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Homeschooling with Toddlers

The key to successful homeschooling with toddlers is preparedness. Knowing this now, as I do, all the year round I keep an eye out at garage sales, thrift stores, and craft blogs for activities, inexpensive ones, that will keep...

Homemade Snowflake Activity

Looking for a fun winter activity you can do with your family? Look no further! Today I’ll be teaching you how to make homemade snowflakes! Snowflakes are simply a form of crystalline water ice. They begin as snow crystals and...

A Winter Nature Walk

A winter nature walk might seem like a boring (or cold) idea, but don’t be fooled – God’s creation, though less active this time of year, is still ready to excite you! Of course, snow is an obvious topic of study, but...

Puff Ball Magnets

Puff ball magnets, also known as magnetic pompoms are great manipulatives for kids and them help improve those fine motor skills! While especially great for tots, all of my kids love using them and as it turns out, they are very...

Around the Web with Kris

photo courtesy The Homeschool Classroom Domino Christmas Ornaments – The Homeschool Classroom – If you’re looking for fun, simple Christmas projects for your kids, this post from The Homeschool Classroom, part of a...

Preventing Boredom During Christmas Break

Many of us have wrapped up our homeschooling for the year, beginning a Christmas break a little early. Perhaps you just have a few more days to go. Whenever you decide to take a break, it can be a little bittersweet. The kids...

Ways to Engage Your Children During Their Holiday Break

Most kids count down the days each year until they are able to go on holiday break. But time away from school means that kids will need other activities to keep them occupied. There are a number of ways to keep kids engaged,...

Gift Jars for Christmas

Glass jars can easily be turned into an inexpensive Christmas gift. I like to use the 8 oz pickle jars, as long as you wash it well, the smell will go away. I usually just rinse it and turn it over in the drain board to dry and...

A Simple Christmas Tree

I’m not one who goes all out in decorating for Christmas under normal circumstances, but some years decorating is more difficult than others. Last year we were traveling over Christmas and had a newborn. This year we have...

Countdown to Christmas

Either your first language or your second language is learnt by exposure. So you need to expose your children to the new language whenever you can as much as you can, through different learning aids, taking into account your...