Creating Wing Art

As a Experience Early Learning (EEL) Blogger, I receive the EEL Preschool Curriculum in exchange for my honest opinions and authentic stories about our experiences using the curriculum. All opinions and thoughts are completely my own  I. Love. Invitations. To. Create. In a world full of Pinterest and internet images, we can get bogged down on making things look like the picture expecting...

Plant Life Study: Algae

As a Experience Early Learning (EEL) Blogger, I receive the EEL Preschool Curriculum in exchange for my honest opinions and authentic stories about our experiences using the curriculum. All opinions and thoughts are completely my own  Pond life is the perfect exploration for preschoolers. So much life in the pond, not just the abundant variety of animal life, but the plant life as well. This...

Studying Snowflakes

We live in East Texas. Snow reaches us once in a blue moon. I think the last time we had snow my girl was 2 or 3 and we only had enough to make a 4 inch high snowman. We wish we had some snow here, but alas... none. However, just because we don't have a first hand experience here with snow doesn't mean we can not have fun learning about it. Experience Preschool gave us some superb ideas on how...

Mice Day Modifications

It's December! Can you believe it!?! Another year has flown by.... I'm pretty stunned. Thinking about how fast time flies makes me so thankful I homeschool our 5 year old Kindergartener and just turned 2 tornado. We've been using Experience Early Learning for 3+ years, and although I have to tweak the lessons a little for both my learners, I love having the thematic study, resources easily...

Tot School: Triangles

This week has been tough. Everett has been pretty sick. With Thanksgiving and family in for his birthday party on Saturday, I really needed my little guy to feel better. Due to his allergies, we stayed indoors as the wind blew and the leaves continued to fall. Being stuck indoors can be tough, especially when you want to stay away from the TV and electronic devices. (Have you read Techwise...

Playing with Books: Resourcefulness

I love learning through books. Charlotte Mason's method to education is totally my jam. That is one thing about this toddler curriculum from Experience Early Learning that I totally love! It's not only theme based, but it's also literature based. Each week has come with a book (that came in our tot box!) and all our toddler activities have revolved around that weekly book. This week we read the...

Line Study for Little Kids and Toddlers

What do you do when your toddler has to be doing the same thing as your Kindergartener? It's definitely been trial and error as we learn how to navigate this homeschool life. We received an Experience Toddler box this month from Experience Early Learning that is just for my toddler, and he has had a blast with these activities. Wanna see what's in the box? Check it out here. We started our day...

Old MacDonald-NEW Version

If you are new to the blog, welcome! I am Leslie, a former public school teacher turned homeschoolin' momma to my two youngsters, a 5 year old daughter and almost 2 year old son. I hope what I share here inspires you to have fun learning with the children in your life! This month we have been studying all about the Farm with our monthly box from Experience Preschool. What is Farm study without...

Starry Night Sky

Please forgive the awful grainy and spotty pictures. My nice camera could not be used at the time, and my phone lens is shattered to high heaven which is why they look this way. #momlifeThis camping theme from Mother Goose Time has some of Sweet Pea's most favorite topics:Bears, Stars, Racoons, Moon, and Pinecones are just a few and today we did our star activities.She loves to change our Topic...

Tot School: Bear Counts

It's Bear Day during our Camping Unit with Mother Goose Time, and my girl loves bears!We started our day with the book Bear Counts that we checked out from our local library.We love all these Bear books!  With this one, we would go back and forth between the pages finding what the bear saw a certain number of.Reading that book was the perfect way to introduce our bear counting game.Mother...