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Preschool items I’m using from My Father’s World 8 May 2012 | 07:46 am
What I’m taking from My Father’s World preschool curriculum: Last year, I used their 2-3yo list to get some ideas for things to purchase for my son back when he was 2 and my daughter was a newborn. I...
Preliminary thoughts on preschool for this fall 7 May 2012 | 07:41 am
My son is 3. His birthday is in December, so in the middle of the traditional school year he’ll turn 4 and my daughter will turn 2. For my purposes, this upcoming school year will be more like “plays...
Prepwork during the preschool years 3 May 2012 | 06:14 am
I’m such a planner at heart. And a reader. Love the library! So I’ve been mapping out a sorta-curriculum of my own, to do for myself while my children are in this young preschool age range. I’d like ...
Nice afternoon walk, and some inspiration from my feed reader 27 Apr 2012 | 05:35 am
The weather warmed up a little and we went for a nice walk. Ok wait — I went for a walk, and my kids went for a ride in the double stroller. I tried to convince Jon to ride on his little trike thing, ...
Why I want to homeschool my kids 26 Apr 2012 | 06:07 am
I started writing a post with lots of reasons on why I want to homeschool my kids. I noticed my reasons all boil down to one main reason — freedom. Freedom to … Teach my kids the material they want...
Games to occupy your toddler in the car 22 Apr 2012 | 07:53 am
We have a few small games that we keep in the van for our 3-year-old to use on extended car trips. Usually, he’s content to look out the window and tell me to “turn right” or “go faster/slow down” or ...
Learning skills from Don’t Break The Ice game 18 Apr 2012 | 07:31 am
Don’t Break The Ice* is a simple, entertaining game for the 3+ crowd. I picked a set up from Walmart the other day for $7.77. This old classic game is good for non-readers and introduces skills such a...
Playing Candyland with my 3-year-old 18 Apr 2012 | 07:18 am
Ah, Candyland. Such a classic first game for little kids! I remember it when I was little. And I remember it being way more exciting way back when. The gameboard was way prettier, I think. Jon got a ...
Playing Hi-Ho Cherry-O with my 3 year old 15 Apr 2012 | 05:46 pm
I picked up an older version of Hi, Ho Cherry-O at a kids consignment sale today. Paid $3, and was sorta bummed when I discovered a few cherries were missing. We have enough to do a 3-player game, an...
Sometimes you just have to start writing 13 Apr 2012 | 02:26 pm
I’ve had this blog on my mind for awhile now, and I’ve been tinkering with the technical stuff. The wordpress theme, layout, adding an RSS button, designing a header…all kinds of stuff that I don’t ca...
