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on the farm preschool study
School at Home

On the Farm, Preschool Unit

Preschoolers love learning about farms! Doing a preschool farm study is a great way to introduce them to some new things outside of their small world. Unless you live on a farm, most four year olds haven’t seen cows and pigs and goats in real life. Also, most kids like animals and baby animals so it’s a win-win. =) “On the Farm” is the second study we are doing for …

Just Me

Wrinkles and Rainbows – The Next Chapter

You may have noticed a tiny little name change around here. You see… this new season in life needs a new name that fits where I am now. When I had our surprise, late-in-life, rainbow baby in 2020, I started an Instagram account called wrinklesnrainbows–and honestly I quite love that name. It fits where I am in this season of life… wrinkles because I’m over 45 and rainbows because our …

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Preschool: Apples & Seeds Unit

*This post contains affiliate links.* Apples, seeds (and a little bit of pears and other fruit trees.) These are the things that we are studying in our first preschool unit! As I’ve mentioned, the majority of our preschool approach is “books, hands on activities, and nature study.” While using apple and seed themed materials to work on reading, writing, and math, we are also learning about science, art, cooking, gardening, …