I am not a typical activity mom. I can never think of anything creative to do, and when I can find an idea I never have the supplies I need. Because God has a sense of humor, I have a son who delights in activities. Not just any activities, but STEAM activities. Thankfully, I found […]
Mr. C has been working on multiplication for a while now, and he really enjoys it. He’s pretty good at memorizing facts and doing abstract math, but when I ask him to explain how he got to an answer, he struggles. “I just know” I understand and I empathize. I was that kid. I could […]
Cutting is one of those fine motor skills that preschoolers need to learn, but it can feel intimidating to teach. It intimidated me because none of it comes naturally to kids. They need to learn which fingers go into what holes in the scissors, how to hold the paper, and how to move their cutting […]
If you look at any given homeschool curriculum, you’ll see that the last twenty lessons or so look almost identical to the first twenty lessons of the next year. Why is that? Summer Brain Drain. Really. We teach kids for nine months, and then they spend three months forgetting what they just learned. It’s a […]
When I was a kid, my family had to ration bananas because with me in the house the whole bunch would disappear in one day. As a picky kid, bananas were considered a “safe” food, and I would eat them by the dozen if I could! Now that my kiddos have eating struggles of their […]
Father’s Day is coming, and there are millions of crafts and cards out there on Pinterest, but I always struggle with finding something realistic for my kiddos to do. See, I’m not crafty. My sensory kiddos can’t stand finger paint, and I’m not clever enough to come up with a catchy poem. It isn’t that […]
