Humpty Dumpty is one of those nursery rhymes that amuses me. Why is Humpty Dumpty sitting high up on a wall? Why doesn't he have something soft under the wall? We'll never know, but many books attempt to solve it. Today in our homeschool preschool, in our Humpty Dumpty lesson we … [Read more...]
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
I first ran into "How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World" back in high school taking a "pretend you're a teacher" class. At least I think that's where I did. Otherwise, it was my first year teaching and we used it for a nutrition unit and geography lesson. Either way, this … [Read more...]
Fun Apple Nursery Rhyme Craft!
After the fiasco of last week, and our Hey Diddle Diddle craft, I decided to step back for our nursery rhyme book and go for super simple for our Apple Nursery Rhyme craft. It may not be quite as satisfying to me, but this way the kids and I aren't butting heads, which makes for … [Read more...]
Hey Diddle Diddle!
The Cow jumped over the MOON! See, it relates to our theme for the week....... It's got the word moon in there. Either way, I had fun adding this Hey Diddle Diddle Nursery Rhyme craft to our Nursery Rhyme book, and it was a fun addition for my homeschool preschooler and my … [Read more...]
Itsy Bitsy Spider Interactive Book
Do you know how hard it is to find a nursery rhyme about the sun? There are none in the traditional, you can sort of force the Itsy Bitsy Spider to fit, but not really. That threw my plan to have a nursery rhyme book to go with our weekly Kindergarten theme (and my daughter's … [Read more...]