by jessicaperkins | Jul 18, 2015 | balance, balls, feature, Friday, learning, Mama May i, mama may it shop, mamamayi, mamamayishop, montessori, play, product, toddler
I made it to Grandma’s house this week to get inventory under control and while we were hanging out [playing] in the new stock room the kids were pulling out products from their bins and playing. And Lincoln (almost 2) found the Balance Balls. At first he was...
by jessicaperkins | Jun 16, 2015 | anger, communication, learning, mindfulness, NVC, real life story, talk, teaching, truth
Today I went to a Aldi with all three littles in tow. As I was coming out of the store to put our groceries into our rental car (we are in FL right now), it starts to rain. I get to the car, put Lincoln in so he’s not all over the place while I unload each...
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 23, 2012 | beach, learning, ocean, Sand, sensory bin, summer, tactile, texture, tub
This has been our Summer Sensory Bin. The Beach. We have been busy reading and exploring the sand and ocean this year so I thought it would be fun to bring the beach home with us. Buga likes writing her letters in the sand with the driftwood and I love the calming...
by jessicaperkins | Aug 8, 2011 | bug, bugs, counting, hands on learning, home school, homeschool, ladybug, learning, manipulatives, math, mathematics, numbers, numerals, Spring, teaching, theme, tot school, totschool
I made these for one of our bug themed learning centers. Buga has a really good sense for numbers for a three year old and this reinforces one-to-one ratios, counting, and numeral recognition.
by jessicaperkins | Mar 25, 2011 | bin, bugs, colors, flowers, garden, homeschool, insects, learning, natural, play, preschool, School, Sensory, Spring, theme, tot, tub
We have updated our Sensory Bin a couple weeks ago to a Spring Theme. I love how earthy it turned out and Buga is enjoying the novelty of getting her hands dirty and playing around with the new things she discovers.I used black beans for the “dirt” and...
