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Author: erica

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erica

I am a Christian, mom, wife, homeschooler, YouTuber, author, and quilter.

Salad Spinner Spring Flowers

Art / Homeschool  Spring

Supplies: Salad Spinner (Yes, I said salad spinner) Food coloring (I used non-toxic paint too, but it didn’t spin as well) Paper (I used construction paper and paper plates) Popsicle sticks or straws for the stems Vase to display! (You can also stick them in clumps of play-doh for a…

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Prek Letter Y

Alphabet / Homeschool  Letter Y / PreK / Workboxes

Welcome to the Letter Y week, where we’ll be having fun with Yarn! Letter Y Memory Verse: “You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.” John 15:14. Click here to download verse puzzle (Note I use this with my 2nd grader, not prek) For our verses and…

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Patriotic Picnic Basket

Patriotic Picnic Basket
Uncategorized  Felt Food

I am so excited to introduce our first felt pattern for sale: The Patriotic Picnic Basket! Thispattern could be easily altered to fit any holiday or color scheme by simply replacing the red, white, and blue fabric with colors of your choice. This cute picnic basket includes instructions and patterns…

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Color Wheel Activity

Art / Homeschool  2nd Grade / Kindergarten / PreK / Workboxes

I found this great idea from Mama Jenn and knowing how much my kiddos love to play with the little water droppers, knew we had to do it! Supplies/Instructions: Visit Mama Jenn’s blog and download the color mixing wheel. Cardstock and lamination Red, Yellow, Blue Food Coloring Egg cartons for…

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Pick And Draw Give Away!

Give Aways

Rich, the creator of Pick and Draw, has generously a set of Pick and Draw cards as a give away for my 1500 subscribers celebration! About the Game Pick and Draw is a fun, one-of-a-kind drawing game that teaches you how to make very creative cartoon faces. It can be…

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Clown Fish Lapbook

Clown Fish Lapbook
Homeschool / Lapbooks  Kindergarten / PreK

This was our first preschool lapbook, we did a Clownfish Lapbook. Since it was for pre-k, I kept it simple, 1 file folder and includes: New Worlds: Sea homes Where do they live? Clown Fish Anatomy Clown Fish Measuring Finding Nemo Stick Puppets Clown Fish Coloring Of course we watched…

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Easter Activities & Lapbook

Homeschool / Lapbooks  Easter / Holiday / Kindergarten / PreK / Workboxes

I made some fun Easter activities for our family and thought I’d share early so you have plenty of time to make them! These items could easily be made into an Easter Lapbook so I also included a Lapbook Cover Page and Game Piece Pockets if you want them. Enjoy!…

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How to get started homeschooling…

Homeschool / Mom Stuff  Getting Started

I’ve had so many questions on this that I’ve decided to go ahead and do a post. But before I go on, please realize I am by no means a homeschooling guru, more like a crazy lady with a camera, okay? So…the short/common answer here is that you have to…

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Word Block Phonics

Word Block Phonics
Homeschool  2nd Grade / Kindergarten / Phonics / Workboxes

I’m all about anything that can make learning more fun, and colorful, and pretty…and involves paint…and a trip to the craft store ;o) Really this is another take on the Paint Chip Phonics game I made awhile back, but it is a little more hands-on and interactive to me. So…

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Domino & Dice Math

Homeschool  Kindergarten / Math / Workboxes

I downloaded a great domino game today called “Domino Parking Lot”. Younger kids can count the dots and place the dominos in the correct spot. Older kids can add the 2 sides together to find the correct spot. I found the idea for this on Nurturing the Tender Years, if…

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