I am excited to partner with Beast Academy today to bring you this post on how to help kids understand math. As our homeschool year begins to wind down I love to look back and reflect on what has worked really well … and what hasn’t. All in all, this has been our most successful…
Simple and Hands-On Counting Activities!
Teaching kids their numbers doesn’t need to be tricky – it can truly be as easy as 1, 2, 3! The trick is to know exactly what you need to teach. Recognizing numbers is the focus of this post – but there is more! Yes, more! When we are teaching young children their numbers it…
The Easiest Woven Baskets
It’s that time of year for all of those fresh, local berries and goodies! We have been visiting our local farmer’s market each week and each week I am so thankful that there are gardeners far better than I. This also means that we have been getting oodles of those green plastic baskets too. And oodles…
Bear-y Fun Preschool Math Games!
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Dare Bear Paws. All opinions are 100% mine. Do you know one of the things I love most about preschoolers? How much they LOVE learning. Math, letters, science – you name it. These little people are so curious and inquisitive and just can’t wait…
Activities for Preschoolers – February Classroom Tour
Valentine’s Day is next week and you are not ready. Your little preschoolers will be crushed! AH! No need to panic – we’ve all been there. Don’t you worry – I’ve got your back. Here are some fabulous February activities for preschoolers you can set up in a jiffy. You are going to love these…
Creatively Playing with Circumference
I am excited to partner with KORXX today to bring you this post on playing with circumference. This post contains affiliate links It is amazing to me how many big educational concepts can get introduced naturally through play. We have our curriculum that we follow regularly and I find it to be quite enriching. Yet…
Make a Treasure Chest!
Do you have a little collector or two at home? I sure do. A lot of our homeschool learning activities don’t happen with pencil and paper, but instead with art and projects and paintings and creating lots of lovely and wonderful ‘things’! These two points, of course, mean that my little collectors will not be…
Math-U-See Giveaway!
Happy Thanksgiving! I know not everyone is celebrating today, but here in Canada we are, so I wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you. I love you guys! I love getting your comments, messages, and knowing that you are here with me. I am truly grateful for you and your support of this…
Can you build a tower worth 23?
I find numbers and math in general super fascinating. There, it’s been said. It’s out of the bag. I am a bit of a numbers-nerd. But they are very cool – how they all fit and work together. I love introducing my little ones to some of these neat math concepts. Pretty big concepts really,…
Invitation to build with popsicle sticks and clothespins
A Quiet Bin Idea Photo on Friday (a little lengthy, I’ll have to think of a catchier title …) Today I wanted to share this super simple quiet bin. It is an invitation to create with popsicle sticks and clothespins. I call it an invitation because there is no expected outcome. I am not asking…