20 Best Tips

How to Make a Toilet Paper Roll Train

Apr112009
train craft made with toilet paper rolls from Homeschool Creations - great project for the letter Tt unit

This last week our preschool time focused on the letter 'T' and that included making a little train as our craft. It was too cute to just post a picture of and not give directions to make your own. {grins} A friend's son made something similar and so I tweaked it to make it work even better. This project would require more adult help for younger kids (i.e. 2-4) ~ depending on how much cutting and … [Continue reading...]

{ Leave a Comment }
Filed Under: Crafts, Preschool Corner 9 Comments

Preschool Corner: Letter T

Apr92009

The last few weeks have been full of craziness with traveling, sick kids, parents moving....and finally this week someone {ahem} got back on the homeschooling wagon and had fun with 'T' activities. I have one other project that we started (and are are still working on) that I will post early next week. It's just too cute and I'm going to do a separate post on it in a few days. Here's a little … [Continue reading...]

{ Leave a Comment }
Filed Under: Alphabet Time, Letter Tt, Preschool Corner Leave a Comment

Touring Germany: Week 1

Apr82009

We're off to Germany! We didn't finish all of our book Keeper of the Angels Den during our study of the Netherlands, but figured that it was ok to keep reading it along with Germany since it takes place during WW2. Our week was a little scattered...so most of our time was spent on some of the basic things about Germany. Next week we are doing a fun 'mystery tour' of Germany and I can't wait to … [Continue reading...]

{ Leave a Comment }
Filed Under: Europe, Geography 2 Comments

Where We’re Going…

Apr72009

If you read my blog regularly, you'll know that I generally write a weekly post {I said generally...not always!} about the country we've been studying and the resources that we've used along our trip.In case you are interested (and in no particular order), here's a list of the countries that we will finish studying this school year/summer and also next year's list...just in case you want to follow … [Continue reading...]

{ Leave a Comment }
Filed Under: Geography 4 Comments

Tapestry of Grace: Digital Edition

Apr62009

Tapestry of Grace is a curriculum that I'd heard briefly about but had never taken the time to look in-depth at what it completely entailed. As part of the Homeschool Crew, I was sent the third digital unit Year Two: Of Crowns and Colonies (Colonial America) from Tapestry of Grace's new digital edition format.About Tapestry of GraceTapestry of Grace (TOG) is a classical-style homeschool … [Continue reading...]

{ Leave a Comment }
Filed Under: Opinions and Reviews 1 Comment

Tot School ::19:: {sort of}

Apr52009

~ Kaleb is 28 months ~While not much happened in the form of 'school time' this week because of kid's sickness, my parent's moving, and Mommy being completely out of it on allergy meds, there was something BIG that happened in our house ~ Kaleb moved to his 'big boy bed'!Believe it or not, Kaleb didn't know how to climb out of his crib (or at least didn't dare) until he saw a clip of a baby on … [Continue reading...]

{ Leave a Comment }
Filed Under: Kaleb, Tot School 5 Comments