Thursday, January 28, 2016

Froebel Gifts - The Original Spielgabe or Spielgaben



The Froebel gifts (German: Fröbelgaben) are play materials for young children designed by Friedrich Fröbel for the original Kindergarten at Bad Blankenburg.


You may have heard of Froebel Gifts, Spielgabe, or Spielgaben. There is a company out there selling a secondary version of it called Spielgaben.  

Did you know that the original is called Froebel Gifts, and it has a long history?
You can read about the history here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Froebel_gifts

Froebel Gifts have a lot to offer babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. They should be a part of every childs early learning process. The best thing about Froebel gifts as compared to Spielgaben, is that you can buy all Froebel gifts separately. Spielgaben is only sold as one big set for a very high price. Froebel is the original, and Froebel is more reasonably affordable.

You can visit the Froebel Gifts website for more information and pricing.


Please view these very informative and eye opening videos about the history of Kindergarten, The history of Friedrich Froebel, and Froebel Gifts.
















Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Free Monster Match-Ettes Matching Game



I decided to make a feminine version of the monster match game too!

instructions:
*download free printable
*print 2 copies of both pages
*use a glue stick to glue each page to a white sheet of paper
*cut apart cards
*use a glue stick to glue fronts of backs of cards
*set up a patching game and play!

*optional- laminate before cutting the cards apart
*optional- print on cardstock


 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD FREE PDF

Original version HERE 
Pre-Primer Sight Word version HERE

*Coming soon: sight word versions!




Monday, January 25, 2016

Free Monster Match PrePrimer Sight Words


I decided to try making printables and this is my second one!
I created a monster match pre-primer sight word game! 

Primer, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd sight word editions coming soon!

instructions:
*download free printable
*print 2 copies of each sight word page, and one back page for each one
*use a glue stick to glue each page to a white sheet of paper
*cut apart cards
*use a glue stick to glue fronts of backs of cards
*set up a matching game and play!

*optional- laminate before cutting the cards apart
*optional- print on cardstock










Free Monster Match printable Game



I decided to try making printables and this is my first one!
I created a monster match game! 

instructions:
*download free printable
*print 2 copies of both pages
*use a glue stick to glue each page to a white sheet of paper
*cut apart cards
*use a glue stick to glue fronts of backs of cards
*set up a patching game and play!

*optional- laminate before cutting the cards apart
*optional- print on cardstock

*My twins decided the monsters needed names, so I added a version with the names they chose for the monsters!  :)




Earthborn Holistic Grain Free Dog Food Review



Earthborn Holistic sent us a variety of their grain free dog food, as well as their grain free treats. My two adult male pitbulls, and adult male bulldog LOVE this food and the snacks! They especially love the cheese snacks and peanut butter snacks. Earthborn has a lot to offer in grain free dog food and dog treats. I was pleasantly surprised when I received such an awesome variety from them. We will buy these treats and grain free food again and again!

Check out examples of what they have to offer below!

Be sure to visit their website too! http://www.earthbornholisticpetfood.com/






Sunday, January 24, 2016

3 Awesome Books about Math


My 7 year old twins are big fans of math! They love doing anything math related in our homeschooling. So I thought I would share three of our favorite math themed books!

A Remainder of One

26 Letters and 99 Cents

The Best of Times


4 Awesome Books about Trees




We have been studying trees lately in our homeschooling, so I thought I would feature some of the books we love here! Here are our favorite books about trees, and they are quite awesome! 


Trees, Leaves,and bark

A Tree is Nice

Cactus Hotel
Our Tree Named Steve





15 Fantastic French Themed Childrens Books


Bonjour mes amis

I thought I should do another book themed blog post, since the last one I did was so popular! This time I decided to feature what we think are quite fantastic French themed childrens books! So check them out below!


Hudson in Provence

Paris-Chien: Adventures of an Ex-Pat Dog

Anatole

This is Paris

The cat who walked across France

Everybody BonJours! 
a walk in Paris

Charlotte in Paris

Gaston

Happy Birthday, Madam Chapeau

Paris (coloring book) so cute!!

Am I small? Je suis petite, moi?

Un, Deux, Trois

My first French book

Bear at home