Upcycled Turkey Craft for Thanksgiving

These are the turkey crafts we made last year with upcycled material at our Homeschool Co-op. A very creative mom in our co-op came up with this idea and was happy to let me share with you.

On Day Four, God Made The Sun, Moon and Stars Craft

Materials Needed:

- 1 sheet blue construction paper (for daytime sky)

- 1 sheet black construction paper (for nighttime sky)

- 1 sheet white construction paper (for moon)

- 1 sheet yellow construction paper (for sun)

- star stickers or star stamps

- scissors

- tacky glue

Homeschooling Journal: January 2014 Part 4

This is what we did in our homeschool during the middle and towards the end of January 2014.

Soccer Season

K is doing so much better this year. Last year, he had just turned 3 when he started. He wasn't very interested, he didn't understand the game very well and he felt a bit out of sorts because he was the youngest one in the group (ages 3-5). This year, he is loving it so much and doing much better. He still hasn't scored any goals, but at least he is running in the right direction, haha!

Valentine's Day Activity with a Lovely Toddler

This is the impromptu activity my lovely 2-year old daughter and I did tonight. As soon as she saw me take the strawberries and the chocolate chips out, she was happily offering to help. How could I even explain to you her excitement? She has been under the weather and it melted my heart to see her so willing to help and participate.

How Nightcrawlers Taught My Toddler the Alphabet

                    

Montessori Practical Life: How to Wrap a Gift

For our Montessori Practical Life today, we learned how to wrap a gift. Since Christmas is barely behind us, I still had some leftover wrapping paper to use for this. It was such a fun and awesome activity for K. He seriously surprised me at how well he did! He will definitely be my gift-wrapping buddy this next Christmas!

Montessori-Inspired Sorting Activities

7 Old Desk Calendar Activities

Mind or Serenity Jars Craft Activity

Mr. Potato Head Sequencing Cards Activity (Set 1) *Free Printable*

Sequencing is the process of putting events, ideas, and objects in a logical order. 

Why is sequencing important? We sequence all day long—we divide our time into what we need to do first, second, and last; we understand events in our lives by understanding the order in which they occur. 

For some children, sequencing can be a hard concept to grasp, especially when they are trying to tell a story. Using good key words like “first,” “next,” “then,” and “finally,” cue your child as to what is coming next. 

This is an activity that I put together for my kids at home. My sister-in-law helped me with the pictures. This is Set 1 of 5 that I have, but haven't shared all of them yet.

Spanish Fall Preschool Activities with FREE PRINTABLE!

Spanish: Vocabulario de Otoño (Fall Vocabulary)

In Spanish, we started with a bilingual rap. We would tap our laps and go, "one, two, three, four, uno, dos, tres, cuatro." Then we'd stand up, dance and go, "dance, baila, dance, baila, etc." Then we went, "clap, aplaude," "turn around, da vueltas." Everyone had fun, especially with the free dance part.
Then we reviewed everything that we have been learning.

Afterwards, we did our Fall activity, reviewing the colors and introducing Fall vocabulary.