Early Learning

Toddler Time: 7 Activities to Keep Them Busy Everyone has made it to the table, and Mommy is trying to review multiplication facts with one child and monitor a science lesson with another child, with a toddler who has become mobile and wants to be the focus of attention. Sound familiar? I have been through this phase a few times, and I … [Read more...] about Homeschooling with a Toddler in the House

Free Printable Color Theory Activity If you have little learners who are just discovering colors, I have a cute printable activity for you! Click here or on the image below to download our free printable library checklist and color discovery activity! This color discovery printable pack includes Mice Books for Kids Library Checklist and 2 Color … [Read more...] about Color Theory Printable Activity

Early Learning: Teaching Calendar Skills This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. Learning the months of the year and the days of the week seems much more abstract than learning about the seasons. Even when they were very young, my kids have grasped the concept of fall, winter, spring, and summer. Obvious things, like … [Read more...] about How Do You Teach Calendar Skills?

Imaginative Play has Invaluable Benefits Many parents say that their child would rather play with a cardboard box than with the toy that comes inside. As the mom to some cardboard-loving boys, I can confirm that this is true. But what is it that these parents have tapped into?  Imagination . . . Imaginative play is important in the … [Read more...] about The Importance of Imaginative Play

Celebrating Everyday Blessings This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. Fall is just around the corner! We love this season of fun holidays, crunchy leaves, pumpkin everything, and cooler temperatures. With the change of the season, we have so many everyday blessings to be thankful for. Teaching Kids to be … [Read more...] about Being Thankful (Free Printable)

Remember Mouse from If You Give a Mouse a Cookie? Well, he is back with all his friends in Happy Valentine's Day, Mouse!. He wants to make special valentine cards for all his friends to show each one how much he cares for them. Pig, Moose, Dog, Cat, and more are back from the beloved series by Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond. This sweet book … [Read more...] about Happy Valentine’s Day, Mouse!

Has it ever rained hearts in your neighborhood? It did in Cornelia Augusta’s neighborhood in Day It Rained Hearts by Felicia Bond, the illustrator of the popular Mouse Cookie books. Cornelia did the obvious thing, and gathered up as many as she could carry. Realizing that each heart looked different after she got them home, she decided to … [Read more...] about The Day It Rained Hearts

I have a special section on my bookcase of holiday books to pull out at different times of the year, and my favorites are the Christmas ones. My boys all loved Goodnight Moon when they were little, and it led to our discovery of more books by Margaret Wise Brown. I was happy to find that her book, The Little Fir Tree has been reissued with … [Read more...] about The Little Fir Tree

A family sets out on Christmas Eve to find their tree; it is a familiar tradition they keep every year. Bundled up in warm clothes, they drive through town, “to where the dark and quiet begin.” Eve Bunting’s lyrical prose, along with captivating illustrations by Ted Rand, pulls readers into the story from the first page of Night Tree, a nature … [Read more...] about Night Tree