The month of March was a fun one at our house, especially in the kitchen! Our theme was cooking and baking. I found this theme to be especially easy to infiltrate into our daily conversation since, well…we eat a lot! I was constantly helping Loopy learn some new vocabulary (ingredients, units of measure, recipe, whisk, […]
A New Learning Utensil??? Tongs
This post may contain affiliate links that help support my family. Read more about that here. I’ve really got to give all the credit to Loopy on this one. He turned a boring kitchen utensil into a fun and versatile learning game. In the month of March, our unit topic for preschool was cooking and baking. […]
Cooking and Baking Unit: Soup Craft
We loved studying cooking and baking for this month’s preschool unit. It was just so natural to learn throughout the day, whenever we were hungry (which is a lot!) We read a ton of great books, so if you need a reading list, I’m all over it for you. This post contains affiliate links that […]
Simple Cheap Nativity That Kids Can Really Play With
Like so many others, I want my children to know what Christmas is really about: Jesus, the Son of God, took on flesh to so that he could lay that life down for sinful, desperate, me. The story of the first Christmas is crazy cool and can capture a child’s imagination like only a true […]
A Cheap DIY Light Table
This post contains affiliate links that help support my family at no cost to you. Read more about that here. If you’re like me, you’ve seen some really neat activities online for little ones, using a light table. You hurry over to Amazon to see how you can get your hands on one of these […]
Unit Studies for a two year old: Hits and Misses
We’ve been doing the super laid back version of preschool with Loopy for the nearly a year now. It’s working pretty well for us. My favorite part is clearing shelves at the library each month on a particular topic. Glare all you want Miss Librarian. I pay my taxes! Here are the topics we’ve delved […]
Our attempt at PRE-preschool
I’ve always known I wanted to home school my kids. I won’t go into the myriad of reasons now, but I just couldn’t picture our life any other way. I thought with Owen I would wait to start formal school till he was 4-5. I believe these super early years should be mostly play and […]
Colander Madness and Ice Cube Mayhem
As this summer heat drags on in Central Texas, Owen and I have been trying to find new ways to stay entertained in the AC. I never knew that I would get cabin fever in the summer. At least we shouldn’t have this problem in the winter. We’ll see. Here are two simple activities that […]
Sidewalk Paint
I’ve been trying to introduce Loopy to more arts and crafts type activities, since he usually just likes doing physical/noisy things. I found this idea on the blog Domestic Charm (check it out). I thought it’d be super simple and loads of fun. It certainly delivered. The recipe is as easy as it gets. 1 cup […]
Tricycle, Tricycle, go so fast!
We were blessed to be able to buy Loopy something we’ve been wanting to get him for a long time. A tricycle with a push bar for our poor aching backs and foot rests for him until his legs get longer and he can do it on his own. It’s so nice to get out […]