Fitting One Month's Homeschooling Supplies into One Binder!

Homeschooling can be difficult. Homeschooling with Preschoolers  can mean A LOT of products, supplies, curriculum and mess. Luckily with Mother Goose Time I have learned how to condense ONE MONTH of homeschooling curriculum and supplies into one binder! This helps with my small teaching space and dislike of clutter and mess.

All you need is one binder (I use this kind) and a few sheet protectors like these.

From there I put supplies I use all month (or all year) long into the left front pocket.

In here I put supplies like the color of the month, book of the month, music CD, Forest Friends book, and puzzle.

Next I use sheet protectors to hold loose items. I use one at the front to hold things like the letter cards, My Little Journal, Name Tags, Cube Cards and much more.

From there I use the sheet protector to hold each week's Teacher Guide booklet. I will put the first week's Teacher guide and then put the week's lessons bag-by-bag behind it.

The bags are easy to punch with the rings and easily hold inside the folder for the whole month. When it is time to use a bag, I simply take it out of the folder.

I follow this pattern until I have all four weeks into the folder.

It is seriously that easy! I fit the whole box of curriculum and supplies into my binder in preparation for the new month.

I stash my folder away into my office area and pull it out with my Circle Time Board when it is time to teach!

If you have questions about this method, or about homeschooling your preschooler, comment down below!

After months of being a paying customer, I was given this month's box for free in exchange for my personal opinions and experiences. 

Teaching Toddlers American Sign Language

Sometimes when teaching young children we unknowingly hold them back from their full potential. Luckily with Mother Goose Time I am constantly reminded of important and significant lessons my children can learn every day.

One lesson that really stood out, and we will continue to work on for many weeks to come, was communicating with body language. From this lesson we worked specifically on American Sign Language.

As someone who has worked in food and retail, there are many times where I wished I knew American Sign Language more fluently. I never realized this is something I could teach my daughters easily from a young age and make it very natural for them to grasp onto like a second language.

This week we really focused on sign language and how we can communicate with anyone with these simple hand gestures. The girls found it interesting and fun and the learning kept them engaged with me and each other.

First we focused on signing the alphabet while singing the alphabet song. Mother Goose Time included this awesome ASL Poster that we can hang on our Circle Time Poster. I plan on keeping it there the rest of the year and focusing on the Sign Language with each new letter we learn throughout the year.

The girls took on really easily to the hand movements and recognizing letters as they were motioned. We learned while singing and signing together.

Next we learned our names in Sign Language which Bella really enjoyed.

From there we used a unique tool from Mother Goose Time which makes learning fun and unique. Our new Cube Cards came with different signs on each side. We rolled the cube and learned new signs with each roll and acted them out together.

As we learned a new sign, we would act them out. We did each motion multiple times and then used them throughout the lesson. For example I would sign Bella "Sit Down" and they would all do it with me.

From there I collected a couple of books from our local library. We were able to take home some books that we could practice and read together. The girls liked practicing each letter and motion together.

These are lessons that I am grateful to be able to teach my girls while having fun and learning as an adult myself. If you have questions about Mother Goose Time, or the way we do our curriculum each month, simply comment on the blog or email me. I am happy to help you learn to teach your children new things and to grow together!

After months of being a paying customer, I was given this month's box for free in return for my real experiences and opinions.

Unboxing of Mother Goose Time March Box - At the Pond

Here is the unboxing of Mother Goose Time's March Box: At the Pond! This is the Homeschooling curriculum kit I use for my 3 year old (and now my 16 month old) daughters! It comes with 20 days worth of activities, projects, lessons AND SO MUCH MORE! Check it out!

After months of being a paying customer, I was given this month's box for free in exchange for my personal experience!

Unboxing of Mother Goose Time's February Box!

Here is the live unboxing of my February Mother Goose Time box! Mother Goose Time is a monthly preschool curriculum kit for parents, guardians, preschools or daycare providers! It comes with everything you need for 20 days of activities and so much more. I have used this program with my now 3 year old daughter since September. This is my favorite theme so far. Check it out!

 

PART 1

 

PART 2

 

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A Day with Mother Goose Time

Let me just start this post by saying the Mother Goose Time program is completely customizable and able to be used a numerous amount of ways. I am a working mom who also homeschool teaches my 3 year old daughter. I also have a 1 year old daughter that I usually customize school time around. For this reason we do school for 1-2 hours a day. Some days more, some days less. This is just how we do it and enjoy it in our family and you can do it in any way with yours!

Each Morning we start with Circle Time. During Circle Time I bring out my Display Board (which I describe here). When I do this I also put in our Circle Time CD. This has a few songs Bella knows and we use to get in the mood for class! 

 

Each month you also receive a CD that goes with that month's theme. It also comes with custom lyrics each month that goes with the theme! I put this in after Circle Time and play it as background music during crafts and projects.

After our songs we settle down and discuss the days Date and go outside to check the weather. 

 

When this is done we discuss what we will be learning that day! I always turn to my Lesson Planner for guidance on the projects and lessons we will be doing. Here's what a typical day looks like:

 

From this point on, each day is different. We learn a variety of topics and do a variety of projects! On this day we learned about "On the Back" and baby animals that travel on their parent's back. Each month you also receive new numbers, shapes, letters and colors. Today I chose to focus on our shape, the hexagon, and one of our numbers, number 5. Each day I choose what we will focus on. Most days I don't do everything in the planner and only focus on topics that I can fit in during our school time slot.

Each month's box comes with new manipulatives for the kids to play with. This month came with these awesome Pattern Blocks and counting cards. Bella spent time using other shapes to create the hexagon and count out five hexagons total. It was a creative and hands on way for her to learn this new shape.
 

She also enjoyed just playing also!

 

After learning our new shape and number we played a memory game with cards of animals that travel on their parent's backs!

After our game Bella became a mom herself and carried her baby monkey as she enjoyed her banana!

Since she was a monkey herself, we decided to read our story for the day about a monkey and a turtle. She moved the characters herself while I read the story. She learned about how animals move, working together and how roots grow trees!

She made me read it again... and again... and again! She loved it!

After this story it was the perfect time to create her own turtle!

 

While her turtle dried we winded down by reading this month's book which also came in our box. These books are always vibrant, entertaining and teach the kids really well. Trinity, my one year old, also enjoys these books!

 

 

Everything besides the paint and monkey was included for ONE DAY of our monthly kit! Mother Goose Time has done all the hard work and made teaching your toddler so easy and fun. I would never think of these topics on my own. I love it and, most of all, so does Bella!

 

After months of being a paying customer, I received this month's box for free in return for my honest feedback!