It seems like everyone you meet is obsessed with STEM or STEAM-focused activities nowadays. Should you worry about this with your preschooler? There is certainly no need to jump right into formal schooling with a little one, but it never hurts to start incorporating mathematical learning into your everyday fun. If you expose your child to…
It’s that time of year again. You know, when it seems every entry you scroll past on social media is a “first day of” photo or description of little Johnny or Jane’s first day and how everyone just knows it’s going to be the best year yet! If you’re a homeschool mom, you’ve probably already…
Even though social skills continue to grow and evolve throughout life, the preschool years are a critical time for their formation. Kids who are emotionally healthy are more able to establish and maintain positive relationships with adults and peers and even demonstrate improved academic performance! Obviously, developing these skills makes it much easier to navigate…
You can’t turn around without smacking into STEM or STEAM-focused offerings for kids nowadays, especially as summer approaches and your mailbox becomes more and more stuffed with camp brochures promising to infuse even your preschooler with a love of science and wonder. I personally think things are getting a little out of hand on this…
Including geography in your preschool lessons doesn’t have to be difficult. These 18 geography activities for preschoolers are fun and educational. I just finished reading Why Geography Matters by Harm de Blij and I realized that even though I’ve always had an interest in the world of maps, not everyone shares this love and is…
I wrote earlier that Pam’s The Homeschool Organization Challenge book makes my inner organizer happy. I’m a big organization geek and usually love to read anything about putting life into more of an order, but this handy guide from Pam is even fabulous for those readers whose ranking of organizing joy is pretty much right…
As the holidays (and the new year!) approach, we homeschoolers are starting to feel a bit of a strain with regards to our learning schedules and really, we’re just all so ready for a break. Many of us take the holidays completely off, depart from our “regularly scheduled programming” to do something fun (like these…
Pam’s Fall in Love with Morning Time video on using the Memory Palace technique to learn an Emily Bronte poem made me think of how often we use not only images to help remember things, but physical drawings, as well. Missed the Fall in Love with Morning Time event? You can still see all the…
Because of my years spent in the classroom, I get lots of questions from new homeschooling parents asking about expectations. Usually these questions are tinged with an edge of panic, as these (usually) moms want to teach all the things, but they quickly realize that “all” can be quite overwhelming. I’m reminded of the advice…
A new show arrived on the PBS Kids Network scene this past summer (I’ve written about another fabulous show on this network here) that got our family extra-excited due to its focus on an under-represented cultural group in the media. I’m sharing more information about it back at my Syncopated Mama Molly of Denali post…
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