I don’t know about you all, but shortly after I wake up each day, I either have a tiny child staring at me or one of her toys “talking” to me, begging me to wake up and speak back. You may think I’m kidding, but this has been our life for about the past year. Bianca has learned to change her voice when one of her toys is…
One of the biggest tasks I have undertaken since I have been home full time is organizing. Seriously, it seemingly has no end. The bright side however, is that things are becoming a whole lot easier to find. And if you’ve ever owned a hodge podge of art supplies, you know how big of a deal this is. This morning, Bianca took one look at our rolling cart of…
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…
Sorting offers so many learning opportunities in one activity. In this particular activity, we’re learning about clothes, so the children were asked to sort the buttons by color. You’ll notice that the yellow buttons look like a little house and even shape patterns within the same color family begin to emerge. These are tiny glimpses into your child’s mind, and like most things, when…