When my husband and I chose to go with Mother Goose Time for our summer curriculum, one of the main reasons was because of the awesome add-ons that are available to the main kit that seemed to really apply to the season of life we’re in currently. There is the Experiencing God devotion book & crafts that are so much fun. There is the Little Goose booklet that helps us bridge the gap between our little one (2) and the main curriculum, giving us some really fun developmentally appropriate activities for him, and then the More Math and More Literacy workbooks for Natalie to help her transition into Kindergarten & higher grade level skills. Each of these add-ons coordinate with the monthly theme, so it’s so easy to fit them all together and it doesn’t feel disjointed.
This particular day we were working in Natalie’s More Literacy workbook, encouraging her writing skills, as well as general literacy skills. One of the fun activities we’ve seen so far was an activity for her to practice finishing a sentence, and then drawing a picture to describe what she had just written.
“Under the leaves, we saw ______.”
Well, we have a lot of bees in our backyard. In fact, a few weeks ago, we had a swarm of them almost set-up camp in the tree in the middle of our yard. Thankfully they decided it wasn’t the most ideal place for their new hive and moved on after several hours of occupying our backyard. I’ve never seen anything like it. Bees everywhere.
Needless to say, the kids are still talking about it weeks later.
So under the leaves, we saw bees.
And then Natalie decided to draw two ‘helper’ bees and a queen, and explained that they were bringing her pollen so that she could go make some honey.
(She’s also become quite interested in the Maya the Bee show on Netflix, so this has definitely added to her inspiration.)
And the grand finale was adding our family to the mix.
It was fun to see her little train of thought and how she decided to complete the activity on her own. And it was nice to still have some one-on-one time with her since we have transitioned to doing school with Peter now. This gives us a time to connect together while she’s exploring her creativity. I’m looking forward to getting into this more over the next several months.
As an official Mother Goose Time Blog Ambassador,
I receive curriculum in exchange for posting about our honest and authentic experiences with the curriculum.
Click here for more information on Mother Goose Time.
Mother Goose Time: More Literacy
JennyWhen my husband and I chose to go with Mother Goose Time for our summer curriculum, one of the main reasons was because of the awesome add-ons that are available to the main kit that seemed to really apply to the season of life we’re in currently. There is the Experiencing God devotion book & crafts that are so much fun. There is the Little Goose booklet that helps us bridge the gap between our little one (2) and the main curriculum, giving us some really fun developmentally appropriate activities for him, and then the More Math and More Literacy workbooks for Natalie to help her transition into Kindergarten & higher grade level skills. Each of these add-ons coordinate with the monthly theme, so it’s so easy to fit them all together and it doesn’t feel disjointed.
This particular day we were working in Natalie’s More Literacy workbook, encouraging her writing skills, as well as general literacy skills. One of the fun activities we’ve seen so far was an activity for her to practice finishing a sentence, and then drawing a picture to describe what she had just written.
“Under the leaves, we saw ______.”
Well, we have a lot of bees in our backyard. In fact, a few weeks ago, we had a swarm of them almost set-up camp in the tree in the middle of our yard. Thankfully they decided it wasn’t the most ideal place for their new hive and moved on after several hours of occupying our backyard. I’ve never seen anything like it. Bees everywhere.
Needless to say, the kids are still talking about it weeks later.
So under the leaves, we saw bees.
And then Natalie decided to draw two ‘helper’ bees and a queen, and explained that they were bringing her pollen so that she could go make some honey.
(She’s also become quite interested in the Maya the Bee show on Netflix, so this has definitely added to her inspiration.)
And the grand finale was adding our family to the mix.
It was fun to see her little train of thought and how she decided to complete the activity on her own. And it was nice to still have some one-on-one time with her since we have transitioned to doing school with Peter now. This gives us a time to connect together while she’s exploring her creativity. I’m looking forward to getting into this more over the next several months.
As an official Mother Goose Time Blog Ambassador,
I receive curriculum in exchange for posting about our honest and authentic experiences with the curriculum.
Click here for more information on Mother Goose Time.