by jessicaperkins | May 27, 2015 | chickens, chicks, egg hatching, homeschool, Quiver farm, science
by jessicaperkins | May 20, 2015 | class, homeschool, sewing, Wordless Wednesday
by jessicaperkins | Apr 23, 2015 | aluminum foil, build, construct, dam, homeschool, outside, river, science, Spring, water play
I was delighted to wake up to the sunshine and bright blue skies today. Nowhere to go. Home. Well, at our cousin’s house visiting, but “home” for the day. I love these laid back, pajamified mornings where we take our time eating, dressing, and...
by jessicaperkins | Mar 25, 2014 | gardening, homeschool, learning, make a match, mamamayi, montessori, planting, sensory bin, Spring, vegetable, vegetables
Spring has sprung and, although colder outside than I would like, we are feeling pretty spring inside our house right now.Before I went to bed last night I prepared an invitation to “garden” sensory bin for the girls to find in the morning. I used black...
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...
by jessicaperkins | Dec 19, 2011 | activity, art, Christmas, decorate, decorations, homeschool, kid, kids, preschool, project, tot art, Tree
Oh Christmas Tree!! Oh Christmas Tree!! How Felt-y Are Your Branches!I recently had the idea for Buga’s room – a Christmas Tree!I used to decorate my room growing up for all the holidays, Christmas in particular and I thought it would be fun for Buga to...