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Archive for the 'Engaging Preschoolers' Category

Do you have crafty kids? I do! My girls especially want to be making something every day. This year my 11 year old daughter wants to learn to knit, crochet, and sew. She also likes to weave, scrapbook, and make other paper crafts. I’ve not been as helpful to her as I could be especially [...]

Many people consider Christmas to be their favorite holiday. Some folks like Thanksgiving, or even the Fourth of July. Easter, or Resurrection Day, as I prefer to call it, is my favorite holiday. It is here, on this day, that the world remembers something that I cannot forget every day of my life–that Jesus Christ, [...]

I love being a homeschooling mommy! I wouldn’t have it any other way! So, why did I freak out (just a little bit) when Kristen asked each of the Company Porch writers to blog a “typical” day in our homeschool? Because life with preschoolers is unpredictable at best…totally chaotic at worst! Nevertheless, with much fear [...]

Q: “I’m wondering what I should expect from my young children in regard to chores and helping out around the house. It’s like pulling teeth to get my 4 year old and 2.5 year old to clean up toys! I have to remind them dozens of times about what they should be doing. Often, I [...]

When I was a little girl, my mother and I had baking day every Wednesday. I loved it! We baked bread, cookies, and all sorts of other things together. Even as life got busier and more complicated, with my mom working and I off at school, we still managed to make a regular habit of [...]

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