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…
make your own creation book {free printable}
We enjoyed putting our Creation Book together last week! We have read through the creation story in our many Bibles, including my ESV Bible so the kids could hear the language, and then we created a page for each day. I am providing a free printable with typed pages, I hand-wrote ours below, but now you’ll…
our homeschooling days
Our days are filled with play and learning. Most of this time is child-led — John is particularly interested in space and his Legos right now. And May loves reading independently and setting up a grocery store. As far as my planned teaching, we read together morning, noon, and night. Our reading selections are Bible…
hands-on learning palette
The Learning Palette is an exciting, hands on learning tool that helps children learn essential skills in literacy and mathematics. This self-correcting learning game is both screen free and engaging! Make sure to scroll below for a video example of how it works — and enter the giveaway to win one!! {This post contains affiliate…
felt art: joseph’s coat
We brought a new medium into our house with this felt art. My kids are familiar with felt from our ABC Felt Animals series, but I don’t give them felt on their own enough to create as they wish. This week, they created Joseph’s Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat out of a little paper, glue, and felt!…
teaching early reading without overwhelming beginning readers
How to teach my child to read? First, a solid foundation of the letter sounds must be learned, but what next? Here are the early reading activities that we are working on with my four and a half year old son. He is eager to read, at his own pace and in his own time, and…
preschool activities: month two {printable four week schedule!}
I am so excited to bring you our second month of Preschool Activities!! This free printable includes four weeks with eight activities in each week. These learning ideas will help you teach your child at home. Each week includes learning the alphabet, math, sensory play, practical life, and art. This collection of invitations to learn are from…
bringing literature to life: a felt space monster
Why make a scary Calvin & Hobbes space monster? Well, a few reasons…. To start… to capture the joy of a sweet blond-haired, perfect, challenging, wild boy. {This post contains affiliate links, please see my disclosure policy.} Why did I make this weird looking space monster? Because my son loves books. And when he opened up…
preschool books for letter j
Here are our favorite preschool books for the letter Jj! We love visiting the library and finding new books each week! 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…
free cards for early learning
Children love to memorize and recite. They will do it and love it if you ask them and equip them! Enter these beautiful, and free!, cards for early learning. I hope this collection of free cards, from me and other kid bloggers, will benefit your child’s mind, as well as your time together as a…
our homeschooling days
Don’t push academics Our homeschooling days are filled with reading and playing and dancing and enjoying one another. I do not force academics for either my four and a half or two and a half year old. My son, his whole life, has challenged me to think outside of sitting down at a table and…
egg carton counting
Counting objects 1, 2, 3 is the beginning task towards creating number sense for little ones. This egg carton counting invitation is a starting point for numeracy exploration. I sat down with my sweet girl (now two and a half) and we counted 1, 2, 3 together. I put 1, 2, or 3 dots in…
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