Authentic Biblical Study for Kids: What’s in the Bible?

Authentic Biblical Study for Kids: What’s in the Bible?

An incredible resource for giving your children a foundational understanding of the Bible and sparking powerful and meaningful conversation.

Learning About Vertebrates: Bone Collection

Learning About Vertebrates: Bone Collection

If you are working on biology or life science this year, we’ve discovered a fantastic book for learning about the types of vertebrates and their amazing skeletons!

Why I Quit

Why I Quit

I’m throwing in the towel. Here’s why.

Sensory Play: Ice & Water

Sensory Play: Ice & Water

It’s 30° outside, but at least twice a week, my four-year-old is requesting that we go to the pool.  These boys miss their summer water play! To substitute, we are using lots of indoor water activities, especially those involving temperature

How to Stop Hating Fractions

How to Stop Hating Fractions

O Lord, have mercy on us and save us from fractions! I have never seen a bigger stumbling block in teaching math than those poor God-forsaken fractions.  Kids absolutely recoil at them.  I have even had a parent say to

The Dirty Truth About Sharing: Property Rights for Preschoolers

The Dirty Truth About Sharing: Property Rights for Preschoolers

I knew at some point, sending my kid to preschool was going to create some culture clash. I work full-time, as does my husband, so our littles need to be somewhere during the day.  We have a daycare provider we

Preschool Science: Magic Milk

Preschool Science: Magic Milk

All of our preschool science projects lately have to have a color-mixing element.  My three-year-old is fascinated by this process and will plunge with delight into any project that involves food coloring.  Here is one of my favorite science/art crossover

Hands-On History: Timelines

Hands-On History: Timelines

Teaching world history in a single year provides me with some exceptional challenges.  We cover so much content in such a short time that I really have to remain on track and make tough decisions about what we can and can’t

Cooking with a Preschooler: Fall Edition

Cooking with a Preschooler: Fall Edition

Thanks to a big crop of Mackintoshes from my parents’ house, we are up to our ears in apples at the moment.  Just another great opportunity to get my three-year-old busy in the kitchen!  Last week, he picked apples and

Test, Observe, Revise: Engineering with a Preschooler

Test, Observe, Revise: Engineering with a Preschooler

The slow-motion video option on my phone has captured my preschooler’s attention lately, so we are using it to improve our marble track engineering.  When we record a run in slow-motion and review it, he can more easily see where