Third Daily Checklist (Dining Area Daily Checklist)

Having completed the general pickup of the master bedroom, master bathroom, dining area, and revamping my laundry routine, I added to my checklist.

My new checklist:

Daily Checklist #3

(to be used once the master bedroom, bath, and dining area have all been completely picked up)

Master Bedroom

____Make the bed

____Get dressed

____Start at your bedside and walk around to the other side of the bed.  

__Pick up all trash, clothes, and things that should not be on the floor.  

__Clear surfaces of all items that don't belong.  

__Make anything that does belong look good.

____Close the closet doors

____Complete one load of laundry per day (wash, dry/hang, fold)

Master Bathroom

____Clear counter tops of any items that do not belong there

____Pick up the bathroom floor

____Flush toilet if needed

____Replace roll of toilet paper if needed

____Do one weekly task

___Wipe down mirror and counter

___Wipe down toilet and scrub bowl

___Wipe down shower and or tub

___Sweep floors

___Empty trash

Dining Area

____Clear off the table

____Wipe down table and seating

____Sweep entire floor

____Empty the trash

This checklist can be printed (free) here:  Daily Checklist #3

Or, if you would like just the dining area checklist you can find it here:  Dining Area Daily Checklist

I hope your Easter weekend was a good one!

Second Daily Checklist (Master Bathroom Daily Checklist) Printable

Finishing the bathroom meant a longer checklist.  So, here is the new one.

Daily Checklist #2

(to be used once the master bedroom and bath have been completely picked up)

Master Bedroom

____Make the bed

____Get dressed

____Start at your bedside and walk around to the other side of the bed.  

__Pick up all trash, clothes, and things that should not be on the floor.  

__Clear surfaces of all items that don't belong.  

__Make anything that does belong look good.

____Close the closet doors

____Complete load of laundry per day (wash, dry/hang, fold)

Master Bathroom

____Clear counter tops of any items that do not belong there

____Pick up the bathroom floor

____Flush toilet if needed

____Replace roll of toilet paper if needed

____Do one weekly task

___Wipe down mirror and counter

___Wipe down toilet and scrub bowl

___Wipe down shower and or tub

___Sweep floors

___Empty trash

I made a printable version of this checklist available here: Daily Checklist #2

I also made a checklist for JUST the master bathroom in case you are going in a different order, or just looking for a bathroom checklist: Master Bathroom Daily Checklist

The First Daily Checklist (Master Bedroom Daily Checklist) Printable

I am documenting my own journey of cleaning up my house after an illness, but maybe there are others who will want to join me (now or sometime in the future).  So, I decided to make a printable at the end of each week.  These can be printed based on what week you are at in your journey, or by room.  I will be adding them as I complete them in my journey.

This week's is a list of the things to work towards if you are first starting, and then to maintain daily after completing the cleanup of the master bedroom.

This one is short.

1.  Make the bed

2.  Get dressed

3.  Start at your bedside and walk around to the other side of the bed.  

• Pick up all trash, clothes, and things that should not be on the floor.  
• Clear surfaces of all items that don't belong.  
• Make anything that does belong look good.

4.  Close the closet doors

5.  Complete one load of laundry (wash and dry)

This same list can be printed here:  Daily checklist #1 printable.

I also rewrote this list leaving off the laundry (and getting dressed) if you would be interested in daily checklists by room.  Master bedroom daily checklist printable.

For now, these are very basic, covering only the things I have discussed in my progress.  I will add more detailed ones as I get farther into my journey (but these will stay the same, I'll add the harder ones separately).

Hope they are helpful!

God Bless,

Lisa

A New Story and a Free Printable!

I've got a couple new fun things to share with you!

First of all, I have the second story up over at A Year At Orchard Hill Farm.  It's a super cute story about their pet parrot, Polly, and a little outing she takes!!  Polly's Outing.

The second little treat I have is a Life Cycle of a Chicken printable using real photos.  The cards can be used a sequencing cards and there is also a mat for self checking.  I made this to go with the first story Little Chick's First House.

The Life Cycle Cards can be downloaded FREE here:

Hope you enjoy them!!  Happy Spring!

God Bless,

Lisa

Bible Activity Book: Pharaoh's Dream FREE Printable!!

I am happy to bring you another printable for your Bible learning.  

This page is based on the story 'Pharaoh's Dream' in the Beginner's Bible.

I didn't get a lot of photos (I was holding a baby), but the file contains a picture of Pharaoh, two dream clouds, 7 skinny cows, 7 fat cows, and a page to glue everything to.

First, cut everything apart.

This is great cutting practice!

Then, glue down Pharaoh and the two dream clouds.

There are two activities that can be done with this page.  The first is to sort the skinny cows into one dream cloud and the fat cows into the other cloud.

The second activity is to let each skinny cow eat up one fat cow=one to one.

I have to admit that Mustang found this one a bit babyish, but Charger and Mini Cooper really liked it!  So, I guess this activity page would be good for ages 2 - 5.

You can download Pharaoh's Dream free here.  It can be used in your home, school, church, or anywhere you want.  Please don't sell it, but otherwise use away!

Checkout our other Bible Activity Book pages here.

Enjoy and God Bless!

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Letter P Three Part Cards

Here's a fun set I hope that you enjoy! 

The set has 3 part cards for words beginning with P, based on our P letter box.

The words included are:

panda

police car

pig

plate

purse

pliers

piano

pizza

peppers

and pot

We use them with our letter box to match pictures to objects, match words to words, and help learn the beginning sound P.  

They can be downloaded, free, here.

Enjoy and God Bless!!

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P is for Pig Free Preschool and Kindergarten Printables

I hope you have enjoyed your winter break as much as we have!  Ours was full of unexpected things, such as my trip to the ER and Explorer's trips to Children's, but the rest of the time was a lot of fun celebrating all things Christmas and just enjoying each other's company.

This week we were back in the school room, and finished up our letter P unit. I made a few printables to enhance our learning, so I thought I'd share them with you :).  The P is for Pig Mini Pack can be downloaded FREE here:  http://www.4shared.com/office/VN3EaoDq/PisforPig.html?

The P is for Pig mini pack includes 3 different activites:

1)  Uppercase and lowercase p sorting.  Sorry!  I dont have any hands on pictures of this one.  

2)  Pig and corn cards and counters.

The pack includes cards numbered 1-10 that have pigs with feed buckets next to them.  (BTW I am in love with these pig plates I found at our local thrift!)

The object is to fill the bucket with the right amount of corn.  Here we filled them with small pieces of plain popping corn.

Or, I have included printable corn cobs like the ones that Charger is using here.

And the final thing in the pack is a word family game.

The set includes words from the -et, -en, -ip, -it, and -in families (based on the letters learned in our curriculum up to this point).

I cut out mud pits out of felt and labeled them with word families.

Mustang had to match each pig to its correct mud puddle.

I hope you can use one or more of these in your learning!  I also used items from other blogs around the blogosphere.  You might be interested in them, too:

P is for Penguin from Lawteedah

P is for Pumpkin from Confessions of a Homeschooler

Tot School P printables from 1+1+1=1

The graphics for this pack were made by Trina Clark and purchased from Digi Scrap Kits.  Along with graphics from Just So Scrappy.

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Have a great week!!  God Bless!!

22 Fun Christmas Activity Trays!!

I have been preparing Christmas activity trays all week for our Homeschool Co-Op Christmas Party.  The kids have been helping me test them all out, too.  My children loved most of them, and I thought I'd share them with you in case you will be doing school next week.  Sorry no action shots on these, my children were working on them while I made others.  I didnt get the pictures until after they were in bed!

Peppermint Puzzles which I made.  They can be downloaded free, here.

Christmas Pattern blocks from Prekinders.  Thanks for the heads up Adventures of Bear!

Jingle bell tonging and patterning.

3 is for three kings magnet page from Making Learning Fun.

I Spy Christmas Tree.  I found this adorable idea from Kinder by Kim via Pinterest. 

Pouring jingle bells.  I saw this idea on Parenting in the Moment.

Candy size sorting.  I purchased a big bag of foam candy beads from Oriental Trading Company.  Then, I made a sorting mat for big and small pieces of candy.  The sugar bowl was a great yard sale find this summer.

I made Nativity lacing cards from graphics I purchased from Just So Scrappy earlier this year.  

I downloaded the adorable Gingerbread Baby printable pack from Homeschool Creations.

I combined the houses from her hide and seek game with gingerbread men from Oriental Trading Company to create a cards and counters game.

I added stickers on the back for self checking.

An oldie but goodie, pipe cleaner bead sculpture from My Montessori Journey.  Mini Cooper loves this one!

Tonging and sorting pom poms.  Inspired by a tray I saw on H is for Homeschooling.  

They can be sorted by color

or by size.  The tray is from our Melissa and Doug Birthday Party set.

I was just going to set this Christmas tree out to be decorated as the kids wanted.  But then I got an idea...

I decided to add instruction cards.   

Mustang is reading, so she is able to read these to herself.  Then she read them to Charger.

The end result.

Felt tree decorating.  I read about this idea on Criss-Cross Applesause and LOVED it!!  Then, I came across a premade set in Hobby Lobby for $2.50!!

I decorated the tree four different ways and took pictures.  I printed out the pictures and put them with the trees.

The object is to decorate the tree like the picture.  Criss-Cross Applesauce has made a free download available if you would like to make one too!

I made up a set of Christmas Tree Cards and Counters that can be downloaded free here.

Then I found some little presents at Walmart to put with the cards.

I added stickers on the back for self checking.

This lovely stamping page is part of a great set provided free from Our Worldwide Classroom.

I put out a little basket with all the letters needed to spell Nativity.  I also included crayons which didnt make the picture.

This alphabet match is also part of the Gingerbread Baby set from Homeschool Creations.  Using the pocket chart is always a highlight for my children!

I put self checker stickers on the back of the matching cards.

I am sure that these Nativity sticker sheets from Oriental Trading Company will be a hit tomorrow.  My children didnt get to try them out because there are limited amount-they will get theirs tomorrow, too.  The sheets dont come with a paper, so I included a tablet of paper to use.

I always put out an art box, because I have a few students in our Co-Op that would rather draw and color then do activity trays.

This one includes Christmas stampers (Walmart), mini cookie cutters for tracing (Hobby Lobby last year), markers and card stock.

Nativity Puzzle.  I found this at Hobby Lobby for a couple dollars and my children have really loved it.

Christmas tree color scratch ornaments.  I know these are going to be a hit!  They are from Oriental Trading Company.    I took advantage of their free shipping sale earlier this month and ordered a bunch of stuff.  I have loved all of it!

Nativity finger puppets.  These are also from Oriental Trading Company.  They come in packages of 4 sets, so I already gave my children one.  They have been having many plays of Baby Jesus' birth this week.

Last but not least, snowflake rubbing.  This basket includes paper, crayons, and a set of snowflake rubbing plates from Oriental Trading Company.  They are really cool!  

I found a ton of other great ideas that I didnt end up using this year.  Some of them I pinned on Pinterest you can check out my board here: http://pinterest.com/ourcountryroad/christmas-trays/

I hope you all are having a great Christmas Season!!

God Bless!

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