Meet Vanilla ~ Moments to Remember

Moments to Remember was developed as a simple way to look back on our week as homeschoolers and find photos that encompass the memories we want to remember. 

The week may have been tough, there may have been more bumps than smiles, but in the end these are the moments that keep us going, the ones we need to remember.

 

Meet Vanilla. He is the latest addition to our home and a constant interruption visitor in our homeschool. There are certain children who suddenly disappear and then reappear holding Vanilla.

Because isn’t he so cute???

{sigh}

If you’re wondering how he could possibly be related to homeschooling, I’ll tell you. Vanilla is a wonderful little carrot to dangle in front of the noses of little children. Incentive never hurts anyone and he is a pretty cute incentive, isn’t he?

Want to join in and share a fun moment? Link up your Moments to Remember at 1+1+1=1 this week!! This linky is for homeschoolers, or families who are keeping their kiddos at home during the early years {we consider you homeschoolers too}.

 

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• Grapevine Studies ~ stick figure your way through the Bible
• Time 4 Learning ~ online education for PreK to 8th grade

 

Preschool Pinterest Finds ~ Preschool Corner

It’s been a bit since I’ve shared some of my favorite finds via Pinterest, so I thought that I’d share a few today. We’ve had a fabulous week with lots of outside play and Lego time. The weather has been unseasonably gorgeous, so we have taken FULL advantage of it.

If your little one isn’t quite ready for preschool printables, but you are ready to have some spring fun, check out Carisa’s Rainbow Tot Pack. Love the colors in the pack! :)

 

Sarah put together an AMAZINGLY cute big machines sensory tub. I’m sure it smelled fabulous too, since she used coffee beans as the dirt!

 

Getting ready for Easter? Don’t miss the Easter Preschool Unit from 2 Teaching Mommies.

 

I am thinking I just HAVE to find a way to squeeze in time to make these cute duck pretzels!!

 

Maureen from Spell Outloud has some great printables and ideas for a Nursery Rhyme unit that she is sharing with others.

 

I only wish I had seen this cute Goodnight Moon Sensory Bin from Adventures in Bear before we did our Goodnight Moon unit!

 

We have a few units coming up for Before Five in a Row that involve carrots, so these carrot cookies from Our Dish are on my list to make for one of the units.

There are a few ideas that have been going through my head. You can see the rest of my Pinterest boards here. Link up below too and share what you have been doing this week and keep the ideas going. :)

More Preschool Links

• ABC Printables
• Color and Shape Printables
• Early Learning Printables: Police Officers, fireman and more!
• Math and Counting Printables
• Phonics and Reading Printables 
• Preschool Planning Pages
• Preschool Resources Main Page

Ready to Link Up?

Share what you are doing with your kids! Please link your exact blog post to the Mr. Linky below and link back here too! Grab a button for your post below and be sure to take a minute to visit the person who linked up before you. You can read more in the updated guidelines for Preschool Corner.

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Police Officer Theme {ages 4-5}

 

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Visit these great companies!

• Grapevine Studies ~ stick figure your way through the Bible
• Time 4 Learning ~ online education for PreK to 8th grade

 

Art Tutorials for Homeschoolers

I’m going to be honest with you all and tell you that art is one area that I absolutely STINK at being consistent with. Assuming that you count the token one or two projects a year as consistency. Yes, we talk about art, admire the pictures and artists, but as far as pulling out all the supplies {or purchasing them}, I tend to shy away from it.

Problem is, I have a daughter who absolutely adores art.

Fortunately, our co-op that has an amazing art teacher and for half of the year Laurianna receives some fabulous instruction from a teacher who WILL break out the art supplies. {grins}

Birds nest chalk pastel tutorial

BUT ~ I’m going to step out of my comfort zone here and dive into unchartered territory soon. I ordered soft chalk pastels and plan to have some fun with the kids observing the birds at our feeder and drawing them together.

Queen Anne’s lace chalk pastel tutorial

Tricia from Hodgepodge has a collection of free chalk pastel tutorials and acrylic paint tutorials that we are going to dive into. Her mom has been sharing these tutorials on the site and I know that our kids are going to love the lessons. 

Chickadee chalk pastel tutorial

Is art one of your weaknesses too? Be sure to check out the free art lessons at Hodgepodge…and join in the art fun too. :) I may even start sharing a few of our creations here to keep myself accountable!

 

Visit these great companies!

• Grapevine Studies ~ stick figure your way through the Bible
• Time 4 Learning ~ online education for PreK to 8th grade

 

The End of the School Year Itch

With a few things thrown into our upcoming months that hadn’t been put into the schedule originally, the kids and I sat down last week and had a look at the rest of our school year.

Despite the fact that we switched out a few key pieces of our curriculum in October/November, we realized that we can finish the bulk of things up at the end of April! {I can assure you that there were some whoops and hollers from a certain mom as well!}.

Having a set day to signal the end was just what we all needed to get an added burst of excitement for pushing through a few ‘blah’ moments. We won’t be wrapping it all up {history will carry over a bit through the summer and then into the start of next year}, but it is so very encouraging to see the light at the end of the proverbial tunnel. Although the overall schoolwork will be finished, we’ll still be working on a few things in the months of May and June as well as doing our yearly standardized testing {ahhh…state requirements}.

When are you wrapping up your school year? Are you feeling the end of the year itch to finish yet?

 

Visit these great companies!

• Grapevine Studies ~ stick figure your way through the Bible
• Time 4 Learning ~ online education for PreK to 8th grade