We are in the process of closing down Homespun Preschool and have begun removing posts, some post content as well as other content (sidebars, plug-ins, etc). 

Reviews will be moved to Sweet Posh Baby and Simply Sensational Divas Review… the reviews will appear on these sites throughout the summer and fall. 

We will be posting a list in the near future of the places you can find us once Homespun Preschool closes for good.

Thank you to everyone that has made this blog worthwhile during its short lifespan.

We regret to say that Homespun Preschool will be shutting down.  We had great hopes for it, but amongst our already full plates and our new projects, there just was not enough time left at the end of the day. 

Our reviews will be moved to Sweet Posh Baby and Simply Sensational Divas Review, so they will remain available.

If you are interested in acquiring the HomespunPreschool.com domain name (no content), please contact me with an offer. The current Google Page Rank is a 3.  It will likely be a couple of months before the site is down and ready for sale.

Cute & Fun Igloo Craft!

The idea for doing the Igloo craft came from here, but I improvised and decided to use a plastic bowl and plate instead of styrofoam to (1) not have to go out and buy those items since we didn’t have them on hand, and (2) nothing to throw away afterwards.  Here’s the materials needed & instructions the way we did it:

MATERIALS:

Very small plastic bowl
Plastic plate (preferably white) large enough for the bowl, a row of mini-marshmallows, & the igloo door
White icing / frosting
Mini-marshmallows
Small spatula or knife to spread icing/frosting

DIRECTIONS:

If the plate is not white, you may want to cover the top of the plate in white frosting.  If it is, cover enough to give the rim of the bowl something to “stick” to as well as the bottom row of mini-marshmallows.

Coat the outside of the bowl in white frosting and place upside down on the plate.

Place a row of mini-marshmallows around rim of bowl.  Continue with a row above until entire bowl is covered.

Use mini-marshmallows to create the igloo’s door.  Use frosting to help them stick.

Voila!  Instant igloo and yummy snack!

 Lil Roo is three and needed a little help, so I coated the plate and bowl in frosting and Daddy helped add the mini-marshmallows.

After the igloo craft, I gave him an Eskimo coloring sheet (found here) to color:

 LaDonna @ Just Our Thoughts also did this craft with her crew. Go check out their igloos here.

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Let’s Get Ready For Kindergarten!
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Let’s Get Ready For First Grade!

Stacey Kannenberg is an author, publisher, motivator, consultant, spokesperson and MOM.  As the “Get Ready to Learn Mom”, Stacey is a nationally renowned education expert and award winning author with an expertise in children’s education, and “Mom-entrepreneurship”.  She is the co-author of the award winning and state approved, Let’s Get Ready series with Let’s Get Ready For Kindergarten! and Let’s Get Ready For First Grade!

Kim’s view:

The Let’s Get Ready series is one of the best I have come across in a while. One of the best features of these books is that I feel I can work with all 3 of my kids even though there is a 4 year age gap between the youngest and oldest. For those that struggle to find a balance when working with different age levels, these are great books to aid with that. I love that the books are coated and you can write and erase in them. They touch on important objectives and give you a good foundation if your not sure where to start with your children. As a first year homeschooling mom, I also saw some things in this book that I had not thought about working on with my 1st grader. I look forward to incorporating the information in these books into our daily learning routines.

Christy’s view:

Lil’ Roo loves the “Let’s Get Ready” books.  When they first arrived, he was so into checking them out that he wouldn’t let me look at them until I got him distracted, LOL!  He’s 3, so we are starting on this preschool journey.  We haven’t decided yet which direction we’ll go as far as school is concerned (public, private, homeschool), but for now we are working with him at home. 

The “Let’s Get Ready For Kindergarten” is a very simple, thin book that is surprisingly PACKED with all the essentials the little guy need to learn as he moves toward Kindergarten. There’s a list of Early Childhood Skills to give you an overview, as well as parent / caregiver tips.  There’s ABCs, 123s, counting, money, right/left & names of fingers, colors, shapes, words, and so much more.  Each page is write on – wipe off marker friendly. I’m very excited to start working on these skills with Lil’ Roo. Ages 2-6.

The second book in the series is “Let’s Get Ready For First Grade”.  We haven’t explored it as thoroughly since we aren’t at that point yet, but I was very impressed with the material covered as I skimmed through it (compound words, plural words, geometric shapes, measuring, solar system, graphs, primary & secondary colors, branches of government, food groups, adding & subtracting, and more).  Ages 5-8.

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Create your own “Sid” pumpkin!

Sid Pattern #1 – CLICK to view full size & print

Sid Pattern #2 – CLICK to view full size & print

Enjoy!