Manners. I confess right now, table manners are definitely not my forte. I am horrible at not talking with my mouth full or keeping my elbows off the table. So my girls, naturally, are even worse than I am (much to the chagrin of my husband). Last week I decided we had had enough of “the…
“I’m bored.” If you have kids I’m sure you’ve heard it at least one time or another. This week my girls reached that place during their afternoon playtime where they were at a loss for what to do. Knowing how well received the Brain Break Cards were, I decided it was time for some Boredom…
A few months ago I shared with you our science plan for this school year. When creating our Magic School Bus lesson plans I also included several recommendations for picture books for each video presented. Today I have another book to add to that list under Unit 3: Energy, specifically the topic of electricity. It’s a book…
The other day my oldest daughter and I were talking about Romans 3:23. “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,” (Romans 3:23)” Her response? I get the “all have sinned” part, but I don’t like the “fall short” part. As soon as she said it, I knew exactly what she…
Recently, I shared our Take a Break! Cards that we are using to break-up our homeschool day. One of those cards says, “Play hand-clapping games for 3 minutes.” While participating in Occupational Therapy with my oldest, I learned the importance of hand-clapping games with children. I already knew that hand-clapping games were somewhat important in developing…
Recently, my two daughters and I have been enjoying several wordless picture books put out by Candlewick Press. They have loved them, and I never realized just how many uses there are for wordless picture books. Benefits of Wordless Picture Books Wordless books build reading comprehension skills even before a child can actually read words. Wordless books…
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