Art Tip: How to Do Creative Line Drawings with Markers

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Hi there! My name is Jim Pence and I’m a chalk artist with See the Light. I’m going to be sharing some fun and easy art tips each month. I hope you and your children will have fun learning to draw and paint in the coming months. If you’re interested in more tips, I blog [...]

Fun & Educational Games For Your Preschooler

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My preschooler LOVES to play games. Anytime that I ask him what he wants to do he always asks to play a board game. It has been fun sharing some of my childhood favorite games with my boys.  One of the best parts about many of the games I play with my boys is that [...]

5 Spring Activities for Preschoolers

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Spring is finally here and I’m sure your kids are just as anxious as mine to get out and enjoy the great outdoors! Today I’m sharing 5 activities you can do with your preschooler this spring.  1. Make a Bird Treat- Since we live in a frozen tundra during winter, we get so excited to [...]

10 Read {and Sing} Alouds

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{clip art source} We are a very musical family.  I feel like we live in a song most days; from integrating it into our routine or the VBS songs from last summer.  Music has such great connections with love for literacy, especially when you read aloud the very songs your kids know and love.  We have quite [...]

7 Ways a Charlotte Mason Education Can Be Right for Your Homeschool

7 Ways A Charlotte Mason Education Can Be Right for Your Homeschool

With all the decisions a homeschooling couple has at their disposal, it is no surprise of the confusion they go through when finding the right curriculum or method is right for their individual family.  I would like to share with you, 7 reasons that a Charlotte Mason education can be right for your homeschool. It [...]

Hey Parents—Why the Rush???

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Peer pressure. There’s a decent chance that many of you have been affected. It happens when homeschool mothers begin to take notice of what other families are doing in their schooling. We feel the pressure to be great. We feel the pressure to insure our children that they are gaining the absolute best education they [...]

Five Preschool Fitness Ideas

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Young children are naturally inquisitive, intrinsically interested, and inherently active. Getting preschool-age kids up and moving usually doesn’t require bribery or much pushing. Even with their innate desire to move, we can help our preschoolers receive solid motor-developing fitness opportunities. How To Encourage Preschool Fitness Keep it fun. Game-like activities keep interest up and show [...]

Tactile Activities for Learning Letters

Tacticle Activities for Learning Letters

When my older son was learning letters, he had a hard time really getting them. To help him get the shape of each letter in his mind, I came up with a few tactile activities! Pipe cleaner letters- I made each letter out of pipe cleaners and glued them onto a note card. He traced [...]