Hi everyone, nothing like getting down to the wire! (Do I say that every month?) It’s been a little crazy here lately, so I only made a few changes, and added some new recipe links for you. So without further ado…here’s our Monthly Meal Plan for for March 2011. Click below to download the March 2011 Monthly Meal Plan: March 2011 PDF March 2011 WORD Doc Bon Appetite! … [Read more...]
Feb
27
Trip Clip Review & Giveaway
I recently had the privilege of reviewing a super fun idea from The Trip Clip! These cute little clipboards are so fun and handy! We keep ours in the car and the kids can play educational games every time we get in to go! Their activities include Crosswords, Coloring Pages, Hangman, Sudoku for kids, Travel Bing (this was my families favorite) and many more! There’s even a kid based shopping list so they can have something to do at the grocery store. Each clipboard comes with a fun 4-color pen that includes blue, red, green, and black ink. What’s the Cost: $19.95 and once you purchase the clipboard you’ll get full access to their downloads so you can print anything your kids like. One thing that surprised me was the size of the clipboard. It is only 6x9 so it was smaller than I’d originally thought, but since we’ve been keeping them in the car I think they’re actually the perfect size. It is made of sturdy plastic material and includes a velcro dot on the board and pen … [Read more...]
Feb
26
Tommy Nelson Read and Share Bible Winner
Thanks to everyone who entered to win the Tommy Nelson Read and Share Bible ! As promised we have a winner! Without further ado, I’d like to give congratulations to Normanzoo! You’ve won! I’ll be emailing you shortly to get your info! If you didn’t win here are some links for you! TommyNelson.com Tommy Nelson Facebook You Tube Read and Share DVD Trailer Stick around Monday morning for a giveaway from The Trip Clip! Visit our Sponsors! Time 4 Learning, & Pick and Draw … [Read more...]
Feb
26
Digital Scrapbook Elements: Fabric Flower Pack
As a fun addition to my Bright Flower Pack and Muted Flower Pack I have a new Fabric Flower Pack to share with you today. What’s included? All files are 300 dpi .png format. For Personal Use Only 9 Colorful Paper Flowers, with and without drop shadows Purchase the Fabric Flower Pack for ONLY $1! Visit my store to see all of my digital scrapbooking supplies: Don’t know what Digital Scrapbooking is? Click here! Visit our Sponsors! Time 4 Learning,& Pick and Draw … [Read more...]
Feb
25
TEACH Magazine: Newsletter Review
Hello Ladies! (And gentlemen, are there any men out there reading? I never know…) Today I have the pleasure of reviewing the Encouraging Moments newsletter. Now, first off I want to say that I try to be careful how many things I subscribe to. Since starting this blog, my email can be so out of control it makes me want to climb in a hole and pretend my powers out! So needless to say, I don’t need a lot of email cluttering up my inbox. I try to keep my emails cleaned out so I can see all the wonderful nuggets of wisdom, suggestions, and encouragement that I get from you all! Have I told you that I love you lately? I do! So what’d I think when I was asked to review a newsletter from Encouraging Moments? Sorry, but I really thought to myself, ugh…another email coming in…no time…can barely handle current email load…please...help…me. But as always I’m pleasantly surprised by this awesome ministry! Is it a ministry? If not, it should be! Last time I reviewed the True … [Read more...]
Feb
24
Expedition Earth: Spain
Hola and welcome to our Expedition Earth week on Spain! Of course we started off our week finding Spain on the map and stamping our passports: Here are some of the things we covered this week: Located Spain and it’s capital on the map and completed our mapping worksheet Learned about their flag How to say “Hello” in Spanish – Hola, buenos dias (good day), gracias (thanky ou) Prayed for the Spanish people Learned a song in Spanish Completed a lapbook activity Learned about and classified 6 animals of Spain Vocabulary: Geography from A-Z: Straight Learned about Christopher Columbus (Even though he was originally from Italy, he spent most of his adult life in Spain) Learned about Pablo Picasso and tried a painting inspired by Deep Space Sparkle Went out for Spanish food…okay, so here it was more like Mexican food, but still yummy! Here is our white board for the week. We review all the facts for our country each day before we review its location on the map. On … [Read more...]
Feb
23
Jesse Bear Activities and Lapbook
Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? by Nancy White Carlstrom We love Jesse Bear at our house and I wanted to share some of the activities we’ve done to go along with this sweet little book! Craft: We made a cute little dress up bear awhile back and I thought it would be perfect for this activity so we got him back out. It’s simply a bear printed out on brown cardstock then laminated. I put Velcro dots on his body then cutout clothes from colorful felt. It’s easy to dress him as you just stick them on! Here is a cute paper bear we found at Danielle’s Place (Edited: Sorry, looks like she removed the free Bear Printables!): Lapbook: We made this cute lapbook for our study this week as well. You can find all of these printables for this lapbook on Homeschool Share. Find the bear: One of our favorite games was the find the bear activity. I hid the little bears all over the room and she had to find them. Although it was too simple for her, but she really had a good … [Read more...]
Feb
22
Make the Date Calendar Printable
Awhile back I shared a Make the Date Calendar printable post from another blog. That blog has since gone away, so a kind reader made a new one for me to share with you! It’s just a fun workbox addition that can be used to help with counting money, tally marks, learning the weekdays and place value! Click here to download!In the Tally Box: Have your child make the appropriate number of tally marks for the date, so if it is the 15th they would make 3 sets of 5 slashes.Make The Date Calendar: Have your student write the days on the calendar template. So if today is the 23rd and the 1st of the month started on Monday, write a "1" in the box under Monday then continue writing the numbers until they get to 23. What Coins make Today? Have your student put the correct coins to equal today's date, so if today is the 10th, they could use 1 dime, 10 pennies, or 2 nickels.Ten's & One's: Have your child write the correct number of 10's and 1's in today's date, so for example if it is the … [Read more...]
Feb
21
K4 Curriculum: Beginning Sounds Lowercase
Here is another addition to the K4 curriculum that I’m working on. Beginning Sounds Lowercase Worksheets. And if you missed it, make sure to get the Beginning Consonant Sounds (uppercase) identification worksheets too!. Click here to download the Beginning Sounds: Lowercase worksheets! Have your student look at the letter in the beginning of the row. Say the names of all the pictures in that row then circle the ones that begin with the same consonant sound as the letter at the front of that row. Click here to see my other K4 Curriculum Activities! These activities are part of my K4 level expansion to my Letter of the Week Curriculum, click on the images below to see more activities. The K4 curriculum isn’t quite finished yet, so until I get it packaged all nice and purdy you can download from my posts! Visit our Sponsors! Time 4 Learning, & Pick and Draw … [Read more...]
Feb
20
Read and Share Bible Review & Giveaway
I am so excited to do a review and giveaway for the Tommy Nelson Read and Share Bible. I have other childrens bibles, but I love how this one is laid out. It includes over 200 of the best loved bible stories in it along with discussion questions to help get your children talking about the real meaning in each story. So you can see what I’m talking about, here is an example of the Christmas Story: The Christmas Story as found in the Read and Share Bible http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf As you can see the pages are full of colorful illustrations and the stories are written in easy to understand format. What are the features of this bible? Over 200 Bible Stories Colorful Illustrations Stores adapted from the International Childrens Bible High level of Biblical Accuracy and age-appropriateness What does it cost? While prices vary I’ve found it on Amazon for about $10 What are my thoughts? I love this bible for younger children. The pictures are so colorful and I love … [Read more...]
