Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Spring Showers {Free Printable}

Looking outside, it looks like spring.  It feels like spring.  It must be spring.  We're close enough to spring to call it spring, right? Weather and the seasonal changes are extremely relevant in our home lately, so I made this printable, and I want to share it with you as a FREE printable!
I am a big fan of having one activity that can be used to teach multiple objectives. It’s a big perk, if that activity will grow with my child & I can use it at multiple stages of cognitive development. And if it is seasonally exciting, well then I. Am. Sold. This is one of those activities, and I have it for you today FREE!  Let me share with you all of the ways we use this in our home.
First get the FREE download, print, & laminate (or put into a page protector).  We like to use small blue glass beads or pom poms to represent raindrops. You could also use brown buttons as “mud.”
Roll. Use foam dice to roll a number in the top 2 boxes. If your child is not counting above 6 yet, you can use a single dice.
Add. Ask your child to count up the dots, or to add them together for a sum. If you’re past addition, try subtraction. Comparisons also work great here (write greater than or less than on the sheet, or “write the number of the dice with more dots”).
Write. Your child could write the sum as a digit or a word, both numbers presented on each dice, or trace the digit or word. We use dry erase markers since they erase well on the laminated material.
Count. Using manipulatives, get your child to count out the number that was presented on the dice.
Fun. Enjoy!!!!

If you think that your little one would enjoy learning with this, get your copy here for FREE!
xoxo Darby

Monday, February 25, 2019

Favorite Homeschooling Resources

I have had several requests for where I find my resources for homeschooling, so I have gathered up my favorite things for homeschooling to share with you. I will leave this at the top of my School page and update it frequently when I find new favorites.  I have organized this list into several areas to help: prep and storing, supplies, art supplies, curriculum, manipulatives, books for mama, & books for kids.






xoxo Darby

Friday, February 15, 2019

Honestly Hawley {January 2019}

And so begins my fourth year of these monthly updates.  I love these capsules to see how our family evolves!  January this year was actually slower.  This is a goal of  mine for this year, to linger and move much slower.  I do think that I made great strides this month to work on slowing down and to not rush through my to do list just to check things off.  The environment in our home is much more peaceful, and as I went through the pictures from this month I am able to see that peace on my children's faces.  In my heart I am feeling much better too.  I hope to keep up with this slower home culture throughout the year.
2016: June ~ July ~ August ~ September ~ October ~ November ~ December
2017: January ~ February ~ March ~ April ~ June ~ July ~ August ~ September~ October ~ November ~ December
2018: January ~ February ~ March ~ April ~ May ~ June ~ July ~ August ~ September ~ October ~ November ~ December
 
               
        

xoxo Darby

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Honestly Hawley {December 2018}

Woah December was FULL!  Now I recall why it has taken me so long to go through these pictures, because there are SO many!  I had to take several breaks while I was culling these photos.  Goodness gracious it was a full month.
Here are the honest, unedited, unscripted
scenes of our December life :-)
2016: June ~ July ~ August ~ September ~ October ~ November ~ December
2017: January ~ February ~ March ~ April ~ June ~ July ~ August ~ September~ October ~ November ~ December
2018: January ~ February ~ March ~ April ~ May ~ June ~ July ~ August ~ September ~ October ~ November



              


        



 
















           
 


 

 

 

 

 


 


xoxo Darby
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