by jessicaperkins | Aug 18, 2015 | books, children's book, homeschool, reading, things that go, train, trains, transportation
My youngest is a train enthusiast. He’s an anything-that-travels-by-wheels guru. He’s a figure-it-out-investigator. Let’s-see-how-this-works thinker. In a way that is more mechanical than my other two. They were interested. But he is...
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 | Aug 13, 2012 | Alphabet, Language, letters, montessori, phonetics, preschool, reading, sensory bin, texture, word sounds, words
I am so excited to introduce this little phonics box. It is a work in progress. It’s not so easy to find teeny things to fit in the drawers for each of the letters, but we started our collection. And little people like collections. Buga is excited to search the...
by jessicaperkins | Mar 3, 2011 | book, bookshelf, home, homeschool, march, reading, School, shelf, Spring, time, tot
We have been away on Vacation…Preparing for Buga’s Birthday Party which was this weekend…Now we are Sick! Needless to say, things have been busy…but I have had an opportunity to create our next Book List for our Spring Time Book Shelf. Here...
by jessicaperkins | Feb 3, 2011 | book, books, high five, highlights, literacy, magazine, reading, toddler
Highlights High Five definitely got a High Five from my will-be-3-in-a-week Year Old !! We received our first issue in the mail this week and she keeps wanting to read it over and over again. From Cover to Cover it is probably only about a 20-30 minute read, but it...
by jessicaperkins | Apr 16, 2010 | book, fancy, nancy, reading
Fancy Fun. We have been reading these darling Fancy Nancy books about a little girl who adores being “fancy.” Though her family is plain, she tries to teach them how to live a fancy life: frilly socks, ice cream WITH sprinkles, outfits with accessories,...
