The Keeper of the Memories

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Our Creative Space + Learning Place (2018)

Get your creative space organized once and for all! Check out the 52 Weeks to an Organized Workspace challenge and/or Creative Space Bootcamp. Happy organizing!  Thanks for visiting! If you’re interested in following along with what we’re up to each week, definitely sign up via email and/or follow The Keeper of the Memories on Facebook and Pinterest. And of course don’t forget to join […]

Making Bridges Investigation Station for Preschoolers

Hello, hello! I can’t believe that we’re starting another new preschool curriculum kit. This month, it’s all about cars and trucks and things that go. And today, we had lots of fun learning about and making bridges. For today’s Investigation Station, the Teacher Guide suggested that we use marshmallows or packing peanuts and toothpicks to […]

3 Reasons Why We Love Magnetic Storytelling Pieces In Our Preschool Homeschool

Hello friends! This week, we wrapped up our In the Orchard theme and started getting things ready for Transportation Station. Each month, we get a new preschool curriculum kit that’s overflowing with cool stuff. One of our favorite things that we get are magnetic storytelling pieces. They’re all kinds of fun and we both definitely […]

Quills Sensory Activity for Little Kids

Hello, hello! This week’s favorite topic was definitely Porcupines. You know, because toothpicks. I mean, seriously. What little kid doesn’t love toothpicks? And of course play dough too! Lol… Every now and again, the little guy and I get kinda rebellious. We toss aside our Teacher Guide and just do our own thing. This was […]

Tree Ring Model Literacy Activity for Little Kids

Hello, hello! We got lots of awesome ideas via our Teacher Guide this week. If you missed it, we shared this fun Weaving Roots Preschool Investigation Station last week and of course today it’s all about Trunks. We’re definitely loving this week’s Tree Life Cycle topics. We’ve already covered Seeds, Roots, and now Trunks. Of […]

I Am Special Invitation to Create Process Art Experience

Hello, hello! This week we’re sharing another favorite from our Friends + Feelings theme. And this activity is an Invitation to Create Process Art Experience. I love these and of course the little guy does too. Process art is so important for little kids. You can find out why here. The short version is because […]

Loose Parts Play Investigation Station Activity for Little Kids

Hello friends! We had so many favorites from our first week of Friends + Feelings, so today I thought that it would be all kinds of awesome to share another one of the Investigation Station activities that we did. This time around, we focused on Loose Parts Play with nature items and had lots of […]