FREE Top 40 Rainbow Recipes Book! Looking for the Rainbow Shot Jello Cake? Sign up here. Oh my gosh!! I am LOVING this freebie!! Hop on over and register for Tablespoon and you’ll score a FREE copy of the Top 40 Rainbow Recipes book! It’s packed full of awesome projects like you see above that are all adorable!! I’m so excited! I can’t wait to make some of these! … [Read more...]
How To Teach Your Kids To Save Money
How To Teach Your Kids To Save Money While saving money as adults is important, teaching your kids methods for saving money is important too. It lays a strong foundation for them and allows them to become accustomed to saving money while they grow up. It paves a future for them where they will know how to budget, and save for things they want and need, and this is vital to adulthood. Instilling values in your children while they’re growing and developing is a great way for them to really understand the importance of them. First, you want to map it out. How much can you as a parent contribute to their funds, whether it be allowance, a reward for doing certain things, or just birthday money? For them to learn saving, they need to have something to save. The best way to really get … [Read more...]
Safest Places to Pull Over to Sleep when on a Road Trip
When you are on a road trip you might get tired midway during the trip or don’t know exactly where you will end up after that day’s drive. If you only need a couple hours of sleep you might not want to get a hotel room that you won’t need for very long. Where can you over pull on the road to catch a few minutes or even hours of shut eye? Here are the safest places to pull over to sleep when on a road trip. Safest Places to Pull Over to Sleep when on a Road Trip When you are on a road trip you might get tired midway during the trip or don’t know exactly where you will end up after that day’s drive. If you only need a couple hours of sleep you might not want to get a hotel room that you won’t need for very long. Where can you over pull on the road to catch a few minutes or even hours … [Read more...]
Homeschool Curriculum: A+ Spelling Curriculum and Games Amazon List
Homeschool Curriculum: A+ Spelling Curriculum and Games Amazon List Helping Children learn to spell is the next hardest thing next to teaching them to read in my opinion. Thats why this list is so great there are many ways to help teach spelling and here are a few of the highest rated! All About Spelling Level 1 in the All About Spelling series brings together the three pathways to learning-auditory (hearing), visual (seeing), and kinesthetic (touching). This multisensory approach, combined with a built-in review system and reinforcement activities, ensures that students retain what they learn and understand how to apply it in practical situations. In a practical, hands-on way, your student will learn: How to say and write the first 32 phonograms How to segment words into … [Read more...]
A House for Hermit Crab Unit Study
A House for Hermit Crab Unit Study The past few days I have been posting my activities we did for the book A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carlisle. I wanted to circle back and put them all in one spot for easy access! Each day we started off by reading the book and talking about the different animals the hermit crab meets. I also googled real pictures of these animals for the kids to see. A House for Hermit Crab Unit Study Activities - Here we visited the pet store and talked about different animals homes. Then we broke down and bought a hermit crab and home for them and also made a hermit crab sensory bin! A House for Hermit Crab Unit Study Art Project - Our art project consisted of making our own hermit crab (from a paper plate) and letting the kids put the different … [Read more...]
A House for Hermit Crab Unit Study Snack Idea
A House for Hermit Crab Unit Study Snack Idea For me A House for Hermit Crab snack ideas were pretty easy! As you can see above everything is in a underwater theme. We did peanut butter and jelly starfish sandwiches. I used the Star Cookie Cutter found HERE. You can have an underwater lunch without goldfish crackers. We did a counting and sorting by color activity with ours. For the ocean we have some blueberry yogurt which my kids enjoyed dunking their goldfish into! Then for fun I made a seas urchin from a peeled cutie orange and toothpicks. Then just use some fresh herbs as 'seaweed' to decorate the plate and you are good to go! The kids loved the lunch a re read the book to them while they ate and got excited to see certain characters on their plates while they … [Read more...]
5 Tips to Help Keep Kids Focused on School Work
5 Tips to Help Keep Kids Focus on School Work It’s no secret kids have a lot of energy. I mean really where do they get it all from? My theory? They siphon it from us while we sleep! Because I wake up more tired than when I went to bed! The problem kids get into with all this energy is that it can make it hard for them to focus on something very long. This is a problem when kids are trying to do school work. Parents struggle with getting their kids to focus just long enough to grasp a new concept all the time. Being we homeschool I see it more often than not, the fidgeting the wanting to take a break and the wondering glances. So here are a few tips to help with this problem weather at school, at home school or during homework time. Set up a routine. When kids know what to … [Read more...]
A House for Hermit Crab Unit Study Art Project
A House for Hermit Crab Unit Study Art Project This art project for A House for Hermit Crab took on a life of its own as a multi-media and even multi-sensory ,collage project. Digging around in the art supply stash for items to create the creatures in the book A House for Hermit Crab gave us a wide variety textures to work with and that made it fun and pretty too! I set out a divided tray ( from Dollar Tree) with a variety of supplies to make our picture, the kids love choosing their own items to create with, using the tray keeps it somewhat tidy and organized We started by “painting” glue on the bottom of our blue construction paper, the kids then sprinkled clean play on the glue to create a mini beach for our crab. We used a paper plate for our crab shell, I love how … [Read more...]
Eric Carle’s A House for Hermit Crab Unit Study Activities
Eric Carle's A House for Hermit Crab Unit Study Activities I am a big fan of Eric Carle and A House for Hermit Crab is one of my favorite of his books. The book follows a hermit crab on his search for a new and larger shell home, and his quest to make it unique and beautiful. The book is full of beautiful colored illustrations, and creatures. This was a super fun mini unit study for us to do. We read the book and over 3 days we had a couple fun activities, an art project, and some awesome themed snacks. We spent a good part of one day doing activities related to hermit crabs and our book choice. First we read the book, and then I surprised the kids with a trip to the pet store to check out the hermit crabs, we talked about their environment at the pet store, how was it the … [Read more...]
DIY Frozen Pinata
DIY Frozen Pinata Frozen is sweeping the nation and many little girls are wanting Frozen EVERYTHING! This included birthday parties and they can cost a pretty penny! To Save some money you can make your own Pinata and fill it will candy you get on sale! Or even little toys instead! And lets be honest this method can be used to many a pinata for any themed party! Here is how to make a Frozen Pinata for your little one! Materials: * 8 Purple Sheets Of Tissue Paper * 8 Pink Sheets Of Tissue Paper * 1 Cardboard Box with the dimensions that you would like, you don't want the height of the box over 7" for a birthday party, It's the perfect height. The width you will want to measure with the object you will be using as the focal point. You do not want a really thick box or … [Read more...]
How to Save Money on Potty Training
How to Save Money on Potty Training Next to diapering, potty training can be a big expense. You have the training pants to buy, undies that will inevitably get ruined in the process along with clothes and of course you have the potty or potty eat itself. Here are some ways to make your wallet happy about the process even if you find yourself pretty frustrated. Do it as early as possible, but don’t force your child if they are not ready. It is common sense math that tells us that potty training earlier will cut down on how many more diapers you will have to use, but forcing your child or making it unpleasant can backfire on you. Start by introducing the potty and leaving it in an area that is easily accessible to your little one. Let their natural curiosity take over. It will when they … [Read more...]
Easy Ways to Teach Math to your Preschooler
Easy Ways to Teach Math to your Preschooler Math is an important skill the every kid needs to eventually learn. Although your child will learn different math concepts and skills in school, if your preschooler is ready, why wait? Teaching your preschooler math can be easy, especially if you go about it the right way. If both you and your preschooler are ready to embark on a mathematical learning adventure, here are a few tips you will need to know. Use Manipulatives Manipulatives are an easy way to help teach math to your preschooler, especially if your preschooler is a tactile learner. A manipulative is anything your child can hold and manipulate in his or her hands. Education stores carry a huge selection of different manipulatives you can use to teach specific math skills, … [Read more...]