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3 Apple-Themed Crafts for Preschoolers

It is apple season and a perfect opportunity for apple themed crafts. The crafts listed are easy and do not require any unusual or expensive materials. Perhaps these crafts would be fun after a trip to the orchard picking apples. Pom Pom Apple Tree Supplies: Red pom poms Safety scissors Markers White paper Glue Instructions: Cut out a shape to look like the top of an apple tree. You can make it simple like a cloud. Cut out a shape to be the trunk of the tree. Glue the pieces to make a tree on a piece of paper. Allow … Continue reading →

Preschool Etiquette: Cleaning Up

Playing and making messes are great fun. Cleaning and picking up toys are not. It is no wonder children dislike cleaning up. They use all their energy to play and once it is time to clean up they are tired and bored. Often they are overwhelmed or do not know where to start. Sometimes they just find it plain boring. Well, we do not have to make everything interesting to lure a child to do it. Sometimes a task is boring but necessary. Sometimes you are tired and overwhelmed but still have to get a task done. Is this too … Continue reading →

Preschoolers Love to Grow

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Have you ever let your child grow something in a cup? This can be a fun experience for both you and your preschooler. Last week, my daughter had “Alaska Week” in her little preschool. They learned about all things Alaska related. One of the things they learned was about the state flower, the forget me not. She came home with a little cup of dirt and was very excited to show me what she had. She made sure to tell me that she had to put it somewhere very sunny, and give it plenty of water. I have to admit, … Continue reading →

Is Your Preschooler Overscheduled?

This summer I decided to give my car a break. Instead of pulling in and out of karate, basketball, swimming, piano, soccer, gymnastics, art, cooking, and ceramics class parking lots, our family vehicle has been cooling its wheels in a shady garage. Score one for the aging Nissan… and for the aging mom. The preschooler, well, she’s not sharing our joy. Not entirely anyway. After months (make that years) of juggling a less than relaxed routine of classes, activities, playgroups, and kiddie seminars, I figured I’d trade in the overscheduled routine for a more laid back summer schedule; one that … Continue reading →

Homeschooling Blog Week in Review: September 23 to September 30

Welcome to the home school blog’s week in review. If you have some reading to catch up on, here’s the place to start. As always, we welcome comments and suggestions if you have any ideas of things you’d like us to cover. Links to the ‘Resource of the Day’ Blog (I know no one wants to miss these!) 9/23/07 9/24/07 9/25/07 9/26/07 9/27/07 9/28/07 9/29/07 9/30/07 September 23 Activites and Resources to Study Johnny Appleseed This is the perfect season for apple picking and with that an interesting historical unit on the American pioneer, Johnny Appleseed. John Chapman, who was … Continue reading →

Another Preschool Choice for Your Child

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In my previous blogs, I have been discussing the different choices in preschool for your child. Yesterday I discussed choosing a Montessori preschool for your child. Montessori preschools can be an excellent choice for beginning learners in a preschool setting. Most official Montessori schools do cost more than a typical preschool, so that is something to keep in mind as well. Today, I am going to discuss yet another choice for you to keep in mind, a preschool that takes place in a church. We send our son to a Christian church preschool and have been more than pleased with … Continue reading →

Preschool Here We Come!

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A little birdie (Thanks, Lisa!) told me that there may be some questions that arose from a previous blog I wrote about picking a preschool. If you haven’t had a chance to read it, you can do so here. Preschool isn’t something that you must choose for your child to attend, it is optional. What if you are a first time parent and really have no idea how this preschool thing works? Let’s see if I can clear up some of the questions people may have concerning preschool and their child. Typically children attend preschool for the first time at … Continue reading →

YouTube Introduces YouTube Kids App Profiles

YouTube started rolling out Kid Profiles on November 2, 2017. The purpose is to have a kid-safe YouTube Kids account that your child can use to access kid-friendly content. It also means that parents won’t have to share their YouTube account with their children anymore. YouTube explains the decision to create Kid Profiles this way: “After talking to parents all over, we know that kids who love the YouTube Kids app are getting older and want a platform that’ll grow with them. Whether kids are watching Monster High, DC Kids, LEGO, learning their ABCs, or picking up the latest tricks … Continue reading →

Kids Today Aren’t Assigned Chores

Do you require your children to do chores? I don’t mean the occasional request to help with a little bit of cleaning. Instead, I mean regularly assigned tasks that you expect your child to complete on a daily or weekly basis. It appears that the majority of parents today are not assigning chores to their children. A survey conducted by Whirlpool found that 82% of Americans did chores when they were children. That same survey found that only 28% of parents today are assigning their children chores. What changed between today and when the current generation of parents were kids? … Continue reading →

Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs

  “Once upon a time, there were three hungry Dinosaurs: Papa Dinosaur, Mama Dinosaur . . . and a Dinosaur who happened to be visiting from Norway.” Sound familiar? What? You mean you didn’t know that… “One day—for no particular reason—they decided to tidy up their house, make the beds, and prepare pudding of varying temperatures. And then—for no particular reason—they decided to go . . . someplace else. They were definitely not setting a trap for some succulent, unsupervised little girl. Definitely not!” Clearly, this is not a regurgitation of the original fairy tale featuring a curious golden-haired lass … Continue reading →