The next topic we are learning in Spanish is the basic vocabulary for family members. Here’s the video to help you with the pronunciation 🙂 I have also made a few sheets to review the vocabulary we are learning. You can download the file at the bottom of this post.  In this file you will [Read On]
Poetry – Bed in Summer
November 22, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Our new poem is Bed in Summer by Robert Louis Stevenson. My mother-in-law used to read the book “A Child’s Garden of Verses” to my husband and his sister when they were little. Â She had given us a copy of this book a while ago, but after moving I had forgotten about it. Â Recently, my [Read On]
Thanksgiving Idea
November 14, 2013 by 1 Comment
Thanksgiving is fast approaching! Too fast I should say! I had plans on making this activity and having it ready for my kids the first week of November, but, oh well, life happens… and it was not until TODAY that we got started with this activity.  I guess it is better late than never, right? [Read On]
Spanish – Los Muebles / Furniture
November 6, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Our next topic to learn is furniture. Â We are learning basic vocabulary for a few pieces of furniture you may find in your home. Here’s the video to help you with pronunciation and review: You can also download a vocabulary sheet with pictures and words. Another sheet you will find in the file is a [Read On]
La Casa – The House
October 30, 2013 by Leave a Comment
This week we are reviewing the parts of the house. Here’s a short video with the basic vocabulary for the parts of the house. I have made a few worksheets to go with this topic. Here’s a quick look at them. Vocabulary sheet with all the words we are learning. You can hang this on [Read On]
Poetry – The Little Turtle
October 25, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Our Kindergarten class is learning this cute and short poem this week: Here are the different materials you can download to help you learn the poem. Written poem with illustrations. You can hang this sheet on the wall for quick and easy reference. Sheet with just the pictures. Â We really like using this sheet [Read On]
Poetry – The Swing
October 18, 2013 by 1 Comment
The next poem we are memorizing is The Swing by Robert Louis Stevenson. I made a short video to help my kids memorize it. Â Here it is: As usual, I made the different materials I make to help us with the poem. When you download the file you will find the written poem with pictures [Read On]
Parts of the Sun – Snack Idea & a free resource!
October 17, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Whenever possible I love to come up with a snack that goes with the topic we are studying. We love food in our house!  🙂 This week we studied the parts of the sun, so here’s my idea for a snack. I used ham for the bottom and top layers (convective zone & photosphere), provolone [Read On]
Parts of the Sun
October 16, 2013 by 18 Comments
We are starting a unit study on outer space! We will be doing a few activities to learn more about space. Â Our first activity was to talk about the sun. We are learning the different parts of the sun. This was very fun! I made a visual aid out of felt to give us a [Read On]
Vowels
October 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment
We have been learning about consonants and vowels. Â I heard a song to the tune of BINGO that helps children learn and identify the vowels. I thought it was pretty catchy so I tried it… the kids learned it right away! I made a little video with my camera so you could hear the song, [Read On]