As part of our “staying healthy” theme, we learned about brushing our teeth and spent a lot of time talking about our previous experiences at the dentist (@miamichildrensdentist and @drbobpediatricdentist would be proud of their patients). The children were particularly interested in the dental floss. Who would have guessed? 🤷🏻♀️ This STEAM activity was provided by our Mother Goose Time curriculum by @experiencecurriculum. It was simple, fun, and not nearly as…
If you know me, you know my love for Play-Doh runs deep. Yes, it can be messy, yes, it gets under your nails and on the bottom of shoes, but it takes a whole lot more than a little bit of extra cleaning to stress me out…especially when the pay-off is so high. This stuff is just so versatile! MATERIALS:• Play-Doh• Post-It notes• Marker, crayon…
Last week I introduced these cute little bear counters to the girls during school as a math activity, and they were SO excited. 🤗 This particular set comes with different size and color bears 🐻, 2 tongs, the colored cups, activity cards, and a convenient carrying case. What can I say? I get excited about school purchases. 🤓🙋🏻♀️ The word “tong” became a new vocabulary word and their use was a great way…
The concept of teaching for mastery instead of teaching for completion was just introduced to me via a post by a fellow homeschool mama. It was a revelation that served to reaffirm my purpose as well as empower me to continue along this path. Every day with a micro schooling pod is a gamble, regardless of how prepared we feel. There are less children to serve as “the example” when…
The set up for this activity took less than 2 minutes and the supplies were all stuff I had on hand. Bianca’s only 3, so by no means was this activity meant for mastery, but exposure to letters is always a good idea, and who doesn’t like dot markers? 🤷🏻♀️ MATERIALS:• White paper• Dot markers• Pen, crayon, or marker to write the letters In her case, I made her…
So this week in our micro learning pod, we’re learning about clothes. Today specifically, we learned about pants. We compared different colors, textures, sizes and lengths, and noticed that some pants have buttons while Ms. Jessica’s never do (hahaha)! The paper cutouts of the pants👖 pictured were not used as intended in the Mother Goose Times curriculum we’re following, but when a few of your pod moms…