Can you believe that it's already November?! This year has flown by and it just doesn't seem possible that 2013 is almost over. Nevertheless, it won't be long before the lights go up, Santa hits the malls and stores start playing Christmas music. The 2013 holiday season is upon us and first up is Thanksgiving, the holiday of food, family and friends. If you host, or ...
Tot School Themes: The Color Blue
Our tot school this week may have taken on an Halloween theme, but we spent last week learning all about the color blue! As always, we spent a good portion of our time reading some new books. Our "blue" stories consisted of: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse Little Blue Truck Leads the Way We dyed some pasta ...
Tot School Printable: Toddler Pumpkin Matching
Halloween is only 3 days away! Can you believe it? It seems like this year has just flown by and it won't be long before the Christmas season is upon us but, for now, it's all about ghouls, goblins, tricks and treats! Tot School is taking on a spooky theme this week all centered around the color orange and of course that has to include some pumpkins. After printing ...
20+ Halloween Crafts and Activities Your Toddler Will Love
Next week in Tot School, we'll be learning about all things Halloween! The color orange, pumpkins, ghosts, and candy corn will all be making an appearance as we prepare for the spookiest day of the year. Since this is the first year that the toddler is really old enough to understand what is going on, I really wanted to try and make it special. So, I've been on the ...
Tot School Printable: Candy Corn Counting
One of the things I find the most appealing about homeschooling is that you can incorporate so many different things into your school day. Right now, Nicholas is only 2 and he hasn't been in Tot School for very long, but he has already made leaps and bounds in everything from his fine motor skills to his speech. On any given day we can go from playing with playdough in ...
Tot School Printable: Letter of the Week Posters
As we continue our Tot School adventures each week, one of the things I have noticed is that Nicholas is a very visual learner. Having an activity that he can see, touch and interact with makes a world of difference for him. Once we started covering the alphabet, I wanted to give him something that he could look at whenever he wanted that would help reinforce the letter ...