Posted in cool sites, games, Kindergarten, Preschool, Worksheets & printables on Jul 14th, 2009 No Comments »
I just stumbled onto Carl’s Corner and thought I’d recommend it to parents with little ones. The games and activities seem designed for preschool to around grade one, depending on the child. There are lots of board games, activities, bingo sheets and other fun games designed to teach sight words, reading skills and other early [...]
Posted in Daily log, Kindergarten, Victoria on Jul 7th, 2009 1 Comment »
Yesterday I stumbled onto these emails that I wrote when Victoria was in kindergarten and Anna was three/four about what we used for a “curriculum.” Lately I have been feeling guilty for not doing more with Jack (who just finished his K year) and I thought it would be a good incentive for me to [...]
Posted in Fun, games, Jack, Kindergarten, math, Victoria on Jul 2nd, 2009 2 Comments »
Here’s a quick and fun way we did math today. Victoria and Jack helped me draw circles in sidewalk chalk on the driveway and write numbers in them, and then we played a hopping great math game with them. For Jack, I said things like “take away 4″ from the number he was on and [...]
Posted in freebies, Kindergarten, Preschool, reading on May 6th, 2009 1 Comment »
If you and your kiddos are fans of the Wild Things book, check out this sweet lesson plan to go with it. There’s even a wild thing template for your kiddo to decorate with whatever she chooses and make a puppet! Thanks Susan!
Posted in games, Kindergarten, math, Preschool on Apr 28th, 2009 3 Comments »
Here’s a fun way to teach little ones about addition and help them see all the combinations that can make up a number. Head over to education.com for the instructions.
Posted in crafts, Daily log, Kindergarten, nature, pictures, Preschool, science on Apr 8th, 2009 3 Comments »
We had a playdate at Erica’s yesterday and planned a theme of seeds. It was a really fun day. Here’s a little of what we did…. The kids made little eggheads for sprouting seeds. Erica read a book about seeds (I even learned a bit!) This picture is dark but I love the feel [...]
Posted in Alex, Anna, art, crafts, Daily log, Jack, Kindergarten, pictures, Toddlers, Victoria on Dec 22nd, 2008 1 Comment »
Here’s some of what we’ve been up to today… Watching a new sign language DVD from Netflix Here’s baby! Here’s hat! Painting Jewelry making Check out the earrings and bracelet that Victoria made! Watching Word Girl Doing workbook pages Jack did beginning sounds, ending sounds and rhymes, and wants me to do lots more with [...]
Posted in art, crafts, Daily log, Fun, holidays, Kindergarten, math, pictures, reading on Dec 17th, 2008 No Comments »
1. Played reading match-up 2. Made ice ornaments for the trees (after picture to come! it’s on my other camera) 3. Did math pages for ribbon candy! The kids decided to do extra! 4. Made origami newspaper monsters, animals and more 5. Played lots and lots of Hyper Dash (me too!) (more on that later!) [...]
Posted in art, crafts, Fun, games, history, holidays, Kindergarten, lesson plans, math, plans for the day, reading, social studies, vocabulary on Nov 26th, 2008 4 Comments »
It’s another cozy day at home for us today, which I really enjoy. Here’s some thoughts I had for ways to fill it. Feel free to join in! 1. Silly similes. Teach the kids what similes are (sim-i-lees– comparison words that use “as” or “like,” as opposed to metaphors which say something is something like [...]
Posted in Fun, games, geography, history, Kindergarten, lesson plans, math, nutrition, plans for the day, Poetry, reading, social studies, vocabulary, writing on Nov 20th, 2008 2 Comments »
We had fun doing some of the 10 fun things to do that I posted the other day so I thought I’d brainstorm 10 more. 1. Make up polls and graph the results. We’ve done favorite ice cream flavors and colors in the past. We even graphed the favorite colors one in M&Ms (I bought [...]
