We’re officially back to school this week! I promise more blog posts are coming! Today we’re looking at the very colorful, super-quality, wooden Palette of Pegs from Haba. They are stunning. Don’t you just want to play? My preschooler couldn’t wait. We combined them with a couple other lovely, wooden materials we have too (Grimm’s…
Hot off the presses, I have got a freebie for you. I had a few people ask on Instagram for our Solar Eclipse 3-part cards, so I added a cover page, converted them to PDF and voila! Solar puts a ring on it. We will use these cards to sequence, match, practice reading and nomenclature,…
With my girls off to theatre camp for two weeks, I am checking back in to review Tegu from Timberdoodle. Do you know about Timberdoodle? We’ve been fans of their complete curriculum packages for a couple years now. They have really interesting hands-on materials for the younger set plus great creative work for the older…
Happy almost Independence day from Florida, USA. We’re getting our red, white and blue on with some practical life activities this month. Come check it out. Up first we have a fun sifting activity: the aim is to sift the sprinkles from the salt. Bead transfer work Pin punching stars and words Coloring the American…
Confession time — No. 1: I am no seamstress. I don’t have much experience with a needle and thread. No 2: My husband stepped on a needle in the process of making this mat because someone, whom shall remain nameless, may or may not have left a needle on the floor. In the nameless person’s…
Yesterday I received the most beautiful, wooden phases of the moon puzzle in the mail. It is just gorgeous y’all. I’m almost done with our shelf work prep for the solar system, then I’ll share a peek at our two science shelves this month. In the meantime, we can’t keep our hands off of…
In order to keep tabs on what the kids are working on month to month in a more organized manner, I’m going to start a new series of monthly posts that give a sneak peak into our classroom shelf work. June 2017 Mike’s “Math 1” shelf (for my four-year-old, optional extra review work for my…
Happy to say that this little punk was selected for Camp Boggy Creek Summer Camp: Heart Week for a second year in a row. Camp Boggy Creek is a Summer Camp for kids with special needs. Camps like these provide fun and independence for kids who’ve been through more medical procedures than many adults ever…
Oh, I am over the moon (and sun, and Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) for my sweet, little solar system stackers by SensoryPlay on Etsy. About a month ago, I saw a for sale post in the Montessori Materials for Sale group on Facebook for a lovely, wooden sun stacker. With our upcoming…
The girls participated in the homeschool strings orchestra this year. They are still learning to read music, but they were so proud to be a part of the group. They even were awarded ribbons for practicing. Here’s one song from their Spring recital performance.
