by jessicaperkins | Apr 26, 2011 | art, artwork, book, collage, crayons, cutting, drawing, glue, homeschool, literature, picture, project, scissors, tall tall grass, tot school
We have been reading stories and doing story art projects a lot this Spring. I like that we are exploring different types of materials and relating them to books we’ve read. It helps build story-telling skills, memory, and most of all comprehension. Buga likes...
by jessicaperkins | Feb 10, 2011 | activity, cutting, homeschooling, pasting, printable, School, shapes, sorting, toddler, tot, valentines, worksheet
Printable Valentine’s Day ActivityI made this because Buga has been very interested in cutting straight lines, sorting them, and gluing them down, so I wanted to make one related to our Love Unit. I thought she would like the idea of chocolates (again!) and made...
by jessicaperkins | Dec 16, 2010 | activity, Christmas, cutting, fun, holiday, traditions, Tree
It is a tradition of my side of the family to cut down our Christmas tree for the Holiday. We traipse aimlessly through the rows and rows of trees to find the “perfect” one. Everyone has such different opinions as to which one that is, so there are funny...
by jessicaperkins | Feb 4, 2010 | cut, cutting, how to, kitchen, trick, watermelon
Every time my cousin comes to visit I buy watermelon for her because she loves watermelon. Recently she shared with me that my Mom is the BEST watermelon cutter….Ever. I didn’t realize this was such a trick but apparently she can cut a watermelon without...