by jessicaperkins | Nov 6, 2015 | grateful, gratitude, homeschool, homeschooling, Snapcircuits, steam, stem, unschool, unschooling
Our morning. For these few moments – before the chaos ensues over who does what next; no one wants to clean up; I need more food hectic … For this moment I am embracing the quiet and stillness that is occurring in my kitchen while I cook and Layla and...
by jessicaperkins | Oct 23, 2015 | bravewriter, homeschool, homeschooling, kid writing, mamamayi, mamamayishop, play, pretend, unschool, unschooling, writing
Sometimes I completely stress out about “unschooling” … Letting my child lead the way. Sometimes I wonder Am I doing enough?Is she doing enough?Is she on par?It seems silly, when I slow down and actually think about it. Silly because all...
by jessicaperkins | Oct 19, 2015 | gratitude, gratitudejournal, homeschool, homeschooling, journal, mamamayi, MamaMayIMindfulnKids, mamamayishop, thankfulness, Thanksgiving, unschool, unschooling
What is Gratitude? – Gratitude is the ability to BE thankful and appreciative. Why is Gratitude important? – Gratitude is important because it brings us back to center…it brings us back to kindness. It allows us to BE in the presence of our...
by jessicaperkins | Oct 18, 2015 | art, dirt, home made, homemade, homeschool, homeschooling, k-cups, KidsInTheKitchen, kitchen, mamamayi, MamaMayiMake, mamamayishop, play dough, playdough, science, unschool, unschooling
My 2-year old loves dirt. He loves digging in dirt.Diggers in dirt.To find worms in dirt.To scoop dirt.To jump in dirt mixed with water.Dirt.He is also infatuated with finding ants and bugs and worms in dirt.So when I was perusing the Halloween aisle and happened...
by jessicaperkins | Oct 17, 2015 | art, autumn, fall, halloween, homeschool, homeschooling, Kidsart, mamamayi, MamaMayiMake, mamamayishop, spider, spiders, spiderweb, spinart, unschool, unschooling
Came downstairs to paint and glitter ALL over the kitchen floor … The floor I had JUST vacuumed. And Mopped. Buuuuut…they had found the #spinart and occupied their own time for a good part of the morning. So I desperately tried to hold in my need to clean...
by jessicaperkins | Oct 15, 2015 | autumn, fall, homeschool, KidArt, mamamayi, MamaMayiMake, mamamayishop, mindful parents, MindfulKids, mindfulness, nature, process art, unschool, unschooling, zentangle
We have been collecting leaves for a few weeks now and setting them in our Fall Nature Tray (on our kitchen table). We call them Nature Treasures and it’s ONE place we gladly add to our collection (so I don’t keep finding crunched up leaf debris at the...
