Our Homeschool Calendar and Morning Board

On Monday, we embarked on a new homeschool, year. Over the summer, I decided to update our Homeschool Calendar.  I had been looking at examples from fellow bloggers and printed several great files to use. I created a few of my own to add our Calendar Area.  This year, we are using a large Pocket Chart we purchased at Wal-Mart several  years ago to use as our Calendar Area.

We have limited space

Before Five in a Row: Jesse Bear and clothing printable

Two years ago, I made a bear and clothing to teach my youngest son about the clothing we wear during the seasons.  He loved it so much we added our Jesse bear to our Calendar Chart. 



This year our bear will be used when we read the book “Jesse Bear, what will you wear?” as part of our Before Five in a Row curriculum.  I thought since so many of my friends and fellow readers are using Before

Science: Make a rainbow

Pictured above, my preschooler's rainbowAfter reading books on Leprechauns and Rainbows, we decided to make our own rainbow indoors!Materials:A shallow pan or drinking glassWaterA mirrorWhite paperA strong light source such as a lamp or a flashlightWhat to do:1. First, we filled our drinking glass about 3/4 full with water.2. Then, place the mirror flat in front of the drinking glass. (when

Our Weather Bear (and how you can make your own!)

My youngest is learning about the seasons and so far we have been using our Seasonal Tree that I made. I wanted to help my child learn about the weather too and in addition to making a weather chart, I made a weather bear.I wanted the weather bear to teach my youngest son about the weather and what clothing we wear on certain weather days. Turtle calls his weather bear "Jesse bear" after one of