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all about opposites | night & day activity. this activity was simple and turned out so beautiful. I simply glued a white "Moon" on one page and a yellow "Sun" on another. I set out some stretched cotton and some cut out stars for Norah to place on her pieces. I just used liquid glue and made as many dots as stars/clouds and instructed her to place them on the dots. We talked about day/night, stars/clouds, stars/circles and the moon/sun! Great simple activity with lots of fun learning for your little babe! Happy Thursday! | #teachingmadesimple #homeschool #homeschooling #unschooling #totschool #toddler #diy #parenthood #toddlerhood #explore #earlyeducation #toddlerbooks #littlelearners #opposites #reading #books #activity #lessons #simple #fun #tot #preschool #art #artwork #nightandday #stars #moon #sun #clouds #norahstotschoollife

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K is for King 👑 | finishing up the week of the letter k with songs and stories | we sang Ole' King Cole, he liked to change Cole to Cove! we talked about fiddles and he sang the song using his own instruments (bells and tambourines) Story time was super fun with the story of The King's New Turban / similar to The Emperors New Clothes / He retold the story and talked about the characters. Cove had lots of fun decorating crowns; He shaped a crown with clay, + cut one from construction paper, and made a handprint King! We wrapped up our kingly lesson with some handwriting practice. We will enjoy a game of Checkers while the baby naps! Happy Thursday! #homeschool #homeschooling #unschool #unschooling #simple #fun #letteroftheweek #education #elementary #preschool #teaching #flashcards #review #prek #king #crown #craft #art #reading #storytime #fun #letters #books #kindergartentoolkit #k #motorskills #playdoh #homeschoolcoop #homeschoolcollective #kidartlit #covespreklife

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🎉G I V E A W A Y 🎉 K is for @kindergartentoolkit + we're giving a toolkit away to one lucky follower! If you have been following #covespreklife you have definitely seen this kit in action! From numbers to shapes and letters to words this kit can do it all to prepare your little for grade school! This kit is amazing and I'm so excited to have teamed up with @kindergartentoolkit for this awesome giveaway! Wanna win your very own toolkit? Simply 'LIKE' this post. Be sure to follow myself @milkandcrayons + @kindergartentoolkit (for so much learning inspiration!) + tag a friend in the comments below! 👇| that's it! || The Kindergarten Toolkit builds a foundation of learning throughout the preschool years to promote Kindergarten readiness. The Toolkit includes: Lesson booklet, four sets of flashcards, whiteboard, pen & sidewalk chalk. Designed by a former Kindergarten teacher for ages 2-6. Now every parent can be a "teacher" to their child. Happy Learning! | #giveaway #education #kindergarten #preschool #learning #fun #flashcards #teach #simple #minimal #homeschool #unschool #publicschool #k

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Taco Thursday | tonight is another family favorite, tacos! Norah's is deconstructed -- black beans + brown rice topped with grilled spiced ribeye, lightly sautéed fresh zucchini, avocado + tomato + shredded Monterey Jack, tortilla + fresh sliced peach. 🌮 🧀 🥑 🍅 🍑 | #mommyblogger #simple #healthy #health #familyfavorite #foodie #dinnerideas #food #kidsmeals #textures #dinner #pickyeater #ontheplate #steak #tacos #mexican #diy #homemade #organic #fruit #classic #kidsfood #organic #weeknightmeals #family #toddlerfoodideas #feedfeed #toddlereats #whatnoraheats

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J is for Japan | we did some geography today and talked all about Japan! In the kitchen we made some simple pb+j & pb+banana sushi for snackin, he loved this! Cove decorated + colored a kimono as we talked about Japanese culture and wardrobe. Cove made a Japanese flag using construction paper (always trying to get scissor practice in) he unscrambled his tiles to correctly spell out Japan, he used the globe to locate Japan and we talked about its location and climates. We played 'sushi bar' and Cove was the sushi chef master creating the items I ordered -- this is a great for memory! He worked real hard on his chip sticks skills too! Lastly, he labeled his map of Japan with its capital and other major cities. I played Japanese music and we learned a few new words to say in Japanese! Cove has decided he's definitely traveling to Japan when he's older! Can Mama come? 🙆🏼 🇯🇵/ It was such a fun day learning about Japan. 幸せな学習! | ps. Sorry about the poor lighting situation, it's storming + dark here! #homeschool #homeschooling #unschool #unschooling #simple #fun #letteroftheweek #education #elementary #preschool #aroundtheworld #teaching #flashcards #review #prek #asia #geography #reading #storytime #fun #letters #socialstudies #kindergartentoolkit #j #motorskills #globe #homeschoolcoop #homeschoolcollective #Japan #japanese #covespreklife

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Swipe left 👈🏻 | Fee, fi, fo, fum I smell Jack and the Beanstalk learning fun! We started off with reading the classic story and talked about the settings + characters. Cove unscrambled his letter tiles to correctly spell the name Jack, we spoke of the importance of names always beginning with an uppercase letter and also the confusing same sound of the letter c + k. For art he drew the beanstalk and castle, giant flowers and used cotton balls for the big fluffy clouds. He used oil pastels, it turned out great! For some math he used 'magic' jelly beans and put the correct number on the corresponding flash card, he then had to say the numbers aloud from least to greatest. (We did this multiple times, switching the cards after every 3) the last activity was a great way for him to review all of the letters we've reviewed thus far. I simply took a paper towel roll and wrapped it in green paper (you could paint it too!) I used craft sticks and the scraps to create leaves (simply glue them on one side of the stick) on the leaves I wrote uppercase letters and on the 'stalk' I wrote lowercase letters. Poke holes along the stalk, all over. The object is to match the leaf to the stalk. You can use numbers, letters or even words for this fun activity. It was a lot of fun with Jack and the Beanstalk this afternoon, Cove did a fantastic job with all of his lessons so he received a golden egg! For our outside activity I drew giant foot prints using chalk and filled them in with sight words, he'll go jump around like a giant on them later on this evening! Happy Tuesday! | #homeschool #homeschooling #unschool #unschooling #simple #fun #letteroftheweek #education #elementary #preschool #jellybeans #teaching #flashcards #review #prek #math #numbers #reading #storytime #fun #letters #books #kindergartentoolkit #j #motorskills #playdoh #homeschoolcoop #homeschoolcollective #jackandthebeanstalk #kidartlit #covespreklife

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sharing some of our favorite dinners this week, dinner all of my children eat + enjoy / tonight is lightly fried fresh catfish + shrimp, 4 cheddar mac + cheese spirals with roasted krispy kale, and a few slices of fresh seedless watermelon 🍉 | what are some of your kids favorite dinners? Do you struggle with a picky eater? | #mommyblogger #simple #healthy #health #foodie #dinnerideas #kidsmeals #textures #dinner #pickyeater #fish #diy #homemade #organic #fruit #classic #kidsfood #organic #toddlerfoodideas #feedfeed #toddlereats #whatnoraheats

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this week is all about the letter j | today I set up his table with his letter tiles to match, clay to form his letters, salt dish for tracing, mini white board for some writing practice and the most fun -- Cove made a slice of toast and carefully spread his jam filling the whole toast, he then used his finger to write the letter j (upper + lowercase) with the jam on the plate! He loved it! We talked about the sound the letter j makes and wrote out a list of words that begin with the letter j. We will be climbing the beanstalk with Jack tomorrow for more fun with the letter Jj. Happy Monday! | #homeschool #homeschooling #unschool #unschooling #simple #fun #letteroftheweek #education #elementary #preschool #teaching #flashcards #review #prek #summer #fun #letters #reading #books #kindergartentoolkit #j #motorskills #playdoh #homeschoolcoop #homeschoolcollective #jam #toast #covespreklife

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this week is all about the letter j | today I set up his table with his letter tiles to match, clay to form his letters, salt dish for tracing, mini white board for some writing practice and the most fun -- Cove made a slice of toast and carefully spread his jam filling the whole toast, he then used his finger to write the letter j (upper + lowercase) with the jam on the plate! He loved it! We talked about the sound the letter j makes and wrote out a list of words that begin with the letter j. We will be climbing the beanstalk with Jack tomorrow for more fun with the letter Jj. Happy Monday! | #homeschool #homeschooling #unschool #unschooling #simple #fun #letteroftheweek #education #elementary #preschool #teaching #flashcards #review #prek #summer #fun #letters #reading #books #kindergartentoolkit #j #motorskills #playdoh #homeschoolcoop #homeschoolcollective #jam #toast #covespreklife

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this week is all about the letter j | today I set up his table with his letter tiles to match, clay to form his letters, salt dish for tracing, mini white board for some writing practice and the most fun -- Cove made a slice of toast and carefully spread his jam filling the whole toast, he then used his finger to write the letter j (upper + lowercase) with the jam on the plate! He loved it! We talked about the sound the letter j makes and wrote out a list of words that begin with the letter j. We will be climbing the beanstalk with Jack tomorrow for more fun with the letter Jj. Happy Monday! | #homeschool #homeschooling #unschool #unschooling #simple #fun #letteroftheweek #education #elementary #preschool #teaching #flashcards #review #prek #summer #fun #letters #reading #books #kindergartentoolkit #j #motorskills #playdoh #homeschoolcoop #homeschoolcollective #jam #toast #covespreklife

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🍦art today with for the letter i. We sang ice cream songs and talked about our favorite flavors! His is mint chocolate chip and mine is plain ole' chocolate. I threw in some math by having him ask everyone in the house their favorite flavor and he made a graph showing the results. // We used some vanilla scented clay and he formed scoops of ice cream and topped an empty cardboard roll (cone) then rolled a small cherry to top it off! Cove scribbled corresponding colors on construction paper with oil pastels, then he ripped different the paper into small pieces. He built different ice creams glueing piece by piece his flavors to fill his waffle + sugar cones (construction paper) I traced ice cream shaped popsicles in four different colors, Cove cut them out and used the shades (oil pastels) of that color to create his frozen treats and then he glued them on to their matching color stick. We talked about the difference the sound of the i in ice cream makes from the sound of i in insects that we learned about yesterday. : long i and short I . He spelled out i c e c r e a m with his tiles using his sounds. This was a super easy bright fun craft, perfect for a rainy day! | now time to eat the real stuff... happy Wednesday! | #homeschool #homeschooling #unschool #unschooling #sightwords #simple #fun #letteroftheweek #education #elementary #preschool #teaching #flashcards #review #prek #icecream #summer #fun #letters #reading #books #kindergartentoolkit #i #art #artwork #motorskills #colors #homeschoolcoop #homeschoolcollective #nature #covespreklife

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today is all about creepy crawly insects! 🐜 this week we are reviewing the letter | i | we had some play doh letter forming, letter sounds with letter tiles + wrote out sight words that begin with the letter I / I, is, it and in / we read about all types of insects and discussed insects we have seen before. Moths are his favorite! I found these super cool printables on @pinterest, he had to draw the missing half of each insect, he really enjoyed this activity! Once the rain clears up we will head outside with our magnifying glass and try to discover some of the insects we learned all about today! | #homeschool #homeschooling #unschool #unschooling #sightwords #simple #fun #hare #theletteringlife #education #learning #elementary #preschool #teaching #flashcards #review #prek #insects #letteroftheweek #kidartlit #fun #letters #reading #books #kindergartentoolkit #homeschoolcoop #homeschoolcollective #nature #covespreklife

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soup for this rainy day. DIY broccoli cheese soup with some bakery french bread. She loves to rip the pieces of bread and dip it in the soup! #motorskills 😉 | not pictured: fresh strawbs + mandarins. I 🍓 🍊 | ps. I promise I'll share this recipe on the blog this weekend! 🤞happy Tuesday! | #replayrecycled #lunch #lunches #toddlermeals #babymeals #yummy #food #parenting #mommyblogger #simple #healthy #health #foodie #lunchideas #kidsmeals #textures #organic #fruit #kidsfood #organic #toddlerfoodideas #feedfeed #toddlereats #whatnoraheats

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H is for h a r e. 🐰 / we started off by reading The Hare & The Tortoise (one of our favorite little stories!), after reading I had Cove retell the story and we talked about the setting + characters. We compared + contrasted hares and rabbits, learned all about hares and did some water color which he will cut and glue on a collage of green paper. We will go outside this evening to hop all around on some sight words drawn on the driveway with chalk! Hoppy Thursday! | | #homeschool #homeschooling #unschool #unschooling #sightwords #simple #fun #hare #theletterh #education #learning #elementary #preschool #teaching #flashcards #review #prek #animals #letteroftheweek #kidartlit #fun #letters #reading #books #kindergartentoolkit #covespreklife

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we are back, with the letter H! H is for 🏡! We did some easy reading, shape sorting-- he picked the shapes he could use to build a house; and house building with craft sticks and again, with clay. Cove also used his salt tray to trace letters. (I use a rectangle Pyrex dish and just cover with the lid when not in use.) we did a scavenger hunt and looked for items around our home that he read about in his books. He spent a good amount of time with the clay, adding trees and birds to his house picture. We talked about different kinds of homes and things that make our home special to him. He said he loved our green front doors! Happy Tuesday! | #homeschool #homeschooling #unschool #unschooling #simple #fun #house #theletterh #education #learning #elementary #preschool #teaching #flashcards #review #prek #letteroftheweek #kidartlit #clay #fun #finemotorskills #playdoh #shapes #geometry #letters #reading #books #drseuss #kindergartentoolkit #covespreklife

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a fun way to use number flash cards are with dominos! simply match the domino to their number card. Simple!! We have been doing a lot of addition so to get extra practice, Cove used his abacus to show different ways to make each number. Happy Tuesday! | #homeschool #homeschooling #unschool #unschooling #addition #math #numbers #abacus #pips #elementary #counting #matching #preschool #education #learning #dominos #simple #fun #kindergartentoolkit #covespreklife

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✨g i v e a w a y ✨ it's french toast Friday up in our house this morning! We made a french toast bread pudding and the best part was that I baked it right in the @oogaababy divider plate! the recipe is so simple -- french toast bread pudding // 2 eggs beaten, splash of cream, day old bread torn or cut into chunks, some cinnamon + nutmeg + pure maple syrup. Combine, mix, add to divider plate bake at 375 for about 12-15 minutes until golden brown. I like to drizzle a little more syrup on top and serve with fresh fruit. Raspberries + strawbs today! So, wanna win your very own plate to bake this toddler favorite in? For a chance, LIKE this post. Make sure you're following both myself @milkandcrayons + @oogaababy / for an extra entry tag a friend in the comments! That's it! Good luck! *contest open to US residents only // | #oogaa #oogaalove #breakfast #toddlermeals #babymeals #yummy #food #parenting #ambassador #mommyblogger #simple #healthy #foodie #fresh #fruit #breakfastideas #kidsmeals #bake #kidsfood #health #organic #vegetarian #fingerfood #toddlerfoodideas #feedfeed #toddlereats #whatnoraheats #giveaway #win #friday