Once the weather turns warm and the sun begins to shine, do you struggle to include reading and picture books into your daily routines? You wake up to a gorgeous day and immediately head outside to soak up some vitamin C, ride bikes, explore nature, or just have a picnic! Only to later realize that you didn't stop to do any reading at all. With this new series, I hope to solve that slight problem for you once and for all. We love to play outside and will find a new trail to explore and be … [Read more...]
Scavenger Hunts: How to Take Your Nature Walk to a Whole New Level
This is it y'all! The last and final post for the Nature Walk Series. In this post, I wanted to talk about the benefits of using Scavenger Hunts while you walk. I briefly talked about Nature Scavenger Hunts last year, but in this post I really wanted to show the MANY, MANY different ways they can be used. So far in this series, we talked about ways to incorporate letters and numbers into your nature walks, how to explore your senses, and ways to get more out of your nature walks. I hope that … [Read more...]
Clarity as a Hands Free Mama
Welcome to another month of my Hands Free Mama Journey!! I'm so glad you are here. I am about halfway through Rachel Macy Stafford's book, Hands Free Mama. I have loved every step of this journey and can NOT wait to see what the second half brings. This month is all about Clarity and as she titled this chapter in the book, Seeing Life Through Undistracted Eyes. <a Before we go any further I have to admit that I have failed this month. If you recall I last talked about why we need to slow … [Read more...]
Exploring Your Senses while Enjoying Your Nature Walk: Nature Walk Series
If you've read lately you know that we are most of the way through our Nature Walk Series. So far we have discussed tools that can help keep kids engaged, finding shapes and letters, and how to get more from your walks. In this post I want to share ways that you can explore your senses while walking. The purpose of this series is to encourage you to not only take walks with your kids, but to also interact with nature and use it to learn many different things. My hope is that you will find … [Read more...]
Nature Walk Series: Incorporating Letters and Numbers
This time of year when the weather turns absolutely gorgeous overnight, all you want to do is be outside. How can you check off your to do list, cover all the concepts you want to cover, and still make sure to get in enough of that beautiful Spring Weather? Nature Walks. Nature walks are a perfect way to get outside, take in some fresh air, and still be learning. This is the third post in the Nature Walk Series. So far I have discusses tools you can add to help keep your kids entertained … [Read more...]
A Complete Unit Study: The Evolution of the Calpurnia Tate
Have you ever read one of those books that you just couldn't put down? One that you found so many different activities to can accompany it that you just can't stop planning? Books like that are so hard to find sometimes. A great plot, characters that you can really connect with and get to know, and thrilling elements that just suck you in and keep you thoroughly engaged. Books like that are often very difficult to find. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly takes you on … [Read more...]
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