For the past two weeks our co-op has read and done activities from the book Lentil , by Robert McCloskey. I love anything by Robert McClosk...

This is a really, really sweet book about an independent alley cat in Venice, Italy who becomes a papa cat quite by accident. The pictures...

We did the book, When I Was Young in the Mountains , last week. It's set in the Appalachian Mountains so I decided to stay with that theme a...

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I had printed out some gondolas to go with our Papa Piccolo  unit, but wasn't sure at first how to use them. I wanted to add some kitt...

For our first co-op of the new year, we read the book Katy and the Big Snow . All of Virginia Lee Burton's books have been favorites of our...

We are busy little bees here at Little Learning Lane as we wrap up this school year.  We have THOROUGHLY enjoyed our first year rowing FIAR Volume 1.  We have gleaned so many enriching lessons from each book.  We want to pass on any helpful links, printables, and FREEbies with YOU! Because we take our…

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C: The Rag Coat Welcome! The following is the first in a series of 24 lesson plans, Learning the ABC’s through Literature, the 1st year. It was written especially for classroom use within a homeschool co-op, and was designed to teach the alphabet, over the course of a …

We rowed "How to make an Apple Pie and See the World" mid October around the time we went apple picking to a nearby orchard.  This is ...

Hi! Last week we completed our Five in a Row study on the book The Storm in the night, by Mary Stolz. I was going to start on P...

Note:   I know that this post is rather lengthy.   However, instead of dividing it into separate posts, I wanted to put everything we did...

Apple Tree Coloring Page for kids. Free Printable Apple Coloring Pages For Turtle download and print.

This week, the girls enjoyed the book Katy No-Pocket by Emmy Payne.  It is a story of a mama kangaroo that has no pocket to carry her baby....

Have fun with these R is for Rabbit activities as they learn the letter R. Download the free printables to make crafting, playing, and learning easy at home or school.

*This post contains affiliate links. It’s apple time! And, in our homeschool group meeting, we had such a fun time with these free printable passport retelling pages from the book, How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Margorie Priceman. *Note, this is an older post that I’ve updated with fresher pictures ... Read More about Passport Retelling Pages – How to Make an Apple Pie

Harold and the Purple Crayon is one of our favorite classic children’s books. We were inspired by the story to create these purple yarn art sculptures! Follow our Children’s Books & Activities Pinterest board!   (This post contains affiliate links.) The Preschool Book Club is back this week with creative activities for kids inspired by the story, Harold...

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Papa Piccolo storybook five in a row ideas

A few weeks ago we rowed Very Last First Time by Jan Andrews . Considering that we were in the midst of a cold snap, the book couldn't h...