I love to read books, however purchasing physical or electronic books can get expensive and while I adore my local library, making trips to it can be inconvenient. Then I discovered the OverDrive Media Console app, it’s a free download in the iTunes store or also available for Android, Nook and Kindle. The OverDrive […]
Early Learning Apps by Kids Academy
Disclosure: I received compensation for my review of Kids Academy apps. All opinions are, as always, my own. We are on the go a lot, so I am always looking for new educational apps for S that are also fun and will hold her attention. So, of course when we were asked to review these Kids […]
Exploding Chalk Paint
After seeing on Growing a Jeweled Rose how much fun they had with exploding sidewalk chalk paint, I knew that S and I had to try it too! To make liquid chalk, we mix together equal parts cornstarch and water. So to make the chalk exploding, we subbed out the water for vinegar. We placed […]
ABC Shootout
I am always looking for ways to help S practice her ABCs whether it be recognizing or writing them. On this day, we were already outside playing with chalk, so I asked S to sing the ABC song while I wrote out the alphabet in chalk on the driveway. Then, I filled S’s water gun […]
Kids Academy Preschool and Kindergarten App Review
We were recently introduced to a new to us Preschool and Kindergarten App by Kids Academy. This app helps young children learn or practice their ABCs, numbers, shapes and reading in a fun way. The app has great graphics, colors and nice soft music. The app is easy for S (4 years old) to navigate on […]
Alphabet Soup
S has been learning her ABCs and to quiz her on recognizing the letters we created an alphabet soup. We took all of our plastic magnetic letters (we also used the numbers) and placed them in our water table full of water. Using a slotted spoon S fished out the letters one by one. […]
Early Learning: Letter E
S has been saying she loves and cannot wait for Easter since Christmas. I thought it would be fun to have some learning activities centered around Easter. I always mixed up the activities and try to balance the fun with practicing writing and numbers. Below are links to the printables that we used this week: […]
Early Learning: Letter P
S decided she wanted to pick the next letter to concentrate on: P…princesses, pirates, pigs, and potions oh my…. This week (January 28, 2014) we got snow in south Louisiana for the second time in less than a week. Previously it had been almost four years since it snowed. Therefore we ended up spending a […]
Early Learning: Letter S
Lots of fun things that center around the letter S! After reviewing our letter flash card and talking about words that start with S like spring, St. Patrick’s Day, sun, shamrocks, seal, sea lion, slide, etc., we discussed the date, day of the week and the weather. If you are new to my early learning […]
Early Learning: Letter O
This week I will be starting a new series on how I am teaching S. I will be using a combination of traditional worksheets, plus math, science, arts and crafts, and sensory activities. S loves games, puzzles and books, so we will also use those. I have also been trying to keep the activities that […]