Homeschooling

I bought a set of these books a few years ago. They sat in the bookshelf, alone and rarely loved until now. Once I realized that: don’t bite, don’t hit, don’t scream, don’t kick (usually followed by the words “your brother”) were being understood, I dug to the back of the bookshelf and pulled these …

This month, my second born starts kindergarten! Where oh where has the time gone? Truly, I wonder, because – fun fact – I first contributed to Baby Gizmo shortly after he was born … SIX YEARS AGO! Here it is! I feel like my kids have grown up here at Baby Gizmo and it’s so …

As I sit here to write this post, I realize that a large portion of our readers may actually already have kids in school! I have trouble wrapping my head around that, because growing up school always started back in September – typically even after Labor Day. My son doesn’t go back to school until …

I’m lucky enough to live in a neighborhood that has a bunch of families in a similar stage of life as me: young, one to three kids around my own children’s ages, and the parents are people my husband and I actually enjoy socializing with. I’m also lucky enough to have the end townhouse unit …

I can’t remember what blog post I was reading a while back, but the author was talking about raising children and said something like, “I’ve never had to teach a small human to read before!” I totally know how she feels. After having a kid, I’m starting to believe that we shouldn’t be allowed to …

So you’ve got your kid’s school shopping lists all accounted for (and my oh my, what a list that is!), but before you head to the store for said school supplies I wanted to pop in and remind you to add a few extra things. No, no, not because I’m trying to break your back …

Over the last year, my 5 year old has fallen in love with reading. She finds so much satisfaction from sounding out words and entertaining her brothers during our home story time. As her mama, it has been super fun to see her grow in her confidence as a beginning reader. In her board book …

Although my oldest is currently enrolled in Pre-K, I still consider us to be a homeschooling family. Every day is a learning opportunity with these little ones and whether they’re in a formal school setting or 100% at home, I aim to infuse our days with learning activities. I bet you do the same with …

About a year ago, my son began showing interest in the globe my husband had in his office. Mostly he just enjoyed spinning it around, but eventually, he began asking us about the shapes he saw and the names of the continents. That’s when we began to teach geography to our toddler with GeoPuzzles. At …

Did you know you can teach your kids with an apple taste test? Fall is one of my favorite seasons. Perhaps because my birthday is in October, perhaps because apples and pumpkins are the greatest produce of all. If you’re a fall mama too, pass on the love of the season with this fun “homeschool” …

Do you have a good summer toddler reading guide? You should have seen my husband bursting with pride after my two year old requested to dance to “All Things Go” (more commonly known as Chicago by Sufjan Stevens) last week. For him, the ultimate parenting win–outside of raising kind and decent human beings–is instilling in …

We have an alphabet lover in our house. Every time we go to the library he asks for more ABCs, more ABCs, MORE ABCs! We’ve read our fair share of alphabet picture books, and some have become family favorites! Whether your little one is an alphabet lover, alpha-phobic, or alpha-apathetic, I’m sure you will dig …