After the huge success of our first lesson, I’m a Dirty Dinosaur, I had to snag this book as soon as it came out! I’m a Hungry Dinosaur is another Usborne Book that uses REAL things to illustrate their pictures. Unlike the I’m a Dirty Dinosaur book that uses real mud for those pictures, this… Read More I’m a Hungry Dinosaur | Reading Comprehension Lesson
We are going through this awesome Personal Hygiene Unit in Toddler School right now where we’re learning about all the ways to keep our bodies clean. Last week we learned all about Teeth Brushing and Flossing, and this week we’re talking even more about Germs. When it comes to Teaching Toddlers about Germs, I went to… Read More Teaching Toddlers about Germs with Powdered Donuts
Today was another Kiwi Crate Day in our house! The UPS Man came and dropped the Crate off on our doorstep, which the boys quickly noticed and started shouting, “Our Crate, our Crate!” as they barreled to the door like puppies at chow time. This Crate was all about The Farm, which is perfect and… Read More Why we Love Kiwi Crate & Why You will too | Farm Life
It is finally time to start putting food scraps into our Compost Bin! I’ve done my research, the boys know the Garden Rules and we’re ready to get our hands dirty. Since we’re mainly doing this unit to address the food waste we produce, from smoothies, salads and a whole tree of bananas I introduce… Read More Composting with Toddlers | Filling our Bin
When building a Toddler School Unit I always work in a lesson on letter recognition and even NAME recognition. A tricky thing for all Toddlers is the difference between upper and lower case letters. So, for practice I always include both. You too can make your own Sticker Name Worksheets totally free! I’ve included links… Read More Sticker Names Lap Lessons {Fine Motor Skill Development}
Spring is finally here! How does one get her Toddlers excited about Spring? Or even teach them what Spring is for that matter? With a Rainbow! Rainbows are the answer, my friends! Weather, Rain, Leprechauns, and the beautiful colors deliver a perfect game plan for Toddler Education in the golden paper! When it comes to teaching my… Read More Spring RAINBOW Lessons {Toddler School Mini Unit}
Raise your hand if your Toddler won’t flippin’ eat! Me! Me! ME….. Cash isn’t a picky eater… per-say He’s more of a ‘defiant’ eater which means that he doesn’t really care what you want him to eat, so long as it is on HIS time and at HIS convenience. He’s not exactly a grazer either…… Read More Breakfast Painting {Toddlers in the Kitchen}
With Spring right around the corner, and being just a bit too early to begin our next Toddler School Mini Unit on RAINBOWS. My fellow Oregonians know that it can be quite unpredictable this time of year! We can have storms and sunshine all in the same afternoon. We wake up in the morning and… Read More Rainbow Rice Sensory Bin & Literacy Lesson
We kick start our month of LOVE with a super fun {but prep-intensive} Discovery Box entitled: All the People I LOVE. This is a great way to work on family recognition and or course a little discovery learning. We managed to sneak in a little science {static electricity… totally counts} too! I first saw this… Read More February Discovery Box | All the People I LOVE for Valentine’s Day
I must confess I have clean kids. Let me rephrase… I have messy kids who know how to clean up when they’re done. In fact, Cash prefers cleaning as part of his play time. Cash also hates to clean up sometimes… because he’s two. But, he knows the importance of it, he has the discipline… Read More Teaching Toddlers to be CLEAN {Part 1: Scaffolding}