Hands up if you have a music-loving family! I sure do! Music has played a significant role in our household, especially during the preschool years. We’d spend hours singing and dancing in the living room or in the car, and those moments made for some fun, quality family time. Even into our early homeschooling years, listening to enriching songs became an essential part of our school day. On field trip mornings, we’d pop in a CD (back when kids knew what those were), and let it play on our way to the Children’s Museum or to the beach.
I was curious if other people enjoyed this book as much as we did, so I checked the Amazon reviews, and it looks like it’s a favorite for many families! We recently finished Misty of Chincoteague as a read-aloud, and it was such a delight! There’s nostalgia, energy, suspense, childhood play, and lots of horse fun woven throughout this book. I may have been more excited than the kids to get to our evening read each day!
If you're all out of paint and your child wants to do an art project, you can make your own watercolors at home with the following pantry staples: baking soda, vinegar, corn syrup, cornstarch, and food coloring!
My daughter and I tried this and were pleasantly surprised! The paints work well, and making our own was easy peasy and saved me from a last-minute run to Michael’s! Furthermore, I was able to use up some ingredients from my pantry that I hardly ever use. For example, I tend to buy corn syrup once a year for some uncommon recipe, and then it sits in the pantry, begging for attention!
Summertime is the ideal time for outdoor playtime in The Woodlands! The days are longer and there's no school, so the fun can begin early in the day and stretch to the later hours of the evening. Take advantage of this special season by making sure your son has access to plenty of toys and activities to help prolong his time spent playing in the outdoors. Yep, I know... our summer months are SUPER HOT. But kids need to run around, sweat, get dirty, and get their Vitamin D. (Just be sure to supervise their playtime and keep them well hydrated.)
Reading with your pre-kindergarten child is rewarding and fun! What a great way to prepare for kindergarten and a lifetime of reading! Experts say that kids who hear a lot of language do better in school. Of course, you should talk to your child throughout the day, sing songs, play rhyming games, and more. But also, READ!! Reading is one of the best ways to hear language.
In the summetime, a Creative Alliteration Schedule keeps us on track and adds variety to our daily schedules. Here's a link to the alliteration schedule I like to use.
We're quite a few days into summer break now, and we started our week by pulling out the sewing machine. We finished 1 of the 4 bags we set out to create for "Make Something Monday" this week. (I'm hoping my other girls will be ready to make theirs by the weekend. They weren't quite feeling up to it on Monday.) This project was supposed to be a Boho Beach Bag, but because of the fabrics my daughter chose (one was flannel), it looks like more of a cozy overnight bag.
