Name:Eric Carle Museum Location: Amherst, Massachusetts Website: http://www.carlemuseum.org/ Length of stay: 3 hours The Eric Cale Museum was a great trip for everyone. We learned a lot about how book art is made and the steps that are taken. We read, created art and did scavenger hunts on the trip. The girls loved this trip…
This months theme is School! There are so many different books about school. I love the series about an There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Books!. You never know what book you will like. Do you have a favorite book about school? Here are some school books that you can check out. Yes,…
Search and finds around the house are lots of fun. Check out our color search and see what you can do to make review of colors easy and fun. We have been working on colors and this was something fun and easy for us to do and a great review of the colors. Mary searched…
With the start of September we start a new set of Authors for the Virtual Book Club! If you did not join us last year you can join this year. We have a whole new set of authors for the year! We start with Bill Martin Jr.. I love a lot of his books. The…
It’s Sunday here are the pictures from the week for the 365 Day Challenge from Peas and Carrots. Colored Rocks Working on her cutting skills View of the Ocean Lost her first tooth Mummies Flower in the water chalkboard turtle Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com
Another month has gone by. I can’t believe how fast times goes by! Did you have a favorite post from the month? What was your favorite printable? Top 10 Posts from the Month This is always fun to see what people looked the most at! Did your favorite make the list? First & Last Day…
Check out all the August book finds! Some are old and some are new! Did you have a favorite book your found this month? Where do you find most of your books that you enjoy? I was jumping up and down for joy when I saw a new BOB Books set was out! BOB Books:…
You can never have enough ABC Cards. And I’m always looking for new and fun ABC cards to use for building words. This set of cards was a great addition for just that. These are meant for making words and not really for hanging on walls. They are the same size as the small 3…
With all the projects we have done this is one I wanted to be sure and do! It took a while to get to, but here it is: Making Mummies. We did several activities for this but only going to show you what we did most recent! We read the book Mummies Made in Egypt…
We have been studying Egypt and what more fun way to do that than a sensory bin! You never know what fun you can have with a bin. Each of the girls got a chance to play with the bin one on one and all together. This bin was out for a week for them…
We took a trip to the Museum of Fine Arts Boston that was just to the Ancient Egypt section. The girls loved seeing all the items there since we had learned a little about Egypt before we went. You can see our first MFA trip review here. We got to explore the many different parts…
This is hands-on learning for Jack and the Beanstalk! Learning is always more fun when you add some hands-on with crafts and gross motor. For this months book we did Jack and the Beanstalk. I love the many different variety of this story, but the classic tales of it are just as fun. We learned…
The next new BOB Books printable set that is available from 3 different bloggers: Royal Baloo, This Reading Mama and 3 Dinosaurs. We are working together to put out printables for the BOB Books. This is the final post for Bob Books Set 3- Word Families! We have enjoyed doing this project. When we start…
Do your kids go to public school? Want them to learn more? Then After School and make it fun! This is a 5 day series that I did on just that. See how I work in learning after school is done. It is not all work books and printables. We have a lot of fun…
It’s Sunday here are the pictures from the week for the 365 Day Challenge from Peas and Carrots. Sunset Fun at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art Counting Fun Color Learning Playing in Rice Dancing Coloring her new ABCs Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com
Welcome to Day 5 of the How Do I Teach After School! Today I’m going to cover Scheduling the Year. Be sure and read over Day 1: What to Teach, Day 2: School Set Up & Day 3: Finding Materials and Day 4: Setting a Routine. For the last post I want to talk about…
I’ve been looking forward to doing this pack for a LONG time! The Free Egypt Pack is out! The Egypt Pack Printable is a great addition to the free printable packs on the site. Egypt Pack Printable The Egypt Pack has a collection of no-prep and hands-on activities that you can do with kids. You…
Welcome to Day 4 of the How Do I Teach After School! Today I’m going to cover Setting a Routine. Be sure and read over Day 1: What to Teach, Day 2: School Set Up & Day 3: Finding Materials. Setting a Routine is important right from the start. You can skip a day or…
For the book club we read Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews. This is a fun books about counting to 10. It was fun to watch where the dots all went. Counting in this book is fun and imaginative. We will be reading this book for a while to come. What you need for this…
Welcome to Day 3 of the How Do I Teach After School! Today I’m going to cover finding materials. Be sure and read over Day 1: What to Teach & Day 2: School Set Up . This is often the hardest part of after schooling, because you are not looking for a full curriculum but…
Welcome to Day 2 of the How Do I Teach After School! Today I’m going to cover School Set Up. Be sure and read over Day 1: What To Teach. Does your school set up have to look like a school room completely? No, I don’t think it does. Should you have a few things…
The next new BOB Books printable set that is available from 3 different bloggers: Royal Baloo, This Reading Mama and 3 Dinosaurs. We are working together to put out printables for the BOB Books. Over the next month these will be a great resource for your little ones to use with the books in Set…
Welcome to Day One of “How Do I Teach After School” this is part of the How Do I Teach series. Something to keep in mind is that I do have a preschooler and Kindergarten that I do schooling with during the day that may or may not be included in the after school session….
It’s Sunday here are the pictures from the week for the 365 Day Challenge from Peas and Carrots. My three girls Sidewalk Fun Butterfly and flower Off to the Zoo! Busy at work coloring Hand in Hand Our cat in a chair Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com
Disclaimer this is not my normal post. Today’s is a post about me. I don’t talk about me often but this time I’m going to just a little bit. (Warning lots of text that may not all look right.) Many years ago if you told me I would be blogging and making printables, I would…
I wanted to highlight a few of the mini trips that we take every now and then. Today starts with a trip to the Pet Store. We make this into a learning time. Each of them looks through the various animals. First stop is always the fish tanks. It does not matter what store we…
This months Monthly printable at Free Homeschool Deals is out! This is an add on to the Apple Pack! This pack has some fun apple math and writing that my girls were really happy to see when I was making it! Plus some writing. What you will find in the 16 pages Apples Activities Add…
The next set of the Calendar Printables is out! For our September theme we are doing Apples! Apples are always so much fun to learn with and September is a great time for it! These have been so much fun for us to use already. Look for these to come out each month at the…
The next new BOB Books printable set that is available from 3 different bloggers: Royal Baloo, This Reading Mama and 3 Dinosaurs. We are working together to put out printables for the BOB Books. Over the next month these will be a great resource for your little ones to use with the books in Set…
It’s Sunday here are the pictures from the week for the 365 Day Challenge from Peas and Carrots. Clouds in the sky Fun in the Swings Trip out to the MFA Pond Waiting Fun Learning Fun The Pond Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com