Posts Tagged ‘Homeschool’
Before we all show off the brilliant and creative blog posts we have to share this week I want to share a few things.
1. I am in love with these wooden dolls from Curly Birds. It makes me wish my daughter was just a little older to help me make some or that my son would make them with me without turning them into Clone Troopers. I pinned it and will make them in the future.
2. Have you seen some of my collaborative boards on Pinterest? Check out my Reading and Writing Readiness Board . Together with other early education bloggers I pin great activities that help children with reading and writing at all stages.
3. Our reader survey has had great response but we want to hear from all of you. So far based on your comments we’ve made all posts printer friendly, fixed the broken links, and are slowly re-recording all the old songs that we lost. All suggestions and comments are taken to heart and we are so thankful for you taking the time to help us be better.Take our survey here .
Okay to the good stuff !
Here are 9 great crafts and activities that celebrate the lovely things winter has to offer like building snowmen ( for ours you don’t even need snow), pretty snowflakes and what’s winter without mittens?
Snow Globe Snowman - Winter Sensory Tub - Penguin Place Mat
Spice Jar Snowman Blocks - Marshmallow Snowman
Magnetic Snowman - Mitten Match - Snow Science - Cotton Ball Snowflake
I got an email this week asking me if I would allow a homeschool blog to link up OF COURSE! Link & Learn is for everyone, homeschool, preschool, having fun at home so the tv is not on all day, however you and your child or student learn we want to hear about it. Link up your favorite post of the week for all the readers here looking for lessons, crafts and insights about the little people who consume {much} of our lives.
Have a great week and if it’s your first time here- please join in!
I want to thank everyone who links up here for linking activities real parents and real teachers can do with real kids. The activities shared here are consistently awesome! So often online I see gorgeous , beautiful “kids’ crafts” that I couldn’t replicate if I had 3 hours to myself with unlimited budget for craft supplies. I get wowed by the beautiful crafts I see on pinterest too but remind myself that the goal has never been beautiful, it’s always been learning, building confidence, and fun. So thank you to all who link up things with those same goals in mind, your posts inspire me from the inside out.
If you are new here jump in ! Everyone is welcome to add your best post from the previous week, this linky is a cheat sheet for my many readers and the longer the list the better!
Have a great week.
If an I-Spy book and a sensory bin had a baby this is what they would wake up at 2am to feed. My son’s interests are geared mostly to games and pretend play these days and while most of our time is spent doing funny accents I like doing these fun games that work on a bunch of skills in a short amount of time. This works on handwriting , reading and observation skills.
- Gather your materials. You can use almost anything , easy right? You need toys, and other small objects that your child can read but that aren’t too easy or it’s not going to be a 5 minute sparkler , it will be done in 30 seconds. So go around your house and trust me you’ll find things pretty fast. If your child is not a reader use colors or just the first letter. You will also need a bin, marker, sheet of card stock , and a crayon.
- Write out the words of all the objects on the card stock with marker.
- Pop the toys in the bin, hand your child the list.
Stick around so if words are tricky you can help them try different strategies like using the objects for clues, sounding out the word or passing on to the next to return to it after. 
