by jessicaperkins | Mar 12, 2016 | book, books, children's lit, grow, kids read, lit, literacy, literature, mamamayi, mamamayi read, mamamayishop, monthly, read, reading, sensory bin, subscription, Usborne
I have been intrigued by Usborne books for awhile now … Actually, longer than awhile. I have purchased numerous “homeschool” helper books at thrift shops with this company far before realizing it was Usborne. Last year I bought several titles for my...
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 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 | 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...
