Author: Cindy

I'm a homeschooling mom of three wonderful children living on a cattle farm in Central KY with my college sweetheart hubby. We're a Charlotte Mason family with bits and pieces of Classical education thrown in for good measure. We love unit studies, lapbooking, notebooking and lots of living literature! I personally enjoy encouraging and inspiring other homeschoolers.

The Letter J

Preschool Lessons for the Letter J (This post contains affiliate links.) Since the letter J fell so close to Christmas, Jesus was our main topic!  Of course, we couldn’t forget fun things like jelly beans and jam cookies, so there’s a hodgepodge of fun in here. We completed several fun printables from 1+1+1=1.  Find her…

Preschool Christmas Fun

These playful preschool Christmas activities are perfect for creating a sense of wonder in children while also teaching fundamental skills. A Preschool Christmas There’s a delicate balance to be made between getting a preschooler geared up for Christmas and keeping him geared down at the same time!  We chose to do a craft or activity…

The Letter I

Preschool Lessons for the Letter I (This post contains affiliate links.) The letter I was tons of fun – and my big kids even took part in putting together some of the activities.  They make very good preschool teachers, too! An insect poster graces our alphabet wall. Icky experiment #1 – a miniature volcano The…

If You Give a Girl a Needle

She might design a purse! Because of our Charlotte Mason style homeschool, I’ve encouraged handicrafts such as sewing, crocheting and knitting from the very beginning.  I’ve enlisted the help of a 90+ year old neighbor, a grandmother and a 4-H sewing class – for, you see, I’m not good at any of these skills! Mahayla…

Four Years Old!

It’s hard to believe we just celebrated the 4th birthday of my littlest! I love this picture from the party of my three kiddos with their great grandparents.  They are blessed to still have three great grandparents in their lives!

The Letter H

Preschool Lessons for the Letter H (This post contains affiliate links.) We painted hand after hand to make these colorful handprints. Cutting playdough shapes in half is an easy way to teach early fractions. We couldn’t pass up playing Hi Ho Cherry-O this week. A game called The wHole Picture teaches matching in a unique…

The Letter G

Preschool Lessons for the Letter G (This post contains affiliate links.) All of the printables in this post came from Confessions of a Homeschooler.  She has a great resource of activity ideas and free pages for all the letters of the alphabet! This simple cutting activity turned construction paper into grass for our alphabet wall…

Ancient Israel

The history of Ancient Israel is now under our belts!  I have to admit that I swerved from the textbook a tad during this unit to add  several hands-on ideas that I simply couldn’t pass up from Old Testament Days.  This unit study guide is perfect for active learning!   Below you’ll find a mixture…

The Letter F

Preschool Lessons for the Letter F (This post contains affiliate links.) Creativeness failed me during our study of the letter F.  That and the fact that this week was b-u-s-y! Foam fruit was sorted, graphed and used to fill in our F template. All the fun printables of this post came from Confessions of a…

National Missionary Convention

Another field trip bites the dust.  More than a simple field trip, though, this one was life changing!   The National Missionary Convention was held this past weekend in Lexington, and because our church registered, we were able to attend for free.  You know me and field trips, I wasn’t about to pass up a free…

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Favorite Games for Homeschooling

(This post contains affiliate links and links to my business website, Shining Dawn Books.) Games for Homeschooling? During my workshops about creative homeschooling and living math, I often talk about incorporating games into the school schedule. If your family has an established game night, you probably already know how educational many board and card games…

The Letter E

Preschool Lessons for the Letter E (This post contains affiliate links.) Eli wrote his very first word! This chubby little construction paper elephant became part of our alphabet wall. Measuring edges is easy with nonstandard measurement tools like animal crackers. A bingo marker makes for a fun tactile experience with letter formation – not to…