yall! This month's Safari Adventure from Mother Goose Time has to be one of my ultimate faves! We have learned so much in the last 2 weeks, and to give you all the details would mean a forever long post (not that my posts are ever short). In this picture heavy post, I will share with you how MGT prepared us to encounter the animals of Africa.  Are you ready to go on a Safari...

New Year, New Classroom Set-up

leslie January 5, 2019 1 Comment
Happy New Year!New Year, New Month, and New Preschool Homeschool Room set-up!Our son turned one at the beginning of December.  Look at that adorableness!  Don't let him fool you though; he is a destroyer! ;) This tornado of a boy has torn apart our preschool classroom, and has staked his claim of what is his, which is EVERYTHING!  And every single thing goes into the...

Star Activities for Preschoolers

leslie December 28, 2018 1 Comment
Christmas week!  It's been a blur, but I've been trying to soak it all in.This was the perfect week to talk about stars as we discussed the birth of Jesus and how the wise men traveled to Him by way of a star.Our Mother Goose Time STEAM station, Sparkly Stars, did not disappoint.We started our STAR day but discussing light.I took out a lighter and asked my girl what colors she saw in the...

Cookie Day Fun for Preschoolers

leslie December 21, 2018 2 Comments
I don't know about you, but when I think of Christmas, one of the first things that comes to mind is cookies!  That smell of chocolate chip cookies fresh outta the oven... or the shapes of all the sugar cookies... or the rainbow colors of all the sprinkles... cookies are definitely a holiday tradition around here.As we were studying the Indoor Sights and Sounds this week with...

Lessons from Ice Day

leslie December 14, 2018 2 Comments
Busy.  Life is just so busy...both in the everyday normal (laundry, cleaning, feeding, cooking, errands...all the stuff), and even in schooling (especially public school- I speak from experience).To slow down means I have to make a conscience effort to stop, listen, and observe the world around me...especially watching my kids learn.  There are treasures all around us... many that I...

Make and Play: Pellet Drum

leslie December 6, 2018 2 Comments
It's a new month, which means a new unit in our Homeschool Preschool from Mother Goose Time.This month we are studying Sights and Sounds with the first week focusing on the Orchestra."By exploring musical instruments, children hear sounds, tones and learn to communicate without words."-MGTToday we studied DRUMS, and it is the percussion instrument my one year old son knows full well and can play...

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...

Airplane Launcher Craft

leslie November 28, 2018 2 Comments
We've been studying all things transportation this month in our Mother Goose Time preschool curriculum, and today was AIRPLANES!I have to admit, when I first saw this Airplane Launcher Make and Play craft, I really wanted to skip it.  It just looked like a little more work for me than my preschooler, but we went ahead and dived in and I am SOOOO glad we did! Check out our...

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...

Transportation Math Game

leslie November 16, 2018 0 Comments
This month we have been studying different modes of transportation with our Mother Goose Time preschool curriculum.  Today we had a math game the my girl loved and we played over... and over... and over.  We ended up adjusting the game to make it a little more challenging in the math department.  Here's how the initial game went:MGT sent us the game board, transportation...