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...
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 | Oct 11, 2011 | art, autumn, fall, leaf, project, tot school, totschool
We made these in the Summer, but Fish…and I thought they would make a beautiful addition to our autumn decorations. I was right. They are so beautiful. We just used clear contact paper and covered it with tissue squares; added a piece of contact paper on top;...
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…