Inspiration for teaching young children!
So the package says ages 7+, but with a few revisions to the original game, Uno is the perfect game for teaching kids 2+ to recognize colors and numbers. Follow all the original Uno card game rules with these easy revisions… (if you’ve never played Uno, you can find the rules here: unorules.com) 1 Remove all the special cards (skip,… Read More
I just added some printable chore charts for kids in the Printable section of the website. Check them out {here.} Below I’ve also included suggested chores for ages 2-6. I had to get my sister’s help on this one, because my oldest is only three! Click the link below the chart to get the printable PDF version. Chore Suggestions by… Read More
The thing I love so much about lunchtime learning, is that it is effortless. On the really crazy days when we don’t even pull out workbooks or do flash cards, the kids still eat lunch. And when they have pictures and facts laid out in front of them they learn without even trying. I can run over sight words,… Read More
“How does ice melt, Mommy?” Kenny asked at breakfast this morning as he looked out the kitchen window at the dripping, soggy outdoors. Kenny loooooves snow, and so whenever it melts, he gets a little sad. But today he seemed more curious than sad.We started our ice melting experiment by grabbing an ice cube from the freezer and placing it on… Read More
The Kumon workbooks were recommended to me by a friend, and we have loved them! They have quite a variety of books for tracing, learning letters, cutting & pasting, folding, etc. We used the Grow to Know Kumon series to get started. They have suggested ages on the front of each book, and go as low as two years old. The… Read More
Reading “How to Give Your Baby Encyclopedic Knowledge” by Glen Doman was a huge inspiration to me because it made me realize the potential and capacity that children have to learn, even before they are able to speak. After all, if they are learning how to understand and speak the English language, they really can and ARE learning hundreds of… Read More