A Quiet Simple Life with Sallie Borrink
Cozy and Simple Living, Homeschooling, Faith, Homemaking, & Books
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Here is another great video about the importance of play for young children. This video focuses specifically on play in kindergarten. The push to full day, academic kindergarten is such a tragedy. Expecting all children to learn to read by the end of kindergarten is simply wrong. The push for the Common Core standards is …
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Isn’t this just so cute? I saw this bumblebee made with toilet paper roll craft and knew that I had to share it for those with little ones in the house. Cute and simple. My kind of craft! Click on over to Preschool Spring Crafts for the details and template! If you are learning about …
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Perhaps one of the hardest decisions I’ve made as a home educating mother was the decision to let Caroline play. Sounds silly? I can imagine it does, especially because I believe in the importance of free play for small children. But it is hard to swim against the cultural tide that is currently obsessed with …
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I wanted to bring together two topics near and dear to my heart in this one post: spirited children and homeschooling. More specifically, teaching a spirited child to read. (If you aren’t familiar with the concept of a spirited child or wonder if you have one, you might want to check out my spirited child …
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I happened on Crayola Color Bath Dropz at Meijer and decided Caroline might enjoy them. I had no idea they would revolutionize bath time! We now have science and art in the bathtub! She enjoyed playing with them, but was continually putting containers of colored water up on the edge of the tub. She wanted …
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One of the things I enjoy about Caroline is the fact that she is so imaginative and creative. She has a rich imagination that far exceeds anything I ever had as a child. In the Strong-willed Child Or Dreamer? book, I am a doer and she is a dreamer. One of the things that makes …
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I mentioned in April that we were going to give homeschooling preschool a try for a bit and see how it worked. It has been interesting. Here are some random observations in no particular order. What Hasn’t Worked Well – Repetition Caroline does not enjoy doing the same thing or similar things more than a …
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We started doing homeschool preschool this week and so far we are off to a good start. Caroline is excited each morning to come down and see what is planned. I have to say that none of these preschool ideas are original to me. I’ve done a lot of surfing, looking for ideas that I …
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I’ve been finding interesting reading here and there online over the past week that has helped me as I’ve been processing the whole preschool thing. 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 …
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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 at its finest. I am motivated. …
