I’ve been finding interesting reading that has helped me think about the preschool question. My gut tells me not to send Caroline to preschool, but I am also trying to be open to God leading in another direction. She belongs to Him and He has …
Caroline received The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (The Friendship Edition) for Christmas from my parents and it is all the rage right now. It’s long (74 minutes) so we only let her watch it once a day, but I think she would watch it a …
I can officially call LeapFrog Letter Factory a big hit with Caroline. Now that I know she likes it, I’ll look into the other related ones as well. Thanks very much for the recommendations! I’ll be checking out some of the others soon! I …
I wanted to find some fun hands-on ways for Caroline to interact with counting numbers. I found some ideas on a few different websites and adapted them for our use. Hands-on Counting Numbers This activity was super easy to make! The flowers are from …
One of Caroline’s favorite activities at the Grand Rapids Children’s Museum is the indoor sandbox. So far we haven’t purchased an outside sandbox for her, but we may look into that next spring. In the meantime, I wanted to come up …
Yesterday I shared a bit about what I am doing with Caroline at home regarding learning. Today I want to ask a question. I’m sure I’m not the only one facing this. What do you do with a child who won’t play by herself and is bored …
Several days ago Kat left a comment asking if I would share how I organize Caroline’s day, what we are doing with her learning, etc. So, for what it is worth, here is where we are right now with Caroline as a three year old. And this is honesty …
Setting the scene: Caroline is eating banana bread for her before bath snack. She goes to get out of her chair and give a bite to Daddy and somehow falls onto the floor, hard. Caroline (crying hard): I need you, I need you, I need you! Daddy …
Little ones seem to all go through a barn phase. I think it’s the combination of the red color and the cute animals. For whatever reason, it’s a predictable stage when you need to find barn-themed books for kids. These first two books …
A couple of weeks ago we stopped at one of the local cider mills after my physical therapy appointment. As we pulled in, I noticed a large group of children playing and instinctively knew they were homeschoolers based on the ages, time of day, etc. I …
