by jessicaperkins | Oct 14, 2011 | activity, autumn, fall, food, highlights, kitchen, magazine, nutrition, pumpkin
Magazine Time!I (we) Love Highlights magazine. I used to love them as a little girl and now I love that Buga get so thrilled when she sees it coming through our mail slot. One of the first pages she turns to, without hesitation is the Kitchen section – she loves...
by jessicaperkins | Oct 14, 2011 | activity, art, face, fall, halloween, preschool, pumpkin, totschool
A Simple Activity that gave me some extra time in the kitchen to get dinner finished.Halloween themed and fun.I found foam pumpkins in the Dollar spot at Target.I also found face stickers.Put them together and you get a study of faces…What makes a face? What...
by jessicaperkins | Oct 13, 2011 | acorns, activity, autumn, bin, book, color, colors, fall, homeschool, leaf, leaves, preschool, Sensory, tot school, tub
Oh, Fall! Fall is here. I can tell by the brisk air. The smell of pumpkin and earth. The sound of leaves crunching while little feet walk. This sound is so characteristic of Autumn. I wanted to incorporate it in our sensory time – without using real leaves which...
by jessicaperkins | Aug 24, 2011 | activity, cubes, ice, science
It’s the little things – like ice cubes – at restaurants. A part of me didn’t want her to play with her ice cubes….but the scientist inside me indulged her in this simple pleasure and I was so happy to see her playing and...
by jessicaperkins | Aug 21, 2011 | activity, art, artwork, beach, craft, fish, homeschool, ocean, project, toddler, totschool
We are always looking for ways to incorporate our themes into our art projects. We recently decided to make an under the sea “mural” on our door using different methods of expression for different creatures in the deep. We are learning about the beach and...
by jessicaperkins | Jul 21, 2011 | activity, ducks, feeding, homeschool, outside, toddler, totschool
Such a simple past time. I remember saving bits and pieces of bread…crusty, old, moldy, new, it didn’t matter, to feed the ducks. I don’t know what makes this activity so appealing or peaceful, but they have always been both for me. Here Buga enjoys...
