Category: STEAM

Preschool STEAM: Root Study

leslie May 10, 2018 0 Comments
This month it's all about Growing Gardens with our Mother Goose Time preschool curriculum.Living in Texas you have to establish your garden bed by March or April because if you wait until May, it'll be to hot.   While we planted peppers, tomatoes, and zinnias in our garden, my neighbors planted all sorts of herbs, and root vegetables including carrots and green onions in their raised...

It’s Slime Time: Galaxy Slime

leslie March 28, 2018 0 Comments
Making Slime can be intimidating.Do I really want this stuff in my house? What if it gets on the furniture or the carpet?Ugh.... is it worth it?YES!We've been studying SPACE this month with Mother Goose Time and have had a "blast!" Our STEAM station on Galaxy day had us creating Galaxy Slime using liquid starch.I did not have any liquid starch, so I found a recipe from here using saline...

Cultivating Creativity with Mother Goose Time

leslie March 16, 2018 0 Comments
How do you teach someone to be creative?How do you foster the creativity of a student?In a world of Pinterest and sharing and copying ideas, how on earth do you cultivate CREATIVITY?According to English Oxford dictionaries Creativity is:"The use of imagination or original ideas to create something; inventiveness."Creativity includes using imagination, curiosity, risk-taking, wonderment,...

Preschool Astronomer

leslie March 8, 2018 0 Comments
Astronomer.That is what Avaleigh became this first week as we studied the SUN, the MOON, and STARS with our SPACE unit from Mother Goose Time.Our week started with studying STARS and constellations.MGT sent us these glow in the dark stars in a variety of sizes and Avaleigh had to match them to the correct size on the constellation.We then did a STEAM station of punching out circles to be stars...

Salad Spinner Art!

leslie February 28, 2018 0 Comments
It's been raining here....constantly.For 3 weeks, I think we have seen the sun twice.That's not normal Texas weather... not that Texas weather is ever normal I suppose.When dreary days keep you stuck indoors, you have to find some activities to break free from the gray and bring some sunshine back into your day.Salad spinner art is the perfect rainy day activity!Thank goodness for Mother Goose...

Preschool STEAM Station: Sedimentary Rocks

leslie February 22, 2018 0 Comments
We are on a whirlwind adventure this month as we study different destinations all over the world in our Small World box from Mother Goose Time. One of Avaleigh's most favorite activities happened this week when we "visited" the Grand Canyon, and it just so happened to be a STEAM station activity. STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math. (so glad they included Art... it...

Preschool Paleontologist

leslie January 11, 2018 0 Comments
Paleontologist.That's what my little girl became last week as we opened our newest box from Mother Goose Time: Dinosaur Dig!For our first 4 days of home school preschool, we studied paleontologists, bones, fossils, and excavation sites. With her name tag, I wrote her name, and she used a glue bottle to trace her letters.  She did really great! Honestly, I was surprised.  Then using...

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...

Science Discovery: Rainy Day Slime

leslie May 30, 2017 0 Comments
Each month I check out a huge batch of books from our local library that goes along with our Mother Goose Time monthly theme... this month happened to be BUGS.Rainy Day Slug was one of the books I found this month that has been constantly read!  The slug explores the inside of a home leaving a nice slimy white trail behind him that Sweet Pea traces with her fingers.  When I...

Tot School: S.T.E.A.M. Stations and Hedgehogs

leslie December 18, 2016 0 Comments
You may have heard of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) stations. This was a huge idea in the public education field in which I worked for 8 years.  One of the top questions for educators was: "How is what I am teaching incorporating a STEM concept? Can I use STEM in my lesson"  STEAM is the same thing, but now ART  (letter A) is incorporated.  Mother...