Box Day 2011 – Sonlight
Our first box day was 2010 (using Before Five in a Row). A fun, easy-going year. This year marks our second year homeschooling and our first with Sonlight. John will be doing Fiction, Fairytales and Fun (P3/4) and Chloe will…
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Shirley’s Prepackaged Crafts
I love The Old Schoolhouse Magazine, especially their ads. A funny thing to like magazine ads but there are so many interesting ones and I discover many wonderful resources through them. What is Shirley’s Prepackaged Crafts? In the fall issue…
Tot School: C is for Cupcake
We’re working on C from Learn Your Letters, Learn to Serve this week. The Letter “C” In November I shared that Chloe didn’t know her ABC’s. Around that time, Chloe started expressing an interest in spelling her name and lately…
Tot School: Monkey Pegs & Lauri
What do we look for in toys? Durable, quality Classic, timeless Inspires creativity Requires imagination Demands interaction Educational in some way Can grow with the child in some capacity Improves motor skills Preferably no batteries That being said, everything doesn’t…
Tot School: Lincoln Logs
What We’re Playing Are you familiar with kijiji? I’m well acquainted with it and was delighted to find a tub of Lincoln Logs Great West Express for a steal. I love toys that inspire creativity, require imagination and demand interactive…
Tot School: Color Caterpillars and Choo Choo’s
Confession time: we just started “back to school” on Friday Jan 21st. Of course the days are still filled with play, toys and books but being “off school” I haven’t grabbed my camera as frequently. I’m looking forward to this…
Tot School: Salt Dough Ornaments
When the post Salt Dough Ornaments by Happy Housewife popped up in my reader, I knew this was something to add to our holiday to-do list. The littles enjoyed it and now we have lots of personalized gifts for friends,…
Tot School: Beading
Beading Gifts Anything craft-like and the littles are all over it. We made bead bracelets for GiGi a while back using different kinds of beads (picked up at a yard sale last summer) and pipe cleaners. They carefully slide the…
Tot School: Decorating for Christmas
Drawing Improvements This week was spent drawing a lot. We now have markers, pencil crayons along with our regular and fat crayons. They’ve been using each of them to make creations and we’ve been looking at how each one helps…
Tot School: An Intro into ABC’s
“I don’t know my ABC’s” I’ve never taught my children their ABC’s. Not the song, not what they are, what they look like. It’s not a priority for me. Yes, Chloe has friends who know them all, can write them…