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...
by jessicaperkins | Nov 20, 2011 | autumn, counting, digits, fall, halloween, math, number, numbers, preschool, pumpkins, totschool
Buga is only 3 (well, 3 and a half)…but she has always shown an interest in numbers. She can count pretty well, and can identify all one-digit numbers. Lately she has been reading the clock…but saying each digit instead of the bigger numbers. So she will...
by jessicaperkins | Nov 14, 2011 | bento, food, healthy, lunch, nutrition, nutritious, preschool, totschool
peanut butter sandwich, pepperoni, almond slivers, cheese stick, carrot sticks, green grapesI have always loved the ideas of bentos. For adults. For kids. For toddlers. There is just something about cute little colorful foods combined together in a thoughtful way that...
by jessicaperkins | Nov 6, 2011 | count, counting, math, number, numbers, numerals, preschool, totschool
Buga has always been super into numbers – counting – adding – relating to numerals. I wanted to create something wooden for her to play with that could be around for a while so I created the Count With Me Play Set. She likes lining up the number...
by jessicaperkins | Nov 2, 2011 | activity, art, fall, game, halloween, preschool, Sensory, sensory bin, tactile, texture, totschool
It was a cold and rainy day. My little one needed something inside to play…something Fun. something that would catch her attention and keep her interest. I decided to pull out the Halloween sensory bin toys. I put rice in a super sized salad/mixing bowl (once my...
by jessicaperkins | Oct 31, 2011 | apothecary, brew, dress up, fall, halloween, holiday, imagination, kitchen, marketing, mixture, preschool, pretend, Sensory, sensory bin, texture, totschool, witch
Witch’s Apothecarypretend kitchen play, dabbling in chemistry, creative thinking, Halloween fun.A while back – at the beginning of the Halloween season, I came across some “specimen jars” used for decoration. I loved the spooky, eerie thought...
