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Race Car Math: Counting and Number Recognition Activity for Preschoolers
February 17, 2014
Here's a fun preschool math activity that teaches counting and number recognition through racing Hot Wheels cars! For preschoolers, often the most motivating way to learn to count and recognize…
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Sensory Play with a Funnels and Tubes Pegboard
February 16, 2014
Vinyl tubing, funnels, and a pegboard make a GREAT sensory play station! Owen (4.5) and Jonathan (2) adore any type of sensory play. Pouring, scooping, digging - they love it…
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Alphabet Hearts Match-up Game
February 12, 2014
Here's a super simple idea for a preschool alphabet game! I cut out several construction paper hearts and turned them into a matching game for practicing capital and lower case…
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Duct Tape Practice Drum
February 11, 2014
Aidan has been dying to get started on drumming, and unfortunately drums (or lessons) aren't in the budget at the moment. However, I saw this idea on Journey into Unschooling…
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Biblical Boyhood: Respect, Part 2. What Do I Do with My Disrespectful Son?
February 9, 2014
Last week, I shared some thoughts on teaching boys to be respectful. I wanted to come back and add a second part to that post because I really didn't get…
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Family or Classroom Postal Service: Encourage Writing by Sending Mail!
February 7, 2014
I am SO excited to share this idea with you because it's such a fun way to develop writing skills while strengthening relationships and encouraging kindness at the same time!…
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Playdough Snow Goons
February 6, 2014
We have had SO much winter this year, and it's not over yet! In an effort to embrace the winter weather (rather than complain about it which is what I…
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Race to Fill the Cup! Counting Game for Preschoolers
February 5, 2014
Here's a simple activity for preschoolers that will turn counting practice into a game! Lately, Owen (4.5) has felt like he is "too big" for counting activities that we used…
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Biblical Boyhood: Teaching Boys to Be Respectful
February 3, 2014
Raising boys has been, in my experience, similar to raising puppies in many ways! We have constant muddy “paw” prints on the floor, boys are always tumbling over each other,…
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Activities for Learning about Adjectives
January 29, 2014
We have been learning about adjectives in our homeschooling! So far this year, Gresham (2nd grade) has studied nouns, pronouns, and verbs. Adjectives proved to be a little more abstract,…
