Counting Cars with Flowering Baby

My son enjoyed this activity with Flowering Baby a few weeks ago. We use this concept a few times with counting. He really does a better job counting with actual items instead of a worksheet.

We use this method for adding and subtraction problems as well, but this month, I’m going to use Shamrocks for him to count. I’m so pleased with Flowering Baby. This month we are learning about Farm Animals, Gardens (fruit, vegetables, trees). We’re going to take a field trip to a local farm for him to see live animals. This will be so much for him to be up close with live animals. Of course, he’s been to the local apple orchard for the petting barn, but a farm will be so much better.

Flowering Baby has made it so easy for use to learn about Farm Animals. I was able to find a majority of them from our local library, and the rest from eBay or Amazon. Our book list this month is as follows:

• Wind by Susan Canizares
• Berenstain Bears Visit the Dentist by Stan Berenstain
• Doctor DeSoto by William Steig
• A Pocket for Corduroy by Don Freeman
• The Mitten by Jan Brett
• Big and Little by Samantha Berger
• Big and Little: Board Book by Todd Parr
• Hickory, Dickory Dock by Mother Goose
• It’s St. Patrick’s Day by Rebecca Gomez
• It’s St. Patrick’s Day in the Morning by Eve Bunting
• Little Old Lady Who Lived in a Shoe by Mother Goose

As in celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, we’re listening to Irish music CD Putumayo Kids: Celtic Dreamland during Art time. This is another recommendation from Flowering Baby. I see a lot of green being used this month. Unfortunately, he may not want to see the color green for a while after this month (LOL).

Listed below are a few St. Patrick’s Day craft ideas that you can do with your child throughout the month. These are the ones that Flowering Baby has provided for us and so great because I don’t have to go digging to find a good fit.

• Windy Days Activity
• St. Patrick’s Day Food coloring Activity
• Straw Painting

I made a free printable for you to use with counting this month for the St. Patrick’s Day Holiday. You may print as many as you need. Click here to download your free St. Patrick’s Day printable. 

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Flowering Baby-Review

Flowering Baby is a wonderful program because it really speaks to an active child. When I read the introduction to the program, I was amazed by how organized it is and it really works well for my current plans our homeschool days. Flowering Baby is laid out on month to month for a full year. Each month has about 12 to 14 days of Classical, Charlotte Mason, and Unit Studies filled with a fun learning experience for your child.

A typical day consisted of:

• ABC's
• Math
• Reading books
• Physical
• Social
• Discrimination
• Crafts
• Healthy snacks
• Composer of the month
• Spanish
• Following directions

The cost for Flowering Baby is very affordable. The 3-4 year old curriculum will teach your child the basics (Preschool) for $38. The 4-5 year old (Kindergarten) for $38. Flowering Baby provides a full year of learning and all that's left to do is print off your list of supplies needed to learn and go.

I received a CD-ROM for 3-4 year old and 4-5 year old in which, I was able to open on my computer to print. This was very easy because there’s nothing to install on my computer. This CD-ROM has a list of PDF's for me to open and print exactly what I need with options for printing. You may print for the entire year, month to month, or highlighted daily lesson plan. I chose the highlighted daily lesson plan because it’s so much easier for me to print it off and familiarize myself while putting my children to bed.

Now, that’s a simple in and out type of planning I like. This cuts out at least 5 years of my planning and leaving me only an hour to print out the list I need for the month. Flowering baby provides a full list of supplies and books for the entire year, as well as month to month. So, you can either get what you need all at once or monthly. Either way you can just print and go to your local library to gather as much of your books as possible and then order the rest. Then off to your local store for the rest of your list.

Flowering baby would be great for anyone homeschooling their child from birth to 5 years old. The price is also very reasonable as well.

Now, my son is 5 years old, but I struggle to get him to sit down long enough to his work at times. So, I started him with the 3-4 year old level to reassure that he learns the basics before he moved to the 4-5 year old level. This worked out very well because a lot of it he had already known. So, I began printing off both levels for each level, in case he had mastered the task for level 3-4. This way I could challenge him with the 4-5 year old level.

Flowering Baby works so well for an active learner. Flowering Baby allows him to be active at the same time while learning, but there are some down times. He’s able to do these down times now because he gets to be active and learns to tone it down when needed to. This was a win/win for the both of us. So, I’m very pleased with Flowering Baby because he’s learning and I’m happy to say that I've purchased the remaining items on the list to continue this with my son until completion.

I came in the middle of January, but this can be easily started with all forms of schedules. I chose to start with the dinosaur theme along with our daily learning. We were already learning about dinosaurs, so this wasn't hard decide to go with dinosaur theme for him. In fact, it helped me because it saved time researching activities to do with him. I had no problems getting him to participate because each day is filled with hands-on, writing, playing, crafts, music, and much more. Often times my other children joined in on the fun and became even more fun for him. For instance, you can click here to see how we did the digging for bones idea. This was fun for my little guy and my other younger children. So, why not include them as well.

Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this product through the Schoolhouse Review Crew in exchange for my honest review. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way. All opinions I have expressed are my own or those of my family. I am disclosing this in accordance with the FTC Regulations.

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Days of the Week- Copywork

The days of the week are important to learn, but I wanted to make it a fun learning experience for my children. I’ve tried the Calendar Boards, but it wouldn’t get done everyday. Then we tried the Daily Notebooks, but it frustrating to keep them from taking the pages out. Then it hit me, “Hello, laminate it!” So, I did just that.

I also wanted something that would work for three grade levels or more. Almost like an all in one kind of thing. So, this is what I came up with.

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I have added to separate lines for the different levels of handwriting. The first line is for the beginner writer. The second line is for the advanced writer. So, you see how this would be beneficial and it will motivate them to want to move to the next line once they’ve mastered the basics. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.

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Dinosaur Fact Sheet

This fact sheet is nice way to learn about the fun facts about each dinosaur as we learn them. We’re using this fact sheet for each dinosaur. This has various questions to help your child learn the fact about each dinosaur as you explore them. I hope you enjoy this as much as we have.

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Dinosaur Copywork

As we learn about our dinosaurs, I thought it would be nice to learn how to spell the names. This laminated dinosaur copywork page will help my children learn to spell these names. I made this page available to you as well. I hope you enjoy this as much as we do.

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Dinosaur Alphabet

We watched Dinosaur Train a few days ago. This episode was about learning the alphabets through the various dinosaur names. I thought it would be a nice addition to our study. So, I made a basic worksheet to record these dinosaur names in Alphabetical order. 

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I found the book called, “An Alphabet of Dinosaurs by Peter Dodson.” This was a good find at my local library. I always recommend checking your local library for all your books before you buy. This will save you some money, but not time because it can take a little extra time to locate them on the shelves. The extra time is only if they are misplaced on the shelves. It’s well worth the time to save a few dollars.

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I was at a friend’s house and her daughter was working on a homework assignment for the Branches of Government. She had to read about the three branches of government. Then write one fact about one of the Branches of Government on a leaf. She then had to place it under the right branch on the Government Tree. So, I started thinking that it would be a great way for my 5^th grader.

So, of course I created our own version of this assignment. I wished we would have had this idea when we studying the Branches of Government back in October. Well, at least this will be a great review for the end of the year for my son.

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