Fall is the perfect time to start an Apple Unit Study with your preschooler or kindergartener! Those sweet red, yellow, and green apples go idyllically with the fresh crisp Autumn air. There is no better unit study to start your homeschooling year with, my friend. That is precisely why I decided to start my Kindergarten…
Nurturing Emotional Health Part 3: Gratitude
I am excited to partner with Oak Meadow today to bring you this series on emotional health. This is part three of three and is all about gratitude. Okay my sweet friends, today I am going to share with you something that I know you have heard about before. But I really, really want to encourage…
Nurturing Emotional Health: Finding Freedom
I am excited to partner with Oak Meadow today to bring you this series on emotional health. This is part two of three and is all about finding freedom. As I have been on my mini-journey of self-discovery this past month and seeking ways to promote emotional health in my little ones during these odd…
Nurturing Emotional Health: Cultivating a Rhythm
I am excited to partner with Oak Meadow today to bring you this series on emotional health. This is part one of three and is all about cultivating a strong rhythm. All things considered, things have been fine over here. I hope, from the bottom of my heart, that things have been fine for you…
STEM Activities for Kindergarten at Home
One of my boys favourite things in the world is STEM challenges. And guess what? They are becoming one of my favourite learning tools. Could it be? A simple learning set up that I LOVE that my boys LOVE just as much?! Adding STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) activities to your kindergarten (or any grade!)…
Math Activities for Kindergarten at Home
Teaching math to your Kindergarten child at home can be a lot of fun! Children in this age group are excited, eager learners who learn best through hands-on activities and exploration. This post will give you many ideas for teaching math to kindergarteners at home through fun, hands-on activities! The hands-on math activities in this…
Color By Letter and Word Family Printable Pages
Who doesn’t love coloring pages? I know they are always a big hit during Quiet Time over here. Recently, I combined a few of my passions and the result was these 78 FREE color by letter coloring pages! One of my passions, as you might now, is quiet time. Quiet time helps me add a…
Sensory Bin Ideas for Kindergarten at Home
Sensory bins are a great way for kindergarteners to work on academic and developmental skills in at home. In this post I’ve rounded up the best sensory bin ideas for kindergarteners to learn about nature and work on literacy skills, numeracy skills, STEM skills, and fine motor skills. With these sensory bin ideas kindergarten aged…
20 Deep Learning Activities in Everyday Life!
Perhaps it is the company I keep, or the great big flashing beacon screaming, “WE HOMESCHOOL! IT IS AWESOME!!” But for one reason or another, homeschooling is certainly surrounding me as the hot topic right now. I’ve gotta say … I love it. Whether you homeschool already, you are considering homeschooling, you might think about…
20 Sparks to Ignite Child-Led Learning
I hope you are excited, my sweet friend – toady I change your LIFE!!! Dramatic, well yes … but true. Today I am going to share with you some magic known as ‘Child-Led Learning”. Child-led learning is letting your child dive deep into topics of interest. It is seeing your child pour himself into projects…