Montessori

We are entering our 17th year of homeschooling. During this time, as I'm sure you can imagine, I have learned SO many things. We have graduated 3 kiddos using a more eclectic style. I have been able to pick the best curriculum or programs for each child. I can teach children of just about any age. I'm also the one that gets to decide...

Are you looking for some super fun Outer Space Hands-on Learning Ideas? If you have outer space fans in the house, you're not going to want to miss out on these! These activities are perfect for a wide variety of ages. This list of hands-on activities that are all about outer space will have the kids entertained for hours. They're also great for fine...

If you have Outer Space fans in your house, you're not going to want to miss out on these printables! These Outer Space Printables are excellent for learning all about space with bright colors, fun lessons, and excellent learning examples as well. For early learners, this is a great way to get them geared up and ready for even more learning fun. You can...

This month in our Mother Goose Time Curriculum we are learning out Space. Each month we use a the preschool curriculum with our preschooler, but my 1st grader loves to do the activities with him. I look around and put together activities that are a little more challenging for him to do along with our unit. So here is my round up of all of the...

This month we are working on Outer Space in our Mother Goose Time curriculum, we put together one of our old outer space sensory bins that I have already shared previously on the blog this month. We also put together another sensory bin for the kids they have really enjoyed. What's Inside the Space Bin? Water Beads Black Space Sand Water Outer Space TOOB We have...

Sensory Bins are used regularly in our house. Not only do we have fun learning using them but 1 of the ways to get Ethan calmed down is tactile activities, sensory bin being one of them. For Valentine Day we made a few different sensory bins for the boys to explore. We have made MANY different sensory bins for the boys, you can head over...

DISCLOSURE POLICY: I have some affiliate links in this post, I only share links to products we use. To read more about our Disclosure Policy click HERE. This Years Homeschool Curriculum Choices   It's curriculum week over at the Not So Back To School blog hop hosted by iHomeschool Network. So what better time them to share what curriculum we will be using for the upcoming year. This year...

Blanford Nature Center ~ Things To Do In Michigan (with kids) We recently had some friends come and visit from California, and spent part of the day enjoying Blanford Nature Center. It had been a while since we visited, and the kids loved walking around and exploring all that this great nature center has to offer. During the early spring they have the Sugarbush Festival and...

Welcome to the last day of our 6 day series Homeschool Planning A Step By Step Guide. I have covered many different topics through this series all of the links to those posts can be found at the bottom of this post. Today I am going to cover book binding, how we use it and how it saves us TONS of money! Book Binding Due to...

** This post contains Amazon Affiliate Links, thank you for supporting us!** Since Ethan still continues to love sensory bins, I continue to make them for him they are 1 thing that will calm him and help him focus better. I shared 1 of our other St. Patricks Day sensory bins not long ago. For this bin I just used water and water beads, but...

We have put together another fun St. Patricks Day Sensory bin for the kids to play in. Sensory Bins are something my 2 younger boys and even sometimes the older kids enjoy playing in, we add in learning aspects to our bins, and the kids work on misc fine motor skills while playing. Some bins are messier then others but most of our bins...

One of the things we really enjoy doing around the holidays is open ended art projects. So for Valentine's Day I had a basket out with some Valentine's Day decorations that the kids could use to decorate a plain paper heart for a Valentines Crafts. What Are Open Ended Art Projects? For anyone wondering what the purpose of open ended art projects is, or even what...