by jessicaperkins | Oct 18, 2015 | art, dirt, home made, homemade, homeschool, homeschooling, k-cups, KidsInTheKitchen, kitchen, mamamayi, MamaMayiMake, mamamayishop, play dough, playdough, science, unschool, unschooling
My 2-year old loves dirt. He loves digging in dirt.Diggers in dirt.To find worms in dirt.To scoop dirt.To jump in dirt mixed with water.Dirt.He is also infatuated with finding ants and bugs and worms in dirt.So when I was perusing the Halloween aisle and happened...
by jessicaperkins | Oct 17, 2015 | art, autumn, fall, halloween, homeschool, homeschooling, Kidsart, mamamayi, MamaMayiMake, mamamayishop, spider, spiders, spiderweb, spinart, unschool, unschooling
Came downstairs to paint and glitter ALL over the kitchen floor … The floor I had JUST vacuumed. And Mopped. Buuuuut…they had found the #spinart and occupied their own time for a good part of the morning. So I desperately tried to hold in my need to clean...
by jessicaperkins | Oct 3, 2015 | art, fall, homeschool, kid, Kidsart, mindfulness, nature, oil pastels, study
Fall treasure studyMaize, pumpkins, and gourdsWe have really been enjoying the process of oil pastels these last few weeks. I forgot how much I like them! They were my favorite in grade school, high school, university, and beyond. Glad to have them resurface during...
by jessicaperkins | Sep 28, 2015 | art, fall, kitchen, mamamayi, MamaMayiMake, mamamayishop, play dough, science, Sensory play, smell, smelly
Looking for some Fall Sensory Fun? Play dough is so easy to make and keeps Lincoln bussssssy !! Thank goodness! Pair with some Popsicle sticks or cookie cutters every once in awhile to change up the task. Looking for #Fall #Sensory fun? Turn your...
by jessicaperkins | Aug 17, 2012 | art, crafts, kiwi crate, summer
I’m a pretty crafty mama. And I do projects with my little ones a lot. As you know, if you read my blog. So when I heard of Kiwi Crate I was enthusiastic, but skeptical. A craft, to my door, once a month. But, hey…the thought of having a...
by jessicaperkins | Aug 13, 2012 | Alphabet, art, book, collage, craft, homeschool, letters, literacy, preschool, reading, words
When we are done with our phonics box, we look at the letter-objects and make a collage of the letter. We draw some of objects we see, add stickers of same sounding images, letter stickers, glue letters, scratch art letters, etc. Buga really enjoys this tangible. I...
