Today was a Dr. Seuss day. We took a break from nutrition to do some activities inspired by the author in honor of his birthday. To see past years of Celebrating Seuss (and watch the kids shrink)… click here: 2014 2014 2013 Both: Used toothpicks to count out 1-6 and place them on the 1fish … [Read more…]
This is how we celebrated Dr. Seuss’ birthday and Read across America day (combined). Be sure to read all the text to get more ideas! We used the printables from Obseussed (talked about in THIS POST) to have a fish snack and do some sneaky math at the same time! I also used the hop … [Read more…]
Dr. Seuss would be 110! Born on March 2nd, 1904, and the author of many favorite children’s books, this celebrated author has encouraged and inspired many children into a lifelong love of reading! While we’ll be celebrating his birthday by reading like last year, I’ve printed out a couple of activities for us to do, … [Read more…]
We had a special time counting and placing goldfish on the placemat (link in picture) on Thursday and then on Saturday, we put a Dr. Seuss diaper on the toddler, went to the library and celebrated with crafts, coloring pages, stories, treats, and a special visit from a Dr. Seuss character! Keeley really was not … [Read more…]
You’re trying to bake a cake from scratch. Everything is going wrong, from having to substitute ingredients to the oven not working properly. (Is it too hot? Too cold? Not level? You decide.)Rhyme it, Dr. Seuss style.Make it as long or short as you want.Make up silly words and have fun with this. Draw a … [Read more…]
The first half of the M States are what we focused on this week: Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts and Michigan! The kids drew lighthouse pictures for Maine and Dr. Seuss pictures for Massachusetts! I played ‘The Downeaster Alexa’ and ‘The Lighthouse’s Tale’ for them, we talked about accents, diversity of cities, and the American Flag. They … [Read more…]
So. Quite a year. Here’s our 2015-2016 Home School Year End Review for B at age 4 in PreK/1st-2nd for K at age 6-7 from August Summer to May. We had a bit of a break in there from our baby born in November, but my husband stepped in and did some awesome fun things … [Read more…]
My 7 year old earned her final ‘Book It’ certificate for the year, now she needs to finish using the couple she has left that she earned. I always track what she reads anyway, but it’s nice to see her aiming toward a goal, and hoping against hope that she meets it! Our 4 year … [Read more…]
This month we plan to focus our efforts on learning about responsibility, safety, citizenship, life skills, etc. After February’s focus on all things holiday (with a little money thrown in), it’s time to center ourselves back to being helpful family members. It’s become all for mom to do, and with all the kids home all … [Read more…]
I think we’ve run the gamut of zoo books . The kids still have some of their papers to fill out, there was never anything hard core in there, just random stuff about drawing animals and so on anyway, dot to dots and so on. Things to keep them occupied when I was busy doing … [Read more…]