This weekend we started our Covid-19 lockdown time capsules. Why a time capsule ? “A time capsule is a historic cache of goods or information,…
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Category: preschoolers
28 free resources to help your children understand Coronavirus
With the Covid-19 pandemic interrupting our children’s school year, normal life routine and ability to play with their friends they obviously have many questions. So…
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5 ways to teach your child using jellybeans
Each morning Hamish and I do an hours school work at the table where we concentrate on : Colours Shapes Numbers and counting Letters Pre…
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How to start a Pandemic journal with your children
We are currently living through not only a worldwide pandemic, the Covid-19 virus, but a time in history that will be recorded and learnt about…
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The journal prompt jar
In the blog post, How to start a Pandemic journal with your children, I speak about starting a journal with your child during this pandemic…
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Playdough activity – cutting with scissors
Your child should be ready to start learning to use scissors between the age of 2 and 3 years old. But introducing scissor skills can…
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Using toy cars for name recognition
Hamish absolutely loves his cars and when I first saw this idea on @homeschoolingideas I knew it would be an activity that he would enjoy.…
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The benefits of painting with your children
Yesterday we went shopping and as part of our weekly essentials I popped a set of finger paints into our trolley. Why? Because not only…
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Yes, you can over stimulate your child
The teacher mom in me loves to keep Hamish busy and learning. I love spending time with him, playing with playdough or painting. Building new…
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10 ways to play with a name puzzle
One of the first words a preschooler often learns is his or her own name. This is the reason why labeling items, using name puzzles…
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