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 15, 2015 | autumn, fall, homeschool, KidArt, mamamayi, MamaMayiMake, mamamayishop, mindful parents, MindfulKids, mindfulness, nature, process art, unschool, unschooling, zentangle
We have been collecting leaves for a few weeks now and setting them in our Fall Nature Tray (on our kitchen table). We call them Nature Treasures and it’s ONE place we gladly add to our collection (so I don’t keep finding crunched up leaf debris at the...
by jessicaperkins | Nov 20, 2011 | autumn, counting, digits, fall, halloween, math, number, numbers, preschool, pumpkins, totschool
Buga is only 3 (well, 3 and a half)…but she has always shown an interest in numbers. She can count pretty well, and can identify all one-digit numbers. Lately she has been reading the clock…but saying each digit instead of the bigger numbers. So she will...
by jessicaperkins | Oct 28, 2011 | activity, art, autumn, candy, fall, favor, gift, halloween, preschool, project, totschool
While in the bathroom at my parent’s house, I noticed a ton of empty toilet paper tubes…..and inspiration struck! I know, an interesting beginning to a craft story….Anyway, I remember seeing / making “poppers” – goody favors inside...
by jessicaperkins | Oct 20, 2011 | activity, autumn, fall, farm, halloween, outside, pumpkin
Every Fall we go to the Pumpkin Patch to pick a pumpkin. It just so happened to be one of the most amazing, feels-like-spring-not-like-fall kind of Saturdays this year. I imagined what it would be like if my family lived on a Farm. I could definitely see us living on...
by jessicaperkins | Oct 18, 2011 | autumn, bin, fall, leaf, leaves, preschool, Sensory, toddler, totschool
It’s Sensory Bin Time! Oh how I love the open-endedness of a sensory bin. I love how many different skills can be practiced with a little bit of imagination and a box of “stuff”. I always enjoy creating these things, it’s a lot of fun for me to...
