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Everyone who knows me knows I love chickens so I just had to snatch up this gem. It’s another great game by Smart Games . I have found this game to be extremely challenging even for me. It’s meant or 4+ but it is really hard. The challenge cards are inside the game and you slide the chickens so that each egg is covered by a hen. Since this game is so difficult my daughter and I take turns moving the chickens in hopes that we figure out the solution. Our critical thinking juices are flowing and its a great bonding time for us. Even if it takes us a long time to figure out the answers it’s fun to play and will get easier over time. A great lesson for her to never give up. 

This is such a cute little game for the young kiddos.  Smart Games has made the piece small enough for a child to hold nicely. It comes with a little booklet of challenges and the solutions to them. What I really like is that the pieces have a good weight to them. It’s not some flimsy, cheap toy. My daughter really loves this game because the wheels actually work so she’s can play with it after completing a challenge. My favorite part is that this game is a real challenge for her. We’ve had other critical thinking games but none have been hard even to really get her brain moving. This one does that! It is meant for 6+ and she is 3 so I think that’s why this one makes her think. 

This is such a great book to get your child engaged with hands-on activity while learning about some jobs around their community. What I really like about this Usborne book is that’s it gives a description of the scene so the reader knows what’s going on. Then the child gets to place a bunch of stickers to complete the scene. Our daughter had a bunch of fun seeing what different job places look like. The downside is that there isn’t a lot of descriptions so what I did was explain to her what the people do in the jobs. Whenever we go over occupations I always like to ask if she worked there what job would she like to do best. So far she’d like to be a reporter the best. Usborne has other really great books that are about jobs. 

At the beginning of the year I go through our curriculum and set expectations. I do try to keep them with in reason because our daughter is young (2-3yrs old). This year she did  Timberdoodle PreK Elite Kit . She completed everything in the kit and did amazing at every review throughout the year. Here were my expectations going in: English: With using All About Reading Pre-Reading , I felt she should fully know her letters upper and lower; mostly because she already knew them a good amount. She also knew some of the sounds so I thought by the end of the year she should know all the sounds. I think going hand-in-hand with knowing your letters you should have a good grasp on alphabetical order. By the middle of April she was reading. She has read quite a few books since then all have 3 letter words but I am so impressed that she is reading in general.  Math: We used Mathematical Reasoning Beginning 1 & 2 . Knowing 0-10, counting to 10 with no mistakes, compl...

Hello everyone! I am a Scout Elf from the North Pole and have decided to take over this post for the next 24 days. This year I finally got my family assignment from Santa. Upon arriving at my little girl’s home I got right to work setting up my display. I wanted her to know she needs to name me, find where I’ll be each day and give her a special treat since this sweet little girl has been sick since Thanksgiving. December 1st: Now I had a typo. I know Christmas Eve is the 24th but in my rush I wrote the 25th. But I made sure to let her know to get a cookie from the kitchen as a special treat. My name was specially chosen and it’s Lisa. December 2nd: Since the whole family is sick I thought I’d setup where I can watching over them as they rest and get better.  December 3rd: When I got back from visiting Santa I decided I wanted a good view of school time. Homeschool is so cool and a lot fun! I wanted to join in the learning but Santa says I can’t talk or move whe...