by Jaimi Erickson | Mar 18, 2024 | activities
You know that carnival game where you pull a rubber duck out of the water and see what symbol is on the bottom? You win a prize if your symbol is the chosen winner. I took that carnival game idea and turned it into this ping pong ball letter match activity for...
by Jaimi Erickson | Feb 14, 2024 | activities
My very first year of full-time homeschooling was chaotic. I had two preschoolers to wrangle while trying to teach my two older children. The juggling act made me feel overwhelmed daily. Young children have limited attention spans and putting them on a screen to keep...
by Jaimi Erickson | Feb 9, 2024 | activities
Can you relate to this? It’s the end of the day. You have been trying to get the kids ready to go to sleep. You are exhausted from the day, but the kids are asking you to read to them. Making bedtime stories more fun is hard on those days. As parents, we all have...
by Jaimi Erickson | Feb 1, 2024 | activities
Taking the idea I shared for teaching preschoolers to spell color words, we made another spelling game. With the same idea, we can teach preschool kiddos to spell the number names. They are sight words, so this activity has big impact on reading skills. Learning to...
by Jaimi Erickson | Jan 30, 2024 | activities
Spelling words is not just for elementary school kids. We started playing spelling games in preschool. It is about making learning fun, hands-on and interesting. Then, you encourage a love of learning and retention of information when they are young. This game for...
by Jaimi Erickson | Jan 29, 2024 | activities, motivation
If committing to a month of extra acts of kindness is intimidating, keep this in mind: “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” – Aesop The point of an activity like this is to focus on giving to others. That teaches our children a way to be...