Building Blocks of My Day

As any mom who blogs, reads blogs, or spends any time on the computer, I have read my share of home organization and scheduling blogs. I have read posts outlining the multitude of benefits and drawbacks of a schedule versus a routine and even posted my own schedules...

Prayer Board

Every year I save all of our Christmas cards from that year with the intention of praying for those families by face and name throughout the year.  Know how often I make it past January?? Embarrassingly un-often. The kids’ prayer life has been greatly...

*fun* with Sandpaper Letters

 Do you know what I’ve learned about learning to read over the years? I’ve learned it is not about having the perfect curriculum or spending a certain number of minutes reading every day.  Don’t get me wrong, those things are important, but...

Winter Science

As a winter science investigation we are studying the habits of birds around our house.  We made pinecone bird feeders** and hung them from a variety of places in our yard.  We are checking the feeders daily to see which ones are being consumed most quickly....

3 Period Lesson Game for Sight Words

In the English language there are many words, often referred to as Dolch words, that occur frequently.  We read faster and better when we see and then know these words.  Memorizing these words individually is often helpful as many of them are not pronounced...

Logan’s First Science Experiment

One of our afternoon preschool projects last week was a surface tension demonstration using simple materials:  water, pepper, & dish soap.  The basics of the experiment is that the pepper will float evenly  until the soap disrupts the surface...