Guest Post: Groundhog’s Day – Animal Stick Puppets

Welcome Deirdre from JDaniel4's Mom.  She brought this post to my readers at Home Learning Journey while I am taking preparing for our new arrival to our family that is coming on 2/13/13.  Here is a little info about Deirdre and what you can find at her site: Deirdre Smith writes/owns JDaniel4’s Mom. After twenty years as a elementary school and technology resource teacher in Northern Virginia, she became a stay at home mom in upstate South Carolina. Her blog features ways she and her Read more [...]

Greater Than Game

To help teach my 3.5 year old daughter the concept of "greater than", I made a simple yet fun game for her!  Since today is Halloween, I made our numbers with jack-o-lanterns!  This game can easily be changed to fit any seasonal theme or any other theme desired. What You Need: Blank piece of printer paper 10 index cards Sharpie Crayons How to Set Up: Take a Sharpie and title your game board on the blank piece of paper.  Also draw a large greater than symbol. Take the Read more [...]

Guest Post for Raising Tots at Love, Play, Learn

Today I have a guest post live at Love, Play, Learn for her Raising Tots series.  Each Wednesday there is a new post in the series for toddler activities, advice, and tips.  You can check out her Raising Tots series here.  Do not forget to stop by my guest post on her blog here. My addition is titled "How to Encourage Your Toddler to Help Clean" and the picture here is sneak preview just to give you an idea of what you will find if you visit Love, Play, Learn to read my guest post! If Read more [...]

Family Halloween Night

Last night my family enjoyed Family Halloween Night at a local middle school up the road from our house.  We had a blast!  Looking at all the games gave me a lot of great ideas to play at home this year or even next year. I will share some of the pictures that highlight some of the games we enjoyed at the event to maybe give you some ideas of games to make at home this year or for future years. There was a lot more fun things to do like bounce in the bounce house, color Read more [...]

Alphabet Bingo

Before we ended our introductory week to home school preschool, my daughter and I wanted to end it with a fun game that we read about from Letter of the Week.  I titled our game "Letter Bingo" but I wish I had titled it "Alphabet Bingo" like the title of my blog post! What You Need: Paper Pen Place markers (we used M&MS!!!) Ruler (optional) What You Do: Make a 5x5 BINGO card.  If you want it to look nice, go ahead and use a ruler for straight lines and measurements.  Neither Read more [...]