So you think you have what it takes to run a home daycare? Think again. Mwhahahahah! Just kidding. But for real, it’s a lot of work. Keep reading to help you decide if you have what it takes before you open a home daycare! 10 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Open a Home Daycare Before…
7 Ways to be a Great Wife
7 Ways to be a Great Wife You don’t have to share my faith to want to be a great wife. This post is based on Proverbs 31. Yes, the Bible – but keep reading! The Bible’s records line up with other historical records from around the globe, making it an accurate account of history….
Day and Night Sorting Activity Freebie
Friday sounds like a great day for a freebie! This week in our preschool lessons, we learned about Day and Night. So I made for reference for my preschool munchkins, and wanted to share! Scroll down to get this printable for yourself! Day and Night Sorting Activity Freebie As you can see, this printable is…
10 Perks of Being a Daycare Provider
Running a business out of your home can be challenging, but there are also so many benefits that money can’t buy. For us, quitting my full time job out of the house did make sense financially. After taking the cost of preschool, daycare, gas, and eating out into account, the stress of getting ready to leave…
Toys for Preschool: Here Are the Top 10
Here Are the Top 10 Most Played with Preschool Toys Do you spend money out of pocket for toys for your preschool or daycare? I know I have! But it’s so frustrating when you get something new and it ends up being thrown aside, or discouraging creativity. Here’s a list of affordable toys that won’t…
How to Teach Printing the Easy Way
How to Teach Printing the Easy Way Learning to print letters is a new focus in kindergarten. For maybe the first time in their lives, students are expected to recognize and write letters. This is challenging for a lot of kids that are just even learning the letter names! Keep reading for my insider secret to…
B is for Bus and Boat!
This was B week for us. Today we learned about buses and boats! We started with Morning Meeting and reviewed our letter name and sound we had learned earlier in the week. Then we read about Buses and Boats from our A Beka Book curriculum and talked about the discussion questions. We don’t have the…
A is for Alligator!
After a week of passing a virus around, we’re finally back on track. This week is the start of our Letter of the Week curriculum. Today we learned about alligators! These Animal Friend posters are from A Beka Book. There is text on the back to correspond with each poster. We learned about how…
Color Names Coloring Pages
Yay for back to school! I waited until after Labor Day to start my curriculum this time. With a family wedding I was photographing (and my kids were both in! Yikes!), I just wasn’t prepared for school yet. And I’m still getting everything daycare settled with the move. In fact, I have a voicemail from…
Learning Living and Non-Living
Who doesn’t love a good freebie? When I was creating some mini-lesson plans for this summer, I can across a standard that addressed differentiating between living and non-living things, as well as knowing that living things need air, water, and food to survive. I wasn’t able to find exactly what I wanted to complete my…
