Tuesday, 23 February 2016

Tot-School Good Night Gorilla Story Basket


For our tot-school activity today I put together a story basket for the book Good Night Gorilla. In the basket I put all the animals from the story, the zoo keeper, a flash light, a lock and key, and a sleeping bag that I made out of felt. He loved this story basket and played with it for hours.






He loved finding all the animals and matching them up to the story.

 He put all the animals in the sleeping bag so that they could go to sleep. It was so cute.


At the end he put all the animals and took them for a train ride. 

Monday, 22 February 2016

Tot-School Good Night Gorilla Craft



For todays tot-school activity my little man and I read Good Night Gorilla and did a hand print zoo animals. He loved the story and calling out all the different animals.


After the paint dried I cut up some strips of black paper and he glued it to the paper.




 I love that it looks like the animals are behind the cage. He loved gluing all the black strips :). 


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Homeschool Room Tour


Today I wanted to share with you a tour of our homeschool room. We are so blessed to have a separate space to learn, play, and store all our homeschool supplies.

It isn't a large room but we love it and are grateful for it. I will say that this room is not the only place learning happens. We school on the couch, kitchen, living room floor, bedrooms, etc.


As you come up the stairs this is one of the first two walls you see. On this wall we keep our Animals Around the World, alphabet poster and number poster.


The second wall is our art display.

Next to our Animals Around the World wall we have a Expedite shelf. I keep all our current homeschool curriculum and teacher manuals on this shelf. 

On top of the shelf I keep a basket with extra construction paper, and large items that don't feet any where else. I also have cleaning supplies and a globe up there. I have some Ikea storage bins at the bottom that I keep crafts, and miscellaneous items. I stenciled some numbers on them you can read more about it here.

Next to the Expedite I have a world map and our reading area. 





Our books shelves are from Ikea, the rug I found at Home Sense and the crate is from Michaels.


In the center of the room is our table. This table is perfect for group activities we can all fit which I love. Behind the table is a bench for reading. If you want to read more about it here's the link to that post.

On top of the bench I have some moon clocks that my son and I made together.

You can read more about how we made this here. 

Next to the bench is our white board. Its the perfect size, I purchased it from staples. 


Next to the board is another Expedite but this one is the 4x4. I store curriculum that we are not currently using and our read alouds.


On top we keep any of our large projects that we worked on. Our Solar System model, model of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the double crown of Egypt and a DIY world map.

Next to the Expedite is a fire place. On the mental I keep our All about Reading letter tiles and our Homeschool Schedule.


Next to the fire place is my desk.



The desk and chair are both from Ikea. Under the desk I keep a small garbage can which I got from Michaels. 


That's it for the space, I hope you enjoyed touring our homeschool room :).

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Friday, 19 February 2016

Tot-School The Very Hungry Caterpillar Felt Story Board



This felt story board has been a labor of love for me. I made one for both my older boys and they loved using it to retell the story. It is time consuming but once its done it gets a lot of use. I got the template from Lavender's Blue Design.

I used a foam board covered in black felt for my background because it makes all the colors pop. I also backed all the pieces with the black felt it just gives it a little weight. I did not want it to be flimsy because it will be handled a lot.

When I first introduced it to my toddler he wasn't that excited about it. But I know with time he will warm up to it (at least I hope). He loves the story so my plan is to use it with the story and retell it with all the felt pieces.










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