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Helping Preschoolers Unwrap the Greatest Gift – Day 2

December 2, 2017 by Kathy Lee 1 Comment

Helping Preschoolers Unwrap the Greatest Gift – Day 2

Our family enjoyed reading and discussing Day 1 of Unwrapping the Greatest Gift yesterday. We started a prayer list and came up with ways to show love to others this Christmas season. Some of the things the children planned were: to watch children for a young mother, make food for a hurting family, and make […]

Filed Under: Advent Tagged With: Advent, Preschoolers, Unwrapping the Greatest Gift, World

Helping Preschoolers Unwrap the Greatest Gift – Day 1

December 1, 2017 by Lesli Richards and Kathy Lee Leave a Comment

Helping Preschoolers Unwrap the Greatest Gift – Day 1

We are thrilled to be using Ann Voskamp’s new advent book with our children this year. Unwrapping the Greatest Gift is beautiful in every sense of the word. We know this will be perfect for most of our children, but our littlest ones might have trouble sitting through some of the readings. We have decided to […]

Filed Under: Advent, Things we LOVE Tagged With: Advent, Hands-on, The Homegrown Preschooler, Toddlers, Unwrapping the Greatest Gift

A Circe Guide to Reading Giveaway!

August 22, 2017 by Lesli Richards Leave a Comment

A Circe Guide to Reading Giveaway!

  I’m so excited about this new Guide to Reading, y’all! If I could pick one institution that has helped me the most as a home school mom and as a human being, it would be the CiRCE Institute.  They have consistently provided wonderful tools that encourage learning, both in mothers and in children.  Annual […]

Filed Under: Learning Moms, Things we LOVE, Uncategorized Tagged With: Andrew Kern, Cindy Rollins, Circe Institute, Classical Education, learning mothers

Science with Preschoolers….building thought processes early!

February 7, 2017 by Lesli Richards 2 Comments

Science with Preschoolers….building thought processes early!

Preschoolers are natural scientists!  They love doing experiments and having their own science journals to record their observations makes them even more motivated to observe the world around them more carefully. Ideally, this is the perfect time to introduce them to the scientific method. Plus, the word HYPOTHESIS is really fun to say when you […]

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What Makes A Year of Playing Skillfully Unique?

February 3, 2017 by Kathy Lee Leave a Comment

What Makes A Year of Playing Skillfully Unique?

Lesli and I often get asked what makes A Year of Playing Skillfully unique. Last year at the Midwest Homeschool Convention, we were asked this question so many times that I decided to blog about it.    

Filed Under: A Year of Playing Skillfully, sensory, Special Needs, The Homegrown Preschooler, The Power of Play Tagged With: A Year of Playing Skillfully, Classical Preschool, David Elkind, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Homeschool, Play based learning, Preschool, Wonder

#sayyes

February 2, 2017 by Kathy Lee Leave a Comment

#sayyes

Play is truly the KEY to lifelong learning. Check out this post that I wrote several years ago about the power of PLAY… One summer morning, I sent my little four-year old upstairs to get dressed for our day of errands. I was confident that he could pick out a pair of shorts and a shirt […]

Filed Under: The Power of Play Tagged With: Childhood, Memories, Priorities

BIG PAINTING – Art with Active Preschoolers

February 1, 2017 by Lesli Richards Leave a Comment

BIG PAINTING – Art with Active Preschoolers

If your kids need a unique gross motor activity, consider BIG PAINTING!!! Anytime is a great time to get outside and do some active art with your family.  This is a great project for children who love to move! At The Homegrown Preschooler, we love a “two-fer” – an activity where we can work on two […]

Filed Under: A Year of Playing Skillfully, Art, Special Needs, The Homegrown Preschooler Tagged With: Art, big painting, gross motor, outdoor art, preschool art, special needs, trunk strength

10 Ways to Teach Kindness and Thankfulness this Thanksgiving

November 14, 2016 by Kathy Lee Leave a Comment

10 Ways to Teach Kindness and Thankfulness this Thanksgiving

When I think about Thanksgiving, I think about kindness and thankfulness. I am pretty sure most parents reading this share my desire for children to develop these character traits as early as possible. The questions is, how do we teach these concepts to young children? We know that young learners need lessons taught in a concrete manner […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Goodness, Kindness, Preschoolers, Thankfulness, Thanksgiving

Rebooting Your Spiritual Life After a Hard Year

January 19, 2016 by Lesli Richards 1 Comment

Rebooting Your Spiritual Life After a Hard Year

I’m wondering how many mothers out there are feeling like 2015 ran over them like a truck? I can’t believe I’m the only one….the past year has been crazy for a lot of reasons, none of which are my stories to tell, but all of which left me a little shaken and depleted. I found […]

Filed Under: devotions, spiritual growth, Uncategorized

PLEASE Stop and Think Before you Approach a Diverse Family

January 17, 2016 by Kathy Lee 1 Comment

PLEASE Stop and Think Before you Approach a Diverse Family

I will never forget the day my oldest son and I went to our local paint store to pick up some paint for the new room in our basement. When we stepped up to the counter to pay for our paint, the employee asked my son if he already had an account with the store. I […]

Filed Under: Kathy's Passionate Life Tagged With: Adoption, diversity, MLK

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