Printable Christmas Bunting

Here is the free printable for this adorable "JOY" Christmas bunting >> Download HERE. It's fun colors of pink, orange and green make a pretty pallet of non-traditional holiday colors.

>> It goes perfectly with our Christmas Subway Art!

I also created the same bunting in a more traditional Christmas color scheme. Download that one HERE. These colors match our subway art done in blue, green and red.

Happy Decorating, Everyone!

Vintage Coloring Pages for Fall

Free: 5 adorable pictures, salvaged from a vintage coloring book! Print and enjoy. 

Download them HERE

Free Election Education Activity Pack 2012

This 20 page unit study is the perfect way to cover the election with your preschooler through early elementary age child. It includes activities, games, writing, biblical references on leadership, easy to understand lessons in government, politics and the history of elections in America. And it's FREE!

>>>> Download Here 

Several ideas are out there for younger children. One of our favorite books is Duck For President.  You can easily obtain it from your local library at a great price :)

~Julia and Sarah

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Fall Subway Art

4x6 White Border

Ahhh, Fall is here! Crisp, colorful leaves, hot apple cider, hay rides, pumpkins, football. Let the Fall decorating commence. Don't you just love these easy to frame, Subway Art style pictures? Here's one for you (in several styles and sizes)! Just click on the image and save to your computer! Print and frame. Can it get any easier than that? 

4x6 Drop Shadow

4x6 Museum Matte

5x7 White Border

5x7 Drop Shadow

5x7 Museum Matte

8x10 White Border 

8x10 Drop Shadow 

8x10 Museum Matte

Behavior Chart and School Store

I have to give credit to my friend Rachel for posting a photo of her behavior chart and reward system that she is implementing with her kids for school. I saw a picture of it during our first week of school, but didn't think much of it since everything was going so well! By our second week, I was revisiting her photo and frantically trying to recreate my own! 

What we're doing:

• We start out the day at "Ready to Learn"
• Frequently, throughout the day, each child's name will be moved up and down the chart depending on how they are behaving. 
• I reserve "Excellent" status for really good behavior. I like that the bottom section says "Consequence" because this could be any number of things, you choose. Loss of privilege, time out, etc. 
• If a child ends the day at "Excellent" they earn 10 points
• "Good Job" earns 5 points
• "Ready to Learn" earns 1 point
• "Warning" and "Consequence" earn 0 points
• Points can be accumulated and used when we have a "shopping" day at the "store"
• Prizes are priced from 20 points on up, based on their value (I got prizes from the Target dollar section, Dollar Tree and Five Below) 

What you need for a Behavior Chart:

• 1 Standard size poster board, cut in half lengthwise (this should make it 28.25" long and 11" wide)
• Clothes pins for each child
• My FREE Behavior Chart printable
• Glue and Tape
• Scissors
• String

Cut out each page and glue to the poster board. If you use the cutting guidelines printed on each page, they should all fit perfectly on a single poster board. Use arrows to write your children's names and glue to clothespins. Attach a string to the top of the chart (for hanging) using tape or by punching holes.

I also got thinking that this would work great in a Kids Church setting! I tweaked it just a little bit and have included it here in case anyone wants it: Church Behavior Chart

No Tears Today...

It is a privilege and a joy to stay home with my kids! I am blessed. I don't think I could handle sending them away on a bus, and one of the perks to homeschooling is that I don't have to! No crying for this mom on the first day of school. There are plenty of other reasons to cry, and plenty of time for that later. But not today.

FREE Printable: Find these cute and convenient "First Day of School" signs here.

Natalie and I both got new "back to school" sparkle shoes :)

Not long into the day, Batman decided to show up. Hey, this is another perk to homeschooling, right?

Free Summer Olympics Fun Pack from What's in the Bible!

What's in the Bible continues to offer some really nice free printables. Here is a great collection of Summer Olympic activities, charts and schedules, downloadable for free: Free Download

Thanks, What's in the Bible!

Fruit Frenzy Folder Game

Now Available in Our Store

Free for a Limited Time!

Folder Games are a Fun Way to Introduce New Concepts or Reinforce Old Ones. They are Easy to Assemble and Ultra Convenient to Store and Keep Organized! Our Folder Games Are All Original Creations Made with Love, Care and a Mom's Eye for Usability. They Come as an Easy to Download PDF File and Include Both the Color and Black and White Versions. Print Each File, Cut Out the Pieces and Glue Into a File Folder for Easy Storage and Lots of Repeat Use.

Fruit Frenzy

Skill: Identifying the most and the fewest

Saxon Math K - Lessons 10, 19, 24

The PDF files for all of our Folder games include a black and white, as well as a color version. Print them out in color for super cute, super simple assembly, or print them in black and white and get your kids in on the work to assemble. Sometimes including kids in the process, can help heighten their interest for playing the game and learning the concepts!

I Love You, a Bushel and a Peck

I could not resist...

When I saw this picture on Pinterest, I just had to replicate it for my wall! This is one of my Grandpa Cavanaugh's all-time favorite and most memorable sayings that he has greeted us with ever since I can remember. It means a lot to me, and I can't believe I had never thought to frame it before!

An old picture frame, some scrapbooking paper, and a sharpie paint pen later, and this is how mine turned out. I just free-handed the letters, so they turned out a little sloppy, but who cares! It's cute :)

Update 1-7-13: I've been thinking, I really should create a cute printable version of this sign! So here you go, an 8x10 image to print and frame. Simply right click on the image and select "save to computer"