The Small Things that Make Up the Big Things in Life

"Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together."

-Vincent Van Gogh

It is the small things that make up the big things in life.

Within every moment we are accumulating the grand things little by little.

We gather curriculum for our homeschool for the year ahead which we glean and grow from, but sometimes it is the little, seemingly insignificant things, that spark ideas.

To touch and to see and to put the pieces of the puzzle together sometimes comes in the form of timeline cards strung up to see history and how it all came to be displayed before our eyes.

To put faces to names of kings and queens, Native American tribes, and saints that we have read about within the pages of books.

To match up pieces of art that we have studied and painted together.

To find excitement in routine in caring for our home with daily reminders of how we can care well for it together as a family.

These may be little things but they accumulate to be the big things creating memories and learning that stay with us for a lifetime.

These wonderful resources from The Peaceful Press are our $5 Learning Resources that go hand in hand with our curriculums but also can be used on their own.

We hope that they help your family to learn and grow and create memories together that will last a lifetime.

Under $10 Peaceful Press Resources

King & Queen Cards

The Kings and Queens of England Cards Pack includes paintings and information about Kings and Queens of England from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II. These cards provide an introduction to the fascinating history of royal culture in England.

The cards can be cut to create an artist matching game, or used full sized as memory cards. This pack is a perfect

addition to your year of studying European history and British Literature with The Kind Kingdom curriculum.

Native American Tribal Memory Cards

The Native American Fact Cards Pack includes paintings and information about many of the Native American tribes who first settled North America. Paired with beautiful paintings of tribe members by early American artists, these cards provide an introduction to the fascinating world of indigenous people in America.

The cards can be cut to create an artist matching game or used full-sized as memory cards. The pack also includes a list of additional resources as well as a map depicting where many of the tribes first lived. This pack is a perfect addition to your year of studying pioneers with The Playful Pioneers curriculum and a beautiful overview of 20 prominent tribes.

Saint Art & Memory Cards

The Saints Cards Pack includes biographical information about many of the early saints of the Christian church. Paired with beautiful paintings of saints, these cards provide an introduction to the fascinating people of the early church.

The cards can be cut to create an artist matching game, or used full sized as memory cards. This pack is a perfect addition to your year of studying ancient history with The Precious People curriculum, or to your celebration of saints days throughout the year.

Fine Art Memory Game

Our Peaceful Press Art Memo Game is a lovely way of working on picture study, visual processing, and memory with your child.

Included are fine art prints, along with corresponding title and artist, which coincide with The Kind Kingdom, The Precious People and The Playful Pioneers.

All you do is print, laminate, and cut, for a beautiful and multi-purpose learning activity with your child.

The Playful Pioneers Timeline Cards The Kind Kingdom Timeline Cards & The Precious People Timeline Cards

Keeping a timeline is a way to provide a visual reminder of people, places and events you have studied. A timeline can be a blank sketchbook which you fill with dates and notes about history, it can be a ribbon along a wall with figures or pictures affixed to in chronological order, or it could even be a simple clothesline lined with notes written on index cards and placed in chronological order using clothespins. There are many simple ways to make a timeline work for your family.

The beauty of a timeline is that it creates a framework to make sense of all the books you are reading within the grand scope of history. For instance, although you might read a book about Harriet Tubman one week, and a book about the French Revolution the next, noting the events or people on a timeline can help you make connections about how these people and events fit together.

The Peaceful Preschool: Picture Word Bundle Cards

Our Picture Word Cards are a lovely way of working on phonogram review, labeling, sight words, and speech articulation with your child. You can also use these with small objects for a simple object game, or as a memory game to match up words and pictures, or letters and pictures. We've even added twenty six rhyme cards that can be used as an extension activity for beginning readers.

It’s a gorgeous way to enhance your child’s learning, at a very affordable price.

Included are pictures for each letter of the alphabet, along with a corresponding letter, word, and rhyme.

All you do is print, cut, and laminate, for a beautiful and multi-purpose learning activity with your child.

Chore & Routine Pack

We all know that good habits are an important part of a successful homeschool experience, but sometimes we need a little help. This chore pack is the perfect resource for making good habits fun. The chore pack includes 116 different cards in 38 pages of pintables.

We've also included 10 handy checklists to help teach your children the step by step skills for caring for their environment. The 38 Page chore pack is only $5.

All you do is print, cut, and laminate!

What is your favorite mini resource from The Peaceful Press?

What is one that you'd like to try that you haven't yet?

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