"The box is here!" said with Navin Johnson enthusiasm

Actually the box came last week but I was hanging out with grandchildren 1, 2, and 4 in another state. As you can see, 5 loves the box. So do I. It's the perfect size for sending silly stuff to kids or for building box towers or baby dolls with dirty diapers. If we are this happy with the outside, imagine our delight with what's inside.







If you are new to Mother Goose Time like I am you may be wondering what comes in this box. I am still unpacking and going through it all but let me show you what we've discovered so far.

There is a Welcome Kit that has materials for calendar time, weather, centers, some basic sign language cards, and more! Look at the colors!  This is so much better that anything I could make myself.  

You also get an alphabet strip and number line, a Teacher's Guide and Planning Journal, 2 different music CD's, Theme Web, a skills overview, which shows how the different activities are teaching skills kids need, and a Gathering List.

Let me tell you about the Gathering List. It is a thing of beauty for planners like me. I think it would be beautiful to a fly by the seat of your pants person too but I don't know. Here it is....

How cool is this?

You see, in that wonderful box each day is already sorted, labeled, and waiting for you to use. Most of what you need is already there. Anything not included is listed here so you can have it on hand. No need to tell kids to sit still and keep that thought while you frantically search for twigs or round things or funnels. They've thought of everything.

Here's what I've done so far...

Have you seen the Pinterest posts showing these oil drip pans that look like enormous cookie sheets from Wal-Mart? They really are under $12. I couldn't believe it. It's almost as long as the door mirror I hung sideways for the grandkids to admire their dress up outfits. I found this fun thing on the bottom shelf of the last aisle of the store, in the automotive department. You won't find it by accident but it's worth the hunt. I keep roll of thin sticky back magnets in the house and that's what is holding up everything you see here. I made the calendar stuff a while back and already had the colored clips but everything else came from Mother Goose Time. There are letters and sight words in the flower pot, an orange bird and a rectangle hanging from line tied between the fence posts because we are learning about rectangles and the color orange. Everything, even the yarn to tie between the posts and the tiny clothes pin came in the box.

I haven't had time to go through it all yet but I will. I'm not sure what these stickers are for, probably something to do with the world map they gave us, but 5 is sure she has it all figured out. She shared some with me and as I am typing this I am wearing Nepal, Sweden, and I think England but she decided that one needed to be on my back. If everyone spent the day with a two year old the world would be a happier place.