by jessicaperkins | Dec 2, 2015 | advent, book, Book a day, books, calendar, childhood unplugged, Christmas, countdown, countdown to christmas, december, holiday, mamamayi, mamamayijoy, mamamayishop, read, reading, Sensory, sensory kids
Day 3All things FancyFancy Nancy Splendiferous ChristmasFancy Nancy is a favorite in our house because we enjoy getting all fancied up! We joke that Layla is Ooo La Layla because she can often be found adding sparkles, boas, tiaras, glasses, to her outfits for...
by jessicaperkins | Dec 1, 2015 | advent, book, Book a day, books, calendar, childhood unplugged, Christmas, countdown, countdown to christmas, december, holiday, mamamayi, mamamayijoy, mamamayishop, read, reading, Sensory, sensory kids
The Berenstain Bears and the Joy of GivingDay 2The Joy of GivingWe used this book to talk about what it FEELS like to GIVE. Is Giving Happy or Sad?Warm or Cold?How does it make you feel?heartThen we used this printable from Tatertots & Jello to add to...
by jessicaperkins | Aug 18, 2015 | books, children's book, homeschool, reading, things that go, train, trains, transportation
My youngest is a train enthusiast. He’s an anything-that-travels-by-wheels guru. He’s a figure-it-out-investigator. Let’s-see-how-this-works thinker. In a way that is more mechanical than my other two. They were interested. But he is...
by jessicaperkins | Oct 5, 2011 | autumn, book, books, fall, homeschool, library, list, preschool, shelf, tot school
Here are the books you will find on our shelves this Season…
by jessicaperkins | May 27, 2011 | activity, book, books, colors, comprehension, counting, directions, Dog's Colorful Day, emma dodd, following, hands on learning, homeschool, library, literature, rainbow, School, story, tot
This has been one of our favorite books as of late Dog’s Colorful Day by Emma Dodd. It is a sweet little story about a dog getting himself spotted with messes along his day. I think little kids just like the idea of messes in general, because they are such a...
by jessicaperkins | May 7, 2011 | activity, book, books, comprehension, directions, following, hands on learning, homeschool, library, literature, pam adams, School, size relation, story, There was an old lady who swallowed a fly, tot
We recently read “There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly” illustrated by Pam Adams. Buga loved it because it’s a story she has heard in song, so she was able to see along, anticipate the next words, and repeat the refrain.I made a set of...
