Over the past month we have been given the opportunity to try out Time4Learning. Each one of my children were given accounts that were set to their grade level. The first thing I liked right off the bat was that if we were working in a level and felt it did not suit our child, […]
Last week we stumbled upon an “accidental” science lesson/experiment. Sometimes at lunchtime I will read to the kids. Whether it be Fairy Tales, short stories, poetry, or in this case Aesop’s Fables. The fable that brought upon the science lesson was: The Crow and the Pitcher [image width=”296″ height=”353″ frame=”simple” align=”left”]http://www.startsateight.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/The-Crow-and-the-Pitcher.jpg[/image] In a spell of […]
This month in our zoo class at the Seneca Park Zoo we talked all about animals that live in the cold. Upon walking in the door, the first thing we were able to see was a large stuffed polar bear. We talked about 4 differences between an animal more suited for the cold, snowy weather, […]
While doing some blog reading and activity searching this weekend, I stumbled upon a new Preschool/Early Learning Activity Site called Making Learning Fun. As I was clicking around looking for things that struck me, I found this My Body Felt Board that I think will be great for Ava. So naturally it is 11:45pm on […]
Not sure what to do with all that Halloween candy you won’t let your kids eat? I found this fun resource for doing basic science experiments with candy! Now, what better way to use that candy you won’t eat than to put it to good learning use! So here are some photos and insights into […]
Have fun creating a Thanksgiving Acrostic Poems with the FREE Printables provided here! Thanksgiving Acrostic Poems This year I really wanted to do something special with them. We have tried acrostic poems before with little success but I went for it again with Thanksgiving. It turns out that they were better equipped to write one […]
Now that the kids are getting older I wanted to expose them to some Shakespeare. I remember very little from my high school years about Shakespeare and I did not have a great understanding or love of it then, nor do I now. My hope is that by exposing them to the stories at an […]
This week we are starting something new. Over the summer I was asked to review a book called The Core: Teaching Your Child the Foundations of Classical Education. While I did not find the book to be very useful overall, I did find one section that I totally loved. In Chapter Seven – Geography, Leigh […]
This is something new that I stumbled upon in my time spent blog jumping recently. It is one of the things that has inspired me to work on changing the theme of blog, and adding more homeschool content to my blog. I was thinking I could use this post each week to log something we […]
My Many Colored Days is one of my favorite children’s read alouds. It’s a wonderful way to talk with children about their feelings. And practice colors too! This is a collection of resources to help you share and enjoy My Many Colored Days with your children, while learning along the way!