My kids have enjoyed going "fishing" in our living room. Catching each fish becomes a educational game. What's great about this activity is that they don't even realize that they are learning!!! This game is easy to make and can be created as simple or as detailed as you want. To Make: Fishing Pole: A dowel rod, string, and ...
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Making Your Own Play Dough
There is just something about play dough that begs most children and adults to roll it over and over in their hands. Beyond the educational value when making shapes, letters, numbers and the imaginative play, play dough is excellent for fine motor skills. Plus, it is super easy and inexpensive to make at home! We like the texture of homemade ...
An Example Schedule and So Much Wisdom
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Review and Free Trial: K-5 Learning
Even though first grade ended, I knew learning would need to continue throughout the summer months for Bubs. Nervous about keeping him at grade level, I should have known God would supply. This time it came in the form of a website - K5Learning.com. Each morning, Sweet Pea and Bubs logged in to work on reading and math. ...
How to Write a Lesson Plan for Preschoolers
Below is one of the newest questions being asked/answered on the ABCJesusLovesMe.com Facebook Group page. I love how so many of you have stepped in to help our sister and I wanted to share some thoughts as well for everyone to read. I have a 3 year old who is ready to start learning more. Here is the problem...I can not write a lesson ...
How To Picture Walk Through a Book
source Even before their precious bundle of joy is born, parents are told the importance of reading to their child. Most professionals agree that children should be read to at least 15 minutes a day. But is there a certain way to read to a child? One academic term that you will hear floating around is "Picture Walk." But what is it? Why ...
Teaching Spatial Concepts
After doing our Five Speckled Frogs song and activity, I left the frogs and log on the easel. One morning, I watched Sweet Pea play with the frogs as I was getting ready to start school. Watching her gave me the idea to use the frogs and log to work on spatial concepts. (Spatial concepts are taught in the ...
Review: Super Star Speech
When Bubs was three we started speech. Holy cow, I had no idea the cost for a thirty minute session of speech. (I really wondered why I got a teaching degree for a moment!) On top of that, our speech pathologist wanted to see him several times a week and felt it would take several years to correct his problems. I was ...
DIY “Paint with Water” Pages
The very clever Jenae at I Can Teach My Child! came up with a way to make homemade Paint with Water pages. You may remember these from when you were a kid. Although you can still find them now, it is a tough search. Super for the toddler age kiddos. Definitely going to have to give this a try! I can teach my child!: DIY "Paint with Water" ...
Only One Color at a Time
A friend called me on the phone a couple of years ago excited about a new art book she had just found. I loved the review she gave it and picked it up myself. Since my art ability and understanding is incredibly poor, I was excited to drink up the knowledge. As an elementary art teacher, Susan Striker has a wealth of ...