Waterplay Wednesday – Balancing Water Buckets
After last week I decided to enlist Baloo to help me think of some water games. He was very excited to be a part of the planning process!! He first started by saying something about using the hose to spray everyone, but knowing his little brothers, I knew that would NOT be popular. His next…
Read MoreRecycled Ball Toss
We had this really cool box left over from a new dresser and I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to use it for something fun! It was so long I was immediately reminded of skee ball. I cut out a few holes in various sizes, collected all of our balls, and we were ready! We…
Read MoreReading Fun in the Sun – Unit 2
Well we had a great reaction to unit 1 of Reading Fun in the Sun so I’m pretty excited to get Unit 2 out! There are a few bonuses in the Word Blend part this week from Cassie at 3 Dinosaurs! I also want to take a moment to mention that all 8 units will…
Read MoreWaterplay Wednesday – Water Dumping Race
Summer is hot (and we live in the desert so ever more so) which means we need ways to cool off. Sitting inside reading a book sounds great to me, but kids have this endless energy that needs to escape! So the daily challenge is how to get them moving and cool. I typically try…
Read MoreReading Fun in the Sun Unit 1
I’ve been working on this sight word project with 3 Dinosaurs for a bit now and I have to say, I’m so excited about it! Here is the description from 3 Dinosaurs. I don’t think I can say it better myself! Reading Fun in the Sun is the combined work of Royal Baloo and 3…
Read MoreWater Play Wednesday – Water Balloon Races
Water balloons have become a quick favorite around here! All the boys love to play with them. I’m not as big a fan, if only because they take so long to fill up! And then they are thrown so quickly! I thought a game in which breaking the water balloons was not the objective would…
Read MoreLearning to tell time
I’ve been gearing up to teach Baloo how to tell time for a few months now. He can read the hours pretty well but it’s time to incorporate minutes. I started by working on skip counting by 5s. Given that clocks run by 5s I figured it was pretty important! Then this week I set…
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Exciting Dinosaur Kindergarten Pack for Math and Reading
I recently had the opportunity to “meet” Cassie at 3 Dinosaurs and we decided to work together on a few new projects; the first of them being dinosaur themed packs!! Cassie took over the Tot Pack and PreK/K pack, and I added on some more Dinosaur Kindergarten activities! The boys love dinosaurs and always have….
Read MoreWriting assessments
One of our major goals this summer is to work on handwriting. With handwriting as poor as mine, I can’t be shocked that Baloo has bad handwriting. However that doesn’t mean that I will ignore it! We are going to practice, practice, practice this summer! I wanted a measuring tool to see his progress so…
Read MoreWater Play Wednesday: basic water play
I really like to give my boys opportunities to just play and use their imaginations. As much as I love kitchen sets with all the plates and food and the toy sets with everything included, I think minimal toys which require imagination are so much more valuable! Just about every day we have “water time”…
Read MoreTotally Truck ABCs – D is for Dump Truck
For the past 2 weeks Royal has not been into “school” and I haven’t pushed him. He’s only 3, I’m not ready for him to hate school yet (okay, I’ll never really be ready for any of my kids to hate school. Learning is so much fun, why would anyone hate it??) I’ve had his…
Read MoreLearning with Literature – How to Make an Apple Pie
It’s been a really long time since we’ve had a chance to row a book! I’m so glad we made the effort to get back into it because it was just so much fun. I love the book How to Make an Apple Pie and see the world. It’s a fun story and it’s easy…
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