Sparking children's creativity and learning
I’ve been in love with ocean animals ever since my children and I did an Ocean Unit Study a few years back. And we’ve been blessed to have had the opportunity to visit some wonderful aquariums, both in California and in Hawaii. So today I’m happy to be adding to my collection of ocean printables […]
Spelling practice can get tedious you do the same thing over and over again. In our homeschool, we use the All About Spelling program from All About Learning Press. While we like the program quite a bit, it can be helpful to mix things up from time to time and practice spelling in with new materials. This way, […]
We are well into spring and gardens have been blooming all over. My dream is to start a little raised garden in our backyard to grow some of our own organic fruits and vegetables. There’s something very calming and satisfying about getting your hands into the dirt and seeing the results of your efforts pay […]
A syllable is “a unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word.” Do young children need to know this definition? No. Do young children need to know how to identify and count the number of syllables in a word? Yes! Note: For more […]
Are you looking for ideas to teach syllable counting? Or resources to help kids practice their syllable counting skills? Have you ever wondered why we teach syllable counting to young children? Are you looking to gain clarity on what exactly a syllable is? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you are in […]
This Counting in Circles Montessori-inspired activity helps children learn number quantities and associate those number quantities with the written symbol for the number. In general, children can understand quantities sooner than they can understand the number symbol associated with the quantity. For example, scientific experiments have shown that even very little babies can differentiate between […]
My favorite insect by far is the ladybug. Ladybugs are the one insect I have never been afraid of and have always liked to hold. Their bright red color is so beautiful. And did you know that a lot of cultures consider ladybugs to be good luck? If your children enjoy ladybugs as much as […]
The inspiration to create our “Wild Hair Creature Salon” came from two different sources. The first was my life-long desire to own and grow a chia head (something I never got to do growing up). The second inspiration was one of my kids’ favorite iPad apps, the Toca Hair Salon, where they get to cut, color, […]
