Inspiration for teaching young children!
As you know, I share a lot of ideas and resources over on Instagram. Each month I want to post a summary of the information from Instagram here on the blog. I’ll include all the links so they are easy for you to access! I will do my best to put a blog up at the beginning of each month, and… Read More
We’ve been teaching the kids Spanish words since they were babies. We got a slew of bilingual board books, and other resources and have had them work with a teacher who speaks the language fluently. If you’re just getting started teaching your child Spanish, you’ll want to start with this post: “Teaching Your Child Spanish: Getting Started” We reached a… Read More
Teaching your child words in a second language isn’t as daunting as it sounds. Below are some resources that we used with our kids, starting as young as a few months old. {Raising a child to be completely bilingual is VERY, very hard unless one of you speak the second language well and use it all the time– or if… Read More
This is the first in a series I’m going to be posting on the blog for 2019! As you know, I share a lot of ideas and resources over on Instagram. Each month I want to post a summary of the information from Instagram here on the blog. I’ll include all the links so they are easy for you to… Read More
Have you ever done something with your child for just five minutes a day, every day? If you haven’t you should join my November challenge and see what your kiddo can learn in such a short amount of time. We all have 5 minutes, and you will be amazed how the consistency of “every day” will help your child learn…. Read More
Here’s the thing with screen time—we all have a different amount that we allow in our homes. Some of you may not use a screen at all, others may use kids shows only on occasion, and still others use screens to entertain on a daily basis. This post is not about the affects of screen time. I’ll leave that up… Read More
This is a super easy, hands-on way to learn the colors in Spanish! This game works for teaching, or for review. “Puedo tener” translates to “May I have”. This game challenges kids to ask for a specific color using a full sentence in Spanish. They will be saying “May I have blue”, “May I have pink”, etc…but they will… Read More
This was our first year to take part in our local library reading programs. If you followed along on Instagram (where I did most of my online sharing this summer), then you saw plenty of pictures of us enjoying our time reading dozens of books! Since it was our first year, and we have several libraries close to our home,… Read More
Ahh, Easter! The time of year when lots of colorful, plastic eggs end up around the house. And of course, the kids just looooove the eggs, and can’t bear the thought of getting rid of them when the holiday is over! What’s a mom to do with all these eggs? Here are a few fun & educational ideas for how… Read More
As it turns out, teaching kids to read before Kindergarten is really not as hard as it might sound! If you haven’t read this post “Teaching Your Child the ABC’s Before Kindergarten”, go read it first. That post will be your starting point. When your child has Letter Recognition and Letter Sounds down, they can move onto the things outlined… Read More