Age 3-5
Dash Into Reading {Curriculum Review}
My experience teaching kids to read has been exciting, frustrating, humbling, and amazing… all wrapped into one. After using and loving the All About Reading program all the way through with my first, I assumed I would always use that…
Book Lovers’ Free Printable Bookmarks {for Valentine’s Day}
Happy Valentine’s Day, book lovers! My kids enjoyed creating handmade valentines for our homeschool v-day exchange, and it got my creative juices flowing. I designed bookmarks to include with our valentines, and I think they turned out so cute! I’m…
Valentine’s Day Rabbit Trails {Handicrafts & Books About Mail}
Ah, rabbit trails! I love them when it comes to following the spark of your child’s interests and imagination… I’m not talking about urban dictionary’s idea of rabbit trails here: “the veering off subject or of the point of the…
Valentine’s Day Books and Traditions
I haven’t always been a fan of Valentine’s Day… too many lonely Valentine’s Days probably scarred me. But when I became a SAHM with two little ones and was attempting to survive long cold winters, a mid-winter celebration full of…
Poetry Teatime Tips
My kids and I have enjoyed hundreds of poetry teatimes together. I first heard of this beautiful idea when my oldest was 3 (he will be 8 in a few weeks!). Quite frankly when I first learned about it, the…
Cozy Winter Picture Books
Last winter we officially had 0.4″ of snow, according to a google search. In my kids’ memory, it was 4 snowflakes total. What a bummer! In my area, we don’t typically get a lot of snow, but we can usually…
Hawks and Birds of Prey Picture Books
This particular booklist represents a bit of parenting irony. I have a mild to moderate fear of birds. And yet, my 7 year old has decided that he wants to be a falconer when he grows up and we have…
Gingerbread Stories and Spin Offs
There are loads of fun gingerbread stories out there! In fact, this is my THIRD post of gingerbread books! This year I saved gingerbread for January. It’s hard closing the door on the festivities of December, so this was a…
Car Scavenger Hunt- Christmas Lights! {Free Printable}
Necessity is the mother of invention, and this mother needed to invent some reasons to get my wild kids out of the house in the evenings! The “witching hour” that they talk about with babies seems to just morph with…
Preschool Thru Mid-Elementary Gameschool Board Games
It’s family game season in our home! As the days have grown short and cold, we’ve been pulling out lots of games to occupy our minds and time! Here are the favorites we’ve enjoyed over the past few years in…
Gifts We’re Still Using (Years Later!)
I expected my kids to outgrow their toys quickly… but that hasn’t been the case with many items we have purchased over the years. I’ve learned that open ended toys (that, in the vast majority of cases don’t require batteries)…
Giftable Homeschool Supplies for Holidays and Birthdays
I’m sure I’m not the only one who sneaks homeschool supplies into their kids’ gift giving… right? I see it as a way to stretch the holiday/birthday budget by including items that could technically come from our schooling budget. Fortunately,…
Fall Picture Books {Autumn, Seasons, Pumpkins, Halloween}
This post is just as much for me as it is for my readers! I love adding to this list each year as we discover new books, and to remind me of our annual favorites! It’s such a treasure to…
Teatime Birthday Party
Today I had the joy of throwing my niece a “girls only” tea party for her 4th birthday. Normally with winter birthdays and boys, I felt out of my element at first but I quickly adjusted. 🙂 This was a…
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Family Read Alouds {May-June 2020, Age 5 and 7}
The length of this list reflects the times well… we’ve read so many books during our quarantine days! With so few other activities to pull our attention, we settled into the captivating worlds of the stories below. These stories have…
