Sometimes I amuse myself. When my kids were little, the outgoing message on my answering machine started with, “You’ve reached the Bales family three-ring circus…” And lest someone think they could just track me down on my cell phone, my outgoing voicemail message started with, “You’ve reached the Bales family traveling circus…” Homeschooling can be…
Fall Fun Bingo Game for Kids Fall is a favorite time of year for many people (including me)! I love cozy sweaters, apple cider, and all things pumpkin-flavored. My family and I live in the South, so we don’t get a lot of cold weather, but we make the most of the few cold days…
Written by Tara Mitchell of Homeschool Preschool. Preschoolers love activities based on the fun books they read. Counting activities for preschoolers help them understand the concept of one-to-one correspondence. This hands-on activity, based on Ten Eggs in a Nest, will have preschoolers practicing counting and adding one more. Ten Eggs in a Nest, by Marilyn Sadler, follows Gwen…
Preschoolers are so much fun. Everything is new and exciting, and simple outings can provide the basis for amazing hands-on learning opportunities. Many of these field trip suggestions are fun things you’d probably do with your preschooler anyway, but we’re homeschooling parents. That means we get to call them field trips. Besides, the big kids…
Written by Denise James of Taking Route. I know that multi-aged schoolrooms were the norm back on the prairie days and Laura Ingalls makes it sound so romantic. The non-readers up front writing their alphabet on their slates, little Jimmy up at the board working his fractions, and Mary humming in the background. Is this…
Way back, many ancient moons ago (which explains the poor quality photos), when my niece who is now 12 was only 4, she homeschooled with us for preschool the year before she entered Kindergarten. Because we had moved upstairs from our basement schoolroom by then, our space was more limited than when Josh and Megan…
