H is 3 and 2 months old, and loves Homeschool Preschool.  Not only does he join us for Circle Time and Stations (logic puzzzles and math ...

Here's a snack that kids can make themselves.  It's a great exercise in Montessori Practical Life skills.  All you need is sliced...

Last month, I started an eight week unit on Native Americans with the kids (ages 3, 5, 5).  Every week we read a story about a little Nat...

My little boy, H, will be 3 years old next week!  This means that he has graduated from Tot School and has started Preschool (homeschool)....

E (just turned 5) is our resident artist.  I wanted to share some of her masterpieces.  E prides herself on the realism of her art.  Some...

Nothing makes a picture book more fun than letting the kids do a special activity related to the story.  After reading Miss Rumphius  a b...

We had a total of eight road trips with the kids this past summer - most of which were six hours long.  To help the kids pass the time, I...

After a whirlwind summer, with four week-long vacations, visitors from overseas, and the twins' 5th birthdays, we're back home an...

I've been taking nature walks with the kids since before they could walk and encouraging them to observe the world around them.  La...

H is 33 months old and it's amazing how much his attention span and capacity for learning new things has jumped in the past month.  Th...

In our study of France in Homeschool Kindergarten, the kids and I made crepes.  It was a great Montessori-style practical life activity w...

Getting something in the mail is so much fun - even more so when it's a box from Influenster full of wonderful products to try!  I re...

Since we learned about France last week, it seemed natural to use Claude Monet for our artist study in homeschool Kindergarten.  After loo...

I've been seeing the Ivory Microwave Experiment on blogs for years and have been meaning to try it.  When the girls got ivory soap for...

The girls really enjoyed making foil sculptures last week (using aluminum foil over pipe cleaners).  This project came from the Usborne Ar...

Lately we've been taking a gentler approach to homeschool Kindergarten.  We've been spending less time on worksheets and 'form...

We recently finished A Penny's Worth of Character by Jesse Stuart, which everyone loved.  It was also a wonderful bonus to be able t...

I'm starting to introduce my kids to famous artists and their works.  Last week's artist was Kandinsky and E created an oil pastel...

This week in Homeschool Kindergarten was very relaxed and productive.  I was consistent in getting the kids together for school-time in th...

One of the days last week, I decided to make a fun "monster" theme for the kids during our homeschool time.  We read books about...