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We just got back from a vacation to Southern California to visit my parents. It was a really nice trip and a nice warm break from the cold and the rain. Because of this we didn't get to do much with our Mother Goose Time curriculum yet. I am really excited for this months Winter Wonderland theme though, I had a chance to look through it before we left and we are in for another fun month of learning. One thing we did do before we left was our name tags. Every month we are sent a new name tag that matches the theme. Even though we are homeschoolers I still have them do the name tags. It is a great way for my son to practice learning to write his name, and we can look back at previous months name tags to see how much better we are writing. A fun twist on the name tags this month though was to trace the written name with glue and put glitter on it. I loved this because it gave an opportunity to work on fine motor skills. I wrote his name this time and then he carefully traced the letters in glue before sprinkling glitter on. He was so serious for this and really did a nice job tracing the letters.



They came out so cute and really make a nice addition to our school area. He is doing better with writing his name but still struggles with forming the letters so this was a fun way for him to practice. I love all the multi sensory ways of learning Mother Goose Time provides.

The other thing we did this week was to find the months picture book and pull it out for our plane ride. I brought it on the plane and we enjoyed reading a new book while we were flying. It is such a cute book and we had fun looking at the pictures in the plane. I also printed out the months color sheets and brought them along as well. It made the time go by so much easier.





*Mother Goose Time has generously provided this curriculum to us in exchange for our stories and honest opinions*




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