Ten Homeschool Room Setups I Love

Lately I’ve been spending hours looking at other people’s setups for their homeschool rooms. Here are ten spaces that I LOVE (click on pictures to go to the corresponding posts): ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** To find out more about Tot School you can visit 1plus1plus1equals1 and to find a … Read more

Tot School- The 5 Senses

This week in tot school we are talking about the FIVE SENSES. I had so many ideas for this theme that I almost finished the lesson plan in about 20 minutes with just ideas that I had used in the past as a preschool teacher. A lot of these activities can serve multiple categories but … Read more

Tot School- Friendship

This week in Tot School the theme is: FRIENDSHIP and the letter F,f. MONDAY Activity: Look at pictures of friends and say their names. Talk about what a “friend” is (very basic). Craft: Fingerpaint the letter F Song: ‘Make New Friends (but keep the old)’ Book: Winnie the Pooh- Two Friends TUESDAY Activity: Decorate a … Read more

Tot School- Family

This week in tot school our theme is family. I will be separating the activities by day instead of type because I think that it will be easier to implement. *MONDAY- Family Activity- Family Tree Craft- Family Handprints Song- ‘God Made Families’ Action rhyme Book- My Family and I/Mi Familia y Yo by Gladys Rosa-Mendoza, … Read more

Tot School- Love (2/15-2/19)

Since Valentine’s Day is today (the 14th) I decided to focus on the theme of LOVE for the week after the Holiday. Activities: *Color the snow- put some red food coloring in a spray bottle of water and spray the snow to color it * Heart path- Hearts taped to ground, jump from heart to … Read more

Tot School Review- Winter Wrap Up

Today was the first week of tot school. It didn’t go quite as I would have liked it to because I found that though I had a list of activities for Jacob to do I needed a lot more time to prepare each night. From now on I will have all of the activities and … Read more

Tot School- Winter

Update 1/2021: A new winter themed lesson plan can be found here with over 40 ideas! This week’s theme is: Winter Here are a few of the activities that I have planned: * Bring the snow indoors- It is supposed to snow tomorrow so we will be bringing snow into the house. We will use a … Read more