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...

What’s in the TODDLER Box?

When you think of November, what's the first thought that pops into your head? Mine is Thanksgiving. A day we set aside to celebrate with loved ones and remember all the things we have to be thankful for in our life. One of which is our Community Helpers- the police officers, doctors, firemen, mail carriers, and so much more- that help our lives function well and who I know I take for granted....

Number Islands

At Alphabet Island, we do not only learn letters, we learn numbers too!I love the foam puzzle manipulatives we received this month!Pop out the numbers and put them in some water and now you have Number Islands!Mother Goose Time sent us a pocket cube a year ago, and we placed some numbers in there.  Sweet Pea threw the cube and then found the matching number and pulled that island out of the...

Creating Crabs

This post is brought to you by the letter C.  :) We are on Alphabet Island having adventures studying island life including crabs!Mother Goose Time came up with this little crab craft for Crab Day, and it doubles as a musical shaker!  I love it when crafts have a dual purpose.Mother Goose Time sent us a little cardboard container with a lid, a strip of eye stickers, red glitter...

Tot School: S is for Snake

 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...

Me and My Toddler’s Daily Routine

I taught in public school for 8 years... from 3rd graders to seniors, I taught them all.  The one thing that I always pushed was a routine.  Our class period always started out the same way, whether it was a quick 5 minute sketch when I taught art, watching CNN Student News when I taught Social Studies, or doing our daily DOL (Daily Language Review, Grade 1) when I taught English, the...

Egg-cellent Counting!

Disclaimer:  I taught public school for 8 years before becoming a mom. I taught a new grade or subject EVERY year.  Never the same thing twice (Jack of All Trades is the perfect name *wink)I have hoarded  collected re-purposed many of the things that I used when I taught.Hence the stash of about 100 plastic Easter eggs I have tied up in my garage.Do you have some too?  I...

Pregnancy and Pigs

I'm not going to lie... when I first saw our Baby Animals Unit Theme Web in our Mother Goose Time curriculum my heart sank a little.Our first week is Waiting on Baby.Waiting on Baby.  This.  This is what made my heart sink. The thoughts and emotions that come back full force.  It's hard for me to talk about "Pregnant Moms" when I had a molar pregnancy that led to a DNC a few months...

Tot School: Snow Day in Texas

I live in the Pineywoods of East Texas. It doesn't snow here.  In fact, I believe the last time we had snow (which was absolutely beautiful) it was 2009... let me see if I can find a picture....Here we go.  These are colored pictures that are completely unfiltered.  That snow was like God had placed a beautiful fluffy blanket completely untouched across our town.  It was...

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

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...