My wonderful friend Shannon is still working with me to create the Calendar Connections cards. She is a fellow inner city missionary with me and also a homeschooler {and former school teacher}. We have a new Bug Theme Calendar set for you! The facts are written at a 3-6th grade level but you will be able to water them down… Read More
Montessori Minute ~ Concentration & Normalization
Maria Montessori spent decades promoting the cause of the young child and defining the field of child development for future generations. She said: “Normalization is the single most important result of our work.” “The first essential for the child’s development is concentration. The child who concentrates is immensely happy.” Coming from a true genius, these are important statements. But what… Read More
Magnetic Gems
We have magnetic pom poms and we use them all of the time! I am not sure why it never occurred to me to make other objects magnetic for the same reason! As soon as the idea hit me, I grabbed our glue gun, some gems, and some magnetic circles. Within minutes I had magnetic gems! I made… Read More
Maestro Classics CD Bundle Giveaway
I am excited to share Maestro Classics with you today! The Maestro Classic CDs are wonderful mini-units that help introduce symphony and orchestra to younger students. Maestro Classics produces “Stories in Music” which are a classical music CD series for children ages 5 to 12, but can be enjoyed by everyone, yes…even us big people! Each CD comes with a… Read More
Tot School
~Ladybug is currently 37 months old~ We took a week off from Animal ABCs or any theme and Ladybug just played with whatever I had available. I was busy helping Pac finish up his last 2 weeks of 4th grade and Krash is with the grandparents. I am busy in prep mode for the summer and next year. I wanted… Read More



