This is my third time to teach a child to read, and I still love it.  I love getting to be there when a child has that whole new world ...

When I visited Europe as a child, I remember being struck by the Gothic stained glass windows, and particularly the rose windows found in ...

This year I'm the nursery coordinator for our chapter of our homeschool co-op, Classical Conversations. Part of that job involves coming...

We use spray bottles a lot around our house.  Most often we use them to help de-tangle and de-frizz our curly haired girls.  (we also use ...

Before we moved to Texas I don't think I even knew what Cinco de Mayo was. Now that we're here, we see signs of it everywhere.  (If...

Yesterday, I decided to pick up a preschool workbook and work through a couple of pages with my 2 and 4 year old just to see what we've ...

For our Five-in-a-row homeschool co-op recently we read the book Owl Moon .  One of  our conversation topics afterward was the concep...

A while back I saw this cute idea to fish for refrigerator letters in the bathtub and ever since have wanted to try  the same concept but...

In our Five In a Row co-op this week we read the book Another Celebrated Dancing Bear which takes place in Imperial Russia.  I believe th...

A little while back my mom picked up a pack of spelling flashcards at a garage sale.  M loves them because they are "self-checking...

Well, we just got done with three messy baths, and the house is still in need of a good scrubbing, but I think it was worth it. We spent t...

When a bouquet starts going south, get a little educational enjoyment out of it by lining up patterns of flowers. Let your child discern t...

This is Annie. She took a little trip down the story road today. She hopped from book to book as we told a story about her, each aspect ...

1.  Cirrus - white chalk 2.  Stratus - thick gray paint 3.  Cumulus - equal parts shaving cream and glue.  It dries fluffy and textured...

I was going to write today about our thankful tree plans for this year, but I'm afraid time has gotten away from me this afternoon, and ...

Looking for fun and simple ways to practice counting with your little one?  Here are some cute ideas from around the web. 1.  Paper r...

You may remember my letter matching board from a couple of months ago.  It turned out to be a good tool for letter recognition; G thinks ...

This project combines three things that I love: 1.  Paper dolls 2.  Paper chains 3.  Early Literacy To make a paper doll chain, fold...

I'm realizing more and more that G is just a more naturally active little girl than M was at her age.   Sitting still during school ti...

When you are reading aloud to toddlers, you can make it a habit to regularly pause before words that you think your child will be able t...