Hanging on by a STEM
In the United States a large number of students and teachers in the area of science, technology, engineering and mathematics are not prepared for these areas of study. Resulting in less and less numbers of children pursuing these degrees when they get older. An international assessment of students of the age of 15 rank 20th [...]
Valentines Day Coloring Page
This adorable Valentine’s Day coloring page will be a hit with preschoolers and can be used as part of a preschool Valentine’s Day preschool theme or as a fun activity to do at home with mom. We plan to use this page to decorate our homeschool classroom.
Make Your Own Recycled Paper
My kids love to recycle but until recently, they really had no idea what happened to our paper after they put it in the recycling bin. This simple activity is a fun and interactive way to teach kids how to recycle paper and can be a good use for the extra newspaper you have laying around from couponing.
Homeschooling for Beginners
Homeschooling was not one of those things that I always knew that I would do. While I had always loved the idea of homeschooling, I wasn’t sure I could handle the day to day demands of homeschooling while raising a young toddler and preschooler and then there was that all consuming questions of socialization. My oldest son went to kindergarten in the public school system and while he loved it and I liked his teacher, many of the things he learned were below his skill level and some things, I found, had to be re-taught at home after school. Life events during the summer between kindergarten and first grade gave our family reason to reconsider our schooling choices and in the end we settled on a happy medium – homeschooling through a charter school program.
Teaching Preschoolers Color Names
Parents can begin teaching color names early in fun and playful ways that encourage learning without frustrating a young preschooler. This simple early preschool activity helps preschoolers learn the color names and practice basic matching skills, which is also an important early math skill.
Early Writing Skills – Teaching Preschoolers to Hold a Pencil
This simple preschool activity helps preschoolers practice small motor skills and helps them learn how to hold a pencil correctly. Teaching preschoolers early writing skills naturally, through play, makes learning fun and helps preschoolers prepare for more advanced writing skills such as writing letters and numbers.This simple preschool activity helps preschoolers practice small motor skills and helps them learn how to hold a pencil correctly. Teaching preschoolers early writing skills naturally, through play, makes learning fun and helps preschoolers prepare for more advanced writing skills such as writing letters and numbers.
Magic School Bus Going Green Science Kit (Closed)
My children and I recently had the opportunity to The Magic School Bus Going Green science kit courtesy of The Young Scientists Club. The kit is a collection of hands-on science experiments for intended for children ages 5-8. It arrives with most of the supplies necessary for each experiment. You will need to supply such things as newspaper and acetone, but most families may already have those items on hand without requiring an extra purchase.
To Read or Not to Read? – John Marsden’s Hamlet
John Marsden’s Hamlet is a novel telling of the classic Shakespeare play. Marsden has a gift for simplifying the language while not taking away from the plot and pathos of the story. The novel is mostly taken straight from canon; the famous speeches appear, but spoken in English.
Candy Experiments
If you want a fun way to convince your kids to get rid of the leftover candy (that they really don’t like much anyway) check out Candy Experiments, a great website started by a mother of three who had a great idea when her daughter asked her, “What would happen if I put these Nerds in water?”
Preschool Germ Lesson – Why Hand Washing is Important
Preschoolers understand the importance of hand washing when their hands are covered with something they can see like dirt or food, but preschoolers often have a hard time understanding why they need to wash their hands to get rid of germs that they can’t see. This simple preschool science lesson can help preschoolers understand why washing their hands can keep them healthy even when they can’t see the germs by transforming germs into something visible and teaching preschoolers how they spread.
