Posts from: 2012

Whether you love it or cringe at the thought of cleaning it up, there's no denying playdough and fine motor skills go hand in hand. Poking, squishing, and rolling "snakes" …

I'll never forget my first day of teaching kindergarten in an inner-city school with struggling students, half of whom didn't speak English when they walked in my classroom. As I …

Using the book If You're A Monster And You Know It as our starting point, we played a Roll-A-Monster to review body parts and build our own silly monsters. It's …

Using some of our old magazines, we went on a letter hunt the first week of homeschool. Since Jonah still really needs more practice cutting, I helped cut some of …

I can't count how many people have told me that I've got an advantage to choosing curriculum since I was a kindergarten teacher before coming home to be with the …

Our life has been full of creepy, crawly bugs lately. We've watched caterpillars grow and change into butterflies. We've stopped to watch a parade of ants and then watched them …

I love Fridays and sharing a glimpse of our week through my iphone photos. Absolutely love it...it's like scrapbooking for lazy girls. In light of Asher's "Failure to Thrive" scare, …

In my last post, I shared about Preschool Hammer Practice using common household items. Today, we're going to extend the activity by adding some letter sound practice! Prep your materials: …

One of Jonah's favorite things to do is practice using a hammer...preschool style. If we're working in the basement, he often asks for this activity to work alongside of us. …

As I write this, I'm sitting at Panera immediately after Asher's 9 Month well check. I'm trying to catch a few moments to myself and process after a few hard …