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We moved this summer, and we got to our new place too late to register Penelope for most of the local preschools. There were a few options; one of them being a preschool that was 30 minutes away and charged $250 a month. Around Utah, that's a LOT of money for preschool—when we lived in the SF area, $250 was unheard of everything started at $300+—and it would have been 2 hours of commuting for the kids and me. I decided that it was better to spend that tuition money on a babysitter so I can keep up with the house/blog/craftwork a few days a week and focus on schooling and being present for Penelope and Felix on off-days.
Kate from The Red Kitchen gave me a few resources and we've been loosely following her preschool plan. It's been great; however, I often don't have the motivation to get creative with Penelope's activities. Anything creative that I would do with Nelly is usually too much of a mess or would take more time to set up than I can spare. Penelope and I recently received a nice surprise from Kiwi Crate that lets customers sign up for monthly kids craft deliveries. They sent me one of their seasonal crates, and it has been, as Finn the Human would say, Mathematical! The crate came packed with monotype supplies for decorating the included gifts and notecards.
We had plenty of left over supplies, so we made a print transfer onto fabric and I embellished one of her shirts with it. Another very simple project, but she won't take this shirt off. She knows how to make this mama proud.