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05/23/2018

8 Homeschooling Tips for Busy Parents with Activity Ideas

8 Homeschooling Tips for Busy Parents with Activity Ideas

I’ve been homeschooling preschool since my son showed interest in learning. Heck! I started reading to him when he was in my belly. But, for some reason, the thought of homeschooling kindergarten (coming up for my son and me in the fall) is a little scary.

To be candid, it’s because I’m putting the pressure of a traditional school schedule on myself.

I end up with the question like, “How am I suppose to fit that in our everyday life?” Especially with two other little ones and a dog. That’s going to be so difficult.

But, it doesn’t have to be that way. I can embrace a lifestyle of learning. Where my family can use everyday experiences as learning opportunities. We can learn during the day, at night, on weekends and even holidays!

We can learn math while baking or grocery shopping at farmer’s market. We can learn science while outside or on a trip to the beach. Learning can be plugged into our already busy lives giving my kiddos natural opportunities to grow.

Of course we will use curriculums. Of course we will be meeting our state’s requirements. But, I can release the fear of fitting a classroom setting into our lifestyle.

And that’s the beauty of homeschool.

Read on for 8 Homeschooling Tips for Busy Parents:

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04/15/2018

Star Wars Craft for Kids – X Wing

Star Wars Craft for Kids – X Wing

We made this Easy Star Wars Craft for Kids! I love that my kiddos can play with an X Wing Fighter with their Star Wars toys. So fun! Make one too. Plus, enjoy a Princess Leia and R2D2 coloring page.

We are big Star Wars fans in our house.

Don’t believe me? We have done some pretty cool crafts on Instagram. We have made:

  • Cardboard Tube Light Sabers,
  • Darth Vadar Shirts,
  • a Millennium Falcon out of a cardboard tube and cereal box
  • and a Darth Vadar Card.

We build legos into Star Wars ships all the time. We have Star Wars books in our mini library. Movies. Puzzles. Toys. We love it!

So, of course, we had to make another Star Wars craft.

My son still is playing with the Millennium Falcon we made almost a year ago. So, he took pretty great care of it.  When I asked him what we should make, he said an X Wing Fighter.

I had to use some brain activity for this one. But, I came up with a simple solution. All you need is a cardboard tube, jumbo craft sticks, paint and a knife. BAM! X Wing Fighter.

Read on for the instructions and a FREE Star Wars Coloring Page.

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04/04/2018

Earth Day Craft for Preschoolers and FREE Worksheet

Earth Day Craft for Preschoolers and FREE Worksheet

We made this Earth Day Craft for Preschoolers today! It’s so much fun! We even did the fun worksheet to review the Letter E and color planet Earth! Do it too!

You can request the printable here

Earth Day 2018 is on Sunday, April 22nd.

So, we are doing some crafts, reading books and doing a fun worksheet! Whoo hoo!

We did a space unit last year that my son really enjoyed. So, I am so happy that my daughter is old enough to join in on the fun.

You can check out our space week: 16 Space Crafts and Activities for Preschoolers

It was a really fun week!

One of the crafts we did during space week was an Earth craft. Now, my daughter gets to make one too! Yay!

Read on for the DIY Earth Day Craft for Preschoolers and a FREE E is for Earth Worksheet!

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Meet Ludavia. She loves making crafts for kids, early learning, and playtime, fun and simple at The Mama Workshop!

Hi Mama! I’m Ludavia! I love making crafts for kids, early learning activities and pretend play ideas fun and simple for moms and their kids.

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