Category Archives: free play
Invitation To Sensory Play: Small World Construction With Playdough
Playdough is big around here! I have a super easy recipe and probably make it about once a month. We’ve used it for sensory play with spices and sprinkles, for mortar for engineering projects with blocks, and for all … Continue reading
Ordinary Clothing: Seasonal Skirt Blog Hop Summer Edition
Yup! That’s me, in a dress, taking an unplanned wade in a large mud puddle (or small pond) at my sister-in-law’s place! And that’s Mouse in a dress, wading in a creek we came across while we … Continue reading
Posted in free play, Life, Memories, Uncategorized
Tagged free play, Memories, seasonal skirt wearing
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Invitation to Sensory Play: Playdough With Spices and Sprinkles
Playdough is a favorite around here! I generally keep a batch where Jack and Bull can get it at any time as well as a bowl of playdough toys to experiment with. Sometimes it seems as though playdough will … Continue reading
Pleasant Places
The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; Indeed, my heritage is beautiful to me. Psalm 16:6 (NASB) This first summer in New England continues to amaze and delight me. Warm, but not hot and humid days, cool nights, … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, free play, homeschooling, Joy, Life, Memories, Ordinary Time, Uncategorized
Tagged Joy, summer
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Encouraging An Interest You Don’t Share (and that makes a mess!)
Mouse is creative in the artistic sense. She loves to make things to pretty up the house. She cares about clothes and what looks “cute”. She wants lotions and soaps that smell nice. She also loves bones,the workings of the … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Creativity, Encouragement, free play, Housekeeping, Life, Uncategorized
Tagged Creating, Mouse
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Handwork: A Is For Apple
The toy carrots were so popular that I thought we’d continue with a food theme as Bull learns the letters of the alphabet. ?Since we’re learning the vowels before the consonants the next fruit to make was obviously an apple! … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Elementary School Projects, free play, Handwork, homeschooling, preschool educcation, Sewing, Uncategorized
Tagged handwork
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These Four Walls
It is said that a change is as good as a rest! I’m starting to see the truth in that after spending so much time within these walls this winter! The new house is bigger than the old house and … Continue reading
Posted in free play, homeschooling, Life, preschool educcation, Uncategorized
Tagged winter blues
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Handwork: C is for Carrot
This was a relatively easy project aside from my hand getting sore from the hole punch! Materials: one sheet of orange felt green or orange yarn (I used green so our carrots could have tops.) scissors hole punch large … Continue reading
Handwork or Getting The Children To Make Their Own Toys!
One of the challenges of homeschooling is finding ways to help everyone learn that don’t involve everyone having separate lessons. ?Of course some things do need to be separate because different children have different needs and are at different levels, … Continue reading
Packing, Christmas and Pictures
My brain is too tired and to full of “things that must be done lists” for a coherent post right now. Instead a few pictures of our life right now. We’ve had cousins and visiting and 22 people over for … Continue reading
Posted in Advent, Christmas, devotional life, feasts, free play, homeschooling, Hospitality, Housekeeping, Life, preschool educcation
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