This last week, as we have been preparing for the new baby - nesting really - my 4 year old has been having a hard time preparing for a new baby sibling. Questions like, "Why does he have to use my baby bottles?" or "Why do we have to move my plates and cups for his stuff?" are becoming more frequent. She even begged daddy to "wear" her around the house in a baby carrier, which he did for about 20 minutes! My husband and I sat down and discussed ways we can help prepare our four year old even … [Read more...]
Children’s Artwork Idea
A family friend gave my mother a gift for Easter that was such a great idea, I decided to duplicate it. Truly an amazing children's artwork idea. Make cards out of your child's artwork! Pretty simple, huh? My daughter loves drawing pictures but I can't keep every one of them. I already knew that about the idea of scanning the artwork and making a book, but some of the her more "favorite" pictures can easily be made into blank note cards. Here is one of her pictures which I named "Happy … [Read more...]
Mother’s Day Preschool Card
I showed my Princess the Mother's Day preschool card ideas I found online. After checking them all out, she choose to make the hand print flower pot card. It was fun and easy craft for us to work on together. We like to do hand print crafts and I love when I don't need any fancy craft supplies. (I like to keep it simple.) What you need: Construction paper Scissors Glue Pencil I outlined my Princess' hand and let her cut it out. I then drew a flower pot for her to cut out. … [Read more...]
Handmade Mother’s Day Cards
With Mother's Day fast approaching, I decided to do some searching for handmade Mother's Day cards that my Princess could make for Mother's Day. So of course, I went to Pinterest. Don't you all just love Pinterest? You can find so many great ideas there. I created a board, Mother's Day Ideas, which includes not only cards but also gifts and printables. Here are handmade Mother's Day cards, I found, that my four year old could make: source: Our Daily Obsessions source: … [Read more...]
Laminator For Homeschool
We are really enjoying our K4 Curriculum for homeschool. Since we travel it is nice that all of my material is on my little thumb drive and I just print out my sheets weekly. When we first started it in January, I bought laminating paper and laminated our sheets by hand. That got so tedious! A laminator for homeschool is what I really needed. So I finally decided to invest in a Scotch Thermal Laminator. I wish I had done it sooner! It makes homeschool preschool so much easier. Plus, I can now … [Read more...]
Preschoolers With iPads and Laptops
Preschoolers with iPads and laptops - what is the right age to start computer education? LaVonne: We bought an iPad for our four year old daughter. We travel 8 months out of the year for work. I also homeschool her. We knew that the iPad would come in handy for not only the mini-van but airplane as well. She has many of her movies on it, and we have even downloaded some PBS cartoons for her. It is also proving to be handy for homeschool. I have found many reasonably priced and free apps that … [Read more...]
Choosing to Homeschool
I have teamed up with some fabulous Mommy bloggers on Facebook to discuss "current events" of parenting and mommyhood! I adore each of these ladies and am so excited to be a part of something so fun! This week's moms include Cyndy from Mama Does It All, Ashley from Maryland Momma's Rambles & Reviews, Darcy from Tales From the Nursery, Kathleen from Callista's Ramblings, Heather from Full Price? Never!, Ghada from Mama Goes BAM, LaVonne from Long Wait for Isabella, Mariah from Formula Mom, … [Read more...]
