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We are SO excited to be back in our daily tot school routine. Now I use that term loosely because our routine is a bit on the fly since adding little miss Aubrey to the mix in April. Instead of having a set time for tot school, we jump right into our fun activities anytime

Are you ready for our last new tot school theme for the year? We are loving our spring themes so I added this frog theme to our calendar this year. Check out this week full of all kinds of frog themed learning and fun! And here are the details of each activity: Here are the

Tot school this week is all about butterflies. It's been a rainy few days over here, so I am thankful we had a week full of fun exploration to keep us busy indoors. Here were our plans for our butterfly theme: And here are the details of each activity: Our favorite butterfly books for

Never planned to homeschool, now wouldn't trade it for the world

Spring has finally arrived for good here in Wisconsin. We are enjoying every minute of the fresh spring air, and this week's theme combined bugs, plants, frogs, ducks, chicks, and all things spring. Here were our plans for Spring week: And here are the details of each activity: Our favorite books this

This time of year is so crazy busy, but I'm happy to report that we had a great Gingerbread themed week of tot school last week. And we have all sorts of Christmasy Tot School fun going on for the next 2 weeks so stay tuned for that! Here were our plans for Gingerbread Week:

Are you doing a tot school transportation theme? We finally finished up our transportation themed activities this week and had a lot of fun with all the different modes of transportation we explored. Here were our plans for Transportation Week: And here are the details of each activity: Our favorite transportation books for the week

Teaching about weather is always one of my favorite science topics because there are so many great experiments to try. I wasn't sure how I was going to teach about weather in a toddler friendly way without true science experiments, but I am really excited about all the fun activities we tried this week! Here

It is finally starting to feel like fall here in Wisconsin which means lots of fun traditions like apple picking, hay rides, and pumpkin patches. This was the perfect week to do fall themed tot school activities and talk about the changing weather. Here were our plans for Fall Week: And here are the details

Isn't it funny how little ones are just curious about everything and totally don't have that grossed out reaction that we have as adults? I have to admit bugs creep me out, so I was totally not excited for this week's theme. I tried my best to contain my feelings about insects so Madelynn could

After Christmas passes and I finally get the tree and decorations put away, I immediately look forward to decking my house out in all things pink and glittery. Any excuse to be super girly is totally my JAM. Being a girl mom also means that I can go all out with pink and sparkly fun

This week we had a little fun down on the farm in Tot School. This was such a fun theme with lots of engaging activities to explore! Here were our plans for Farm week: And here are the details of each activity: Our favorite farm books for the week were:Farm by Mary NovickMrs. Wishy Washy

I love the holidays, but I am EXHAUSTED! I'm so over traveling, partying and never ending holiday to do lists and ready to get back into a bit of a routine around here. We had lots of snowy fun this week that I can't wait to share with you! Here were our plans

Do your kids LOVE Brown Bear, Brown Bear as much as mine? This story is such a classic I just had to plan a week theme around Bears and our favorite Brown Bear books. Here were our plans for Bear week: And here are the details of each activity: Our favorite bear

I'm so ready for April showers to turn into May flowers, but I do love when Easter falls so late in April. Luckily we had plenty of sunshine, so we spent all weekend outside finding Easter eggs, riding bikes, and enjoying a little taste of summer. Here were our plans for Easter Week:

We watched Happy Feet over the weekend so naturally Madelynn is a bit in love with penguins lately which made it the perfect time for our penguin tot school theme. We did a few of the same penguin activities that we tried last year, but tried lots of new ones too! Here were our

Well it's March which means we are thinking spring thoughts here is Wisconsin and hoping for warmer days soon. So although it is too early to do any planting outside, we decided to start learning about plants so we're ready to head outside as soon as we get a taste of warm spring air.

I just love the holiday season with kids. Our schedule is packed this time of year, but we managed to squeeze in all sorts of Christmas fun during this 2 week unit. Here were our plans for our special 2 week Christmas theme: And here are the details of each activity: Our favorite

A dinosaur theme is a sure fire way to capture little one's interest and curiosity. Just talking about dinosaurs with toddlers is so much fun! Our week was filled with names to learn, questions to answer and hands on activities to try. Here were our plans for Dinosaur Week: And here are the details of