Age Under 2 years Archives Thanksgiving is on Thursday but it’s not too late to plan some fun and easy Thanksgiving crafts for your toddler. These activities were all done with my kids when they were toddlers ( 18 months – 3 years old) but have been repeated when they were older so rest assured that older siblings will love to join in on these easy Thanksgiving activities too. Check out our tips below to make these crafts even easier and more successful with your children. Toddler Turkey Craft This post is filled with advice for crafting with toddlers from accepting mess aversion to choosing good tools like plastic plates but this is my favorite –> Tip: If your child uses a booster for meals pop them in it when you are doing messy art too. Bubble Wrap Corn. Explore the texture of the bubble wrap and have fun with this easy activity. Tip: wrap the bubble wrap around a rolling pin for easy printing. Turkey Sun Catcher Use glitter glue for a lower mess glitter craft. Mini Pumpkin Prints 3D Handprint Turkey Torn Acorn Craft
The Key to Successful Homeschool - Home - Homegrown Learners The key to accomplishing A LOT in your homeschool is actually staying HOME. When my children were younger we were always on the go - fun field trips, park days, and getting out "just because". Now that Anna is in 7th grade, the work is getting HARD (more on her Challenge program in the next few weeks!) and we must stay home the majority of our time to give this beautiful program the justice it deserves. *This post contains affiliate links. This week we spent A LOT of time at home. Confession: Staying home is hard for me. And, to be honest, it used to seem like a "sacrifice" to me, but now it's just what we do, and wouldn't trade it for anything. Here's what our week looked like: Anna - Challenge A Anna's days are quite structured, but the Challenge A program allows for HER to design and maintain that structure. Basically, she has six "subjects" she is studying this year: Math, Latin, Rhetoric, Geography, Science, and Writing. 1. 2. 3. 4. Grant - Foundations at Home Work 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Fathers Who Read We had a busy weekend around here. A four soccer game kind of busy weekend. As I sat down to write a blog post, I thought I might take the easy route and post this great picture of Rob and Katherine with a quote about dads and reading. Instead, I found a super alarming statistic. One study out of Modesto, California, showed: (1) boys who were read to by their fathers scored significantly higher in reading achievement; and (2) where fathers read recreationally themselves, their sons read more and scored higher than did boys whose fa- thers did little or no recreational reading. Only 10 percent of dads reported having fathers who read to them as children. I know in our house, I do most of the reading. FREE Printable Worksheets for Kids including Colouring Pages, Spot the Diference and Word Puzzles
My 4 Sweetums Cozy Up and Read A to Z Teacher Stuff Song of My Heart: Five in a Row Units I decided to organize all of our Five in a Row units as links on this page, so that they wouldn't get lost in the sidebar. You'll always be able to access this page by clicking on OUR FIVE IN A ROW UNITS under "Categories" in the right-hand sidebar. But first, a few notes about Five in a Row in our family: 1. 2. 3. Now for the links to our Five in a Row Adventures: Cranberry ThanksgivingKaty and the Big SnowLentilMadelineMake Way for DucklingsNight of the MoonjelliesOwl MoonStopping by Woods on a Snowy EveningThe Bee TreeThe Glorious FlightThe Salamander RoomThe Snowy Day (Before Five in a Row)The Story About Ping Hope this has been helpful for someone!
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Homeschooling with Five In A Row: Your Unit Study Homeschool I am so thankful that I found (in my very first year of homeschooling!) a homeschool curriculum called Five In A Row. It's hard to fully explain on a website page what this curriculum has meant to me and my family. I don't even think of it as a curriculum anymore, but as a way of thinking and teaching and as a very precious set of books that represent my place in a big family that I call my FIAR family. The Years I've Spent "Rowing" The term we use for spending our five days studying one of the wonderful picture books used in Five in a Row is "rowing." The years I have spent "rowing" with my young children will always be some of the best memories I have. How Five In A Row Works Five in a Row is a unit study-based approach to learning in the elementary years, using the very best children's literature. I would suggest that anyone thinking of homeschooling take a look at all the benefits of Five In A Row. Purchasing Five In A Row Five In A Row Digital Links to Help You with Five In A Row
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