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 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 18, 2024 | parenting
Guest Author: Melissa Muir of Melissa Is Teaching Our homeschool values keep us grounded when making decisions about curriculum, scheduling, and budgeting each year. These will definitely differ from family to family, but will most likely change from year to year in...