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 | Dec 2, 2009 | applaud, bravo, building, happy, puzzle, smile, talk, words
When we were at Grandma and Grandpa’s house last week, Layla got a new puzzle. She put the pieces in lickety-split as if she had played with the puzzle for ages. She was so happy with herself. She would clap and say “Bravo! Bravo!” Really, where does...
by jessicaperkins | Oct 5, 2009 | art, baby room, color, nursery, toddler room, wall, words
Each wall in Layla’s new room is going to be divided into “stations” or “sets” for her to interact and play with or simply explore. I wanted each set to have a theme – The themes are: Reflect, Dream, Investigate, Create, Imagine,...
