Sharing our lovely four day alphabet lessons focusing on one letter, very gently, at a time in our home preschool. I’m sharing our daily preschool time that we focus on with my five year old. This is all very relaxed. She, and I, love having a short ten minute time together. She also does her…
pre-kindergarten curriculum & workboxes
I am excited to share our preschool curriculum plans and the workbox system we use. I hope these resources will be helpful to you and your family! My sweet May is now 4 and a half years old! I have to remind myself that she is SO blessed to have a baby sister. They have…
Easy Preschool Curriculum
I’m taking a simpler approach to my daughter’s preschool curriculum. We have combining a lot of resources. Here are the ones we have been using from Usborne Books & More. We love the diverse collection of books from Usborne, the high quality paper and content, as well as the fun and vibrant, non-commercial illustrations. Math…
a week with my father’s world
We are using the wonderful My Father’s World as a base for our learning at home. I wanted to share just a glimpse of what we do in a typical week with this curriculum. I don’t always do what is instructed in the manual — I maneuver around as my children have an interest or…
the montessori pink tower
What is the Montessori Pink Tower and how does it benefit a child’s sensorial development and growth? How do I present it to my child? affiliate links follow The pink tower helps children develop visual discrimination with three dimensional objects. Eventual concepts learned through manipulation of the pink tower are the decimal system, geometry, and volume….
preschool books for the letter l
Here are our favorite preschool books for the letter Ll! Reading takes a huge priority in our home — we like to read every morning, noon, and night! Children will love to read if we give them the tools — I hope this list is helpful to you! My five year old son incorporates beginning sounds with words…
Preschool Handwriting Notebook {free printable!}
I am sharing our Preschool Handwriting Notebook with you today. I put together this special notebook for my son to use while practicing his letter formations and confidence. I am including a free printable cover, both with and without the lines for a child to write their name!! {This post contains affiliate links, please see my disclosure…
what is number sense?
Children learn best by doing. Holding and touching math tools and counters allows them to understand concepts. If they are able to move and manipulate objects, then the information studied will be better attained. We began creating sums this week without ever seeing a number sentence; we are cognitively developing number sense, rather than rushing…
Why should I rhyme with my child? {free printable}
We have been rhyming all the time here at our house. Why teach rhyming to your young child? Rhyming helps your child identify common sounds. Rhyming helps your child or student listen to the sounds in words and to develop phonemic awareness. Rhyming is an important skill for toddlers, preschoolers, and beginning readers alike. Learning rhyming skills…
best rhyming books for children
I am excited to bring you the best rhyming books for children! We created a free printable book list to take with you to the library, so you can easily read these with your kids — check it out below!! We have chosen some classics for babies, toddlers and preschoolers, and some collections that are…
Why read nursery rhymes with my child?
Why should I read nursery rhymes with my child? Why recite these silly verses together? Rhyming with children helps them to develop and understanding of sounds and words — and they are fun!! Here is a compilation of some of our favorite resources for how to incorporated learning these rhymes at home and at play! {This post contains…
best read aloud books for four year olds
I am excited to share our read aloud book list for age four with you today! We love to read books out loud and always have a book (or two!) that we are reading together in our homeschool. But you don’t have to homeschool to have a read aloud tradition at your home — just…
