One of the most challenging aspects of my home school is making sure that my toddlers are able to be included in our learning or at least kept busy when it’s too advanced. Sure they can learn alongside the big ones, but that can often result in messes, mayhem, and sometimes a lot of frustration for the big kids and…
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Firework Salt Painting
Mother Goose Time’s Science Lab has creative corner ideas that are focused on expanding the understanding of basic scientific principles. Firework salt painting is an example of a reaction. While creating some colorful art, the children were able to watch as the salt absorbed the water leaving behind pigmented salt. A reaction is a change that makes something new. When…
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3 STEAM Play-Based Activities for Helping Kids Get Excited about Science
One of the best parts of Mother Goose Time is that each week five new STEAM activities arrive! If you aren’t familiar with STEAM, it’s an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math. Educators are using STEAM based activities to help kids develop creative and out of the box cognitive skills. If these skill sets are nourished, they may…
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G is for Gorilla Masks and Preschool Games
My kids love the fun collection of games included in Mother Goose Time’s A to Zoo. Never has encouraging growth in literacy and mathematics been so much fun. My youngest is absolutely gaga over being able to create a “fur-like” effect for his gorilla mask using a comb! Mother Goose Time continues to be a wonderful way for my kids…
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F is for Fox with Mother Goose Time
One of the best parts of encountering the alphabet with Mother Goose Time is getting to watch my kids enjoy learning so much. My little ones had a wonderful time creating a fox out of the letter “F.” They told stories with fun animal magnets and put together an alphabet puzzle. We read, danced, played, and had a blast while…
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