I’ve spent way way way too much time trying to decide on curriculum for next year. Part of me just wants to get a box set and be done with it, but we really like All About Reading/All About Spelling. So I decided to do everything separate which meant like 80 different choices had to…
Frog Emergent Reader: All About Frogs. Royal loves non-fiction writing, especially when it comes to animals. I knew he’d love a little book with a few facts about frogs. Even better, I knew I could throw in a bit of vocabulary. So I put this together with him in mind. Its got a lot…
One day, shortly before Christmas, the hubs, Logi-Bear and I were shopping at Target. I don’t know know what happened, but when we got home Logi-Bear had a hexbug. We weren’t into Hexbugs before that. I kind of knew what they were but we just didn’t have them. Let’s just say, the boys LOVE the…
My kids have always loved community helpers of all kinds (especially garbage men). It only makes sense that we incorporate some community helper themes into our school days. And if you’re looking here are even more great community helper activities! I love the community helper theme. There are so many people in our lives that…
We love Star Wars and it is good for motivating a lot of learning around here. And since they are very active, activities that involve moving around are typically best. We love incorporating fun themes, like Star Wars, into our school day. Adding in Star Wars science is a great way to expand upon themes…
Buttermilk Pancakes with Strawberry Compote! These pancakes were SO delicious and not overly sweet! The Kids in the Kitchen blog hop is featuring kid made breakfasts this week. When it comes to the boys, there is not a breakfast food they don’t like. I knew finding something Royal wanted to make would not be hard…
Logi-Bear is well into learning his letters and letter sounds at the moment. He has chosen to learn uppercase, lowercase, and letter sounds all at the same time. He just doesnt have time to wait! So when Cassie mentioned that she was going to make full packs for each letter of the alphabet, focused on…
We’ve been practicing a LOT of addition facts. I’m of the belief that having memorized basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts simply makes life easier. But we don’t drill because that’s boring and not the most effective method. Nope, we don’t drill. We play games. Lots of games. Board games are popular with the…
I remember my mom making this for me when I was a kid and she just recently made them for my kids. They are in love! Of course Royal wanted to make this for the Kids Favorite for the Kids Kitchen Monthly Blog Hop! It’s so good I couldn’t say no. This recipe is…
Activities and printables to go with Caps for Sale! Have a super fun week of learning while enjoying an excellent book – Caps for Sale! Logi-Bear and I have started getting back into themes and planning for our preschool lessons. He is tolerating planned activity more and more. He seems really reluctant to anything I…
We’ve started working more on beginning letter sounds and I’m doing my best to make it active and fun. Logi-Bear is not big on sitting and learning. So getting up and moving and playing games is the goal! The idea behind this ABC Scavenger hunt is that the letters on the hearts were the beginning…
Royal has been interested in cooking and helping in the kitchen for ages, and while we do cook together often, I wanted to give him more of what he wanted. I wanted to let him do most of the work and prepare recipes that HE wanted to make. So once or twice a week we…