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 | Jul 19, 2011 | food, home school, kids, kitchen, nutrition, snack, tot, tot school, treat
I am always trying to come up with ways Buga can help me in the kitchen. She loves cooking – and eating – and I find that when she participates in cooking, she is more likely to eat our creations. It’s a great way to teach beginning food Science, and...
by jessicaperkins | May 2, 2011 | activity, corn starch, experiment, gak, glue, goo, kitchen, liquid, science, Sensory, silly putty, texture
We recently made Silly Putty as a “birthday present” for Daddy. I always try to have Buga get involved in drawing or making something for birthdays. She likes to help out and I think it’s important to teach the notion of giving to others. Daddy likes...
by jessicaperkins | Apr 18, 2011 | cooking, craft, dessert, dirt, food, kitchen, project, pudding, recipe, Spring, theme, tot school
In our Spring unit we have been doing a lot of work with bugs, worms, dirt, compost, etc. One rainy day I was looking for something to do with Buga and remembered this recipe from my childhood and thought it would be appropriate for our Spring theme….not to...
by jessicaperkins | Nov 28, 2010 | activity, chef, cookies, delicious, food, fruit, kitchen, nutritious, project, snack, watermelon
Buga loves to help out in the kitchen…so when I saw this idea in a parenting magazine I decided we would have to give it a try. It is so simple, but works fine motor skills, patience, and kitchen knowledge.First I cut a watermelon into disks, maybe about 1/2...
by jessicaperkins | Mar 1, 2010 | Christmas, fridge, gift, grandma, homemade, kitchen, microwave, oven, pretend, sink
Look at this AMAZING kitchen Grandma built for Layla for Christmas. I have been wanting to do this for a long time when I came across some inspiring homemade kid’s kitchens online. We talked about dimensions, components, colors, sizes, etc…and talked some...
