Sunday, February 12, 2017

Mother Goose Time Manipulatives Giveaway!

Recently I've had a huge revelation that in order to effectively homeschool Tiny B, I need to fill Strong B's cup first. I wrote a post about that here and here.

A giant way in which I fill his cup is to do our Mother Goose Time lessons first, before starting on Tiny B's kindergarten lessons. After I've done this, I take out our now gigantic box of Mother Goose Time Manipulatives that I've collected over the last year and half, and allow Strong B to play play play with these beautiful learning tools. He counts them and makes patterns with them and combines them and builds with them.

 

The one set of manipulatives that I thank God for every day is the cubes that connect. I have used them to teach Tiny B nearly every math lesson. Patterning, addition, subtraction, greater than/less than/equal to, etc...Manipulatives are absolutely necessary when it comes to teaching math. There is simply no substitute for a concrete item that you can hold in your hand. When I taught 3rd grade I made it an absolute necessity to use manipulatives for as many lessons as possible. And if 3rd graders needed this...then you bet that preschoolers need this. Most learners at this age need to see and feel actual physical items in order to internalize the objective that is being taught.

I wanted to thank you for reading my blog by doing my first giveaway!



And to get you excited, I wanted to show you some of these beautiful manipulatives in action!

Just recently, we made bear dens and Tiny B found a bear manipulative to put in her den. (See those cubes behind her den? Those are on the table because we literally use them every day!)                                
































Strong B loves making patterns with his shape manipulatives.



More shape manipulatives. These ones were see-through.



All of these pictures were all on my blog previously. They go back a year ago and they all take my breath away as I'm reminded how time goes by so fast. What is it the popular saying...? "With children, the days are long but the years are short..." 



Those are school buses. I don't remember what the lesson was. Look at that flower in her sweet hair. I don't even remember where that flower is now.



Last year as we focused on Tiny B's fine motor skills so much, we would often trace letters with our fingers. I believe this was some type of germ? Look at those fruit and veggie manipulatives above it. Those are my second favorite simply because of the cuteness.



This horse might have been from our cowboy and cowgirl theme. I don't remember exactly but I do know that there is no doubt that this horse had many adventures on beautiful ranches created by Strong B and Tiny B.



The person chosen will win some Mother Goose Time manipulatives! I don't know what it will be exactly, but I bet that you'll love it. 

All that you have to do is comment on my blog. You can comment once per day from 2/13/17-2/20/17. Prizes will be fulfilled by Mother Goose Time and may vary from those pictured. Must be 18 years or older to enter to win, and a resident of the USA. Void where prohibited by law. Winning entry will be checked to verify completion. Winner will have 48 hours to respond to notification of winning. Failure to respond will be considered forfeiture of the prize and a new winner will be drawn.

In your comment, please enter what you love about children. If you enter once per day, tell me a different thing that you love about children each time you comment!



24 comments:

  1. I love their innocence, their curiosity and their honesty.

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  2. Favorite thing? Hmmmmm, they make me laugh.

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  3. My favorite thing about children is their excitement over almost anything, they have the purest view of the world.

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  4. How they love so fiercely and look past all our flaws.

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  5. I love to watch them learn, when you can see the light bulb go off and their face lights up with pure excitement!

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  6. OK. Next favorite about kids, most of them are not prone to be embarrassed about anything. They will dance, sing, laugh from their bellies anytime and anywhere. ❤

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  7. I love how children love unconditionally. I love that thier smile and laughter can wipe away worries and stress. I love that they're innocent and carefree.

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  8. Second: I love the way they are eager to learn. Always ready to soak up knew information or a new skill

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  9. That they see the good in everyone and everything ❤️

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  10. I love how children can get so absorbed in the simplest of tasks. Building a Lego house or feeding all their baby dolls or pouring through old birthday cards, one by one.

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  11. Everything! Their innocence, love, humor, kindness!

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  12. Their heart for people :)

    mia2009(at)comcast(dot)net

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  13. They say the love to learn and the excitement when they learn something new.

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  14. I love seeing the world through their eyes! Everything is a learning opportunity.

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  15. Their innocence and ability to see the work in a different way from us.

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  16. I love how they sing and dance like no one in the world is watching. They can be themselves without concern of being different.

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  17. My favorite thing about children is their unconditional love
    Thank You for the chance!

    Fiona N

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  18. My favorite thing our little ones is their wonder. Whenever they encounter something new and interesting, they look on with absolute wonder and delight!

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  19. i love how excited they get about things, how everything is a new experience!

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    1. Molli,
      You won my giveaway!!!! Congratulations!! Can you email me your full name and address? tinysocaltoes@gmail.com

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