Making Learning Fun For The Whole Family

Making Learning Fun For The Whole Family

Every family is different and has different needs and challenges to overcome. It’s easy to get hung up on the idea of being the perfect parent when it to comes to making sure that your child gets the best education possible.    Image Credit. The Importance of Fun   However, one thing that every family needs is fun. True, your children need to learn, but as a parent, your job is also to make sure that they’re happy, healthy, and safe. Juggling all of these things can lead to burnout if you’re not careful, and children and parents alike can suffer.  One thing that can help is to let fun sometimes be the focus. Children learn in a variety of ways, but one of the…

Getting Children Into A Schooling Routine At Home

Getting Children Into A Schooling Routine At Home

If you’re planning to homeschool your children in the near future, you might be worried about implementing a school routine. After all, this is your home, and your kids are used to being able to relax and do what they want here – how are you going to create a classroom environment in which they sit up and listen to you as a teacher?  Well, with the points below, we hope to help you create the right schooling environment for you and your kids. It’s not as hard as you might think, and you can always make adjustments here and there to suit your kids. This is your homeschooling plan, so it’s entirely up to you!  Pexels Image – CC0 Licence Be Flexible First of…

Homeschool tips to set your child up for success

Parents everywhere have suddenly found themselves required to homeschool their children due to the nationwide school closures, and it’s only natural that this has come as a shock to many families, both parents and children alike. Thankfully, the internet is at our disposal, and we can now access homeschooling UK resources easily. Perhaps your child’s school even has a dedicated website or online learning area where materials will be shared and progress monitored. Let’s take a look at some ways to make your homeschooling journey a success, whether it is a temporary measure during the pandemic, or something the family will continue to pursue into the future.  Create a Routine  The first and most important thing when embarking on a homeschooling UK journey is to…

How to Home School for Beginners

How to Home School for Beginners

Image credit – Pixabay The chances are, you aren’t home schooling your kids. Although the rate of children in the US being home schooled is growing at an average rate of 2-8% per year, most kids are still in public schooling. However, with the current Coronavirus situation and schools across the country being closed indefinitely, you may have to dust off Math that you haven’t thought about since high school and prepare yourself to home school. Although it might be tempting to just let the kids have this unexpected time off as holiday, there are definitely skills and classes from school that, if left for months without being practiced, will start to get rusty. Languages, Math, English, Art – all the subjects they have on…

Fine Motor and Sensory Nature Based Color Matching Game

Fine Motor and Sensory Nature Based Color Matching Game

We absolutely love any opportunity we can get to bring the learning outdoors. Especially when it comes time for fall. There is really nothing prettier than the leaves turning colors. And it provides for a great opportunity to have a nature based color matching game. Plus? Who doesn’t love the chance to go get paint chips! Supplies Needed for Fall Nature Color Matching assorted paint swatches (in Fall colors of course) wooden clothespins assorted fall leaves and other nature samples sandwich baggies How to do the fall nature color matching You first step for this? Get outside and get into nature. Go on a nature walk and look for signs of fall. Things like: Cooler temperatures Changing leaves Animals preparing to hibernate You may also…

The Ultimate List of Eric Carle Books for Toddlers and Preschoolers

The Ultimate List of Eric Carle Books for Toddlers and Preschoolers

We absolutely love Eric Carle, renowned and beloved children’s author and illustrator. Most children are familiar with The Very Hungry Caterpillar and that was Squeaker’s first introduction into this imaginative, colorful, and playful world. We have done one mini-unit so far on this book and I have plans to do mini-units on other books in the future. Perhaps when we plan for PreK or Kindergarten, we’ll devote a unit to Eric Carle again. The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art is not too far from us either, so we’ll definitely have to plan a visit there. The books that he’s written and/or illustrated are the perfect foundation for a well rounded unit or to use within other units. And with over 70 to choose…