In the downstairs family room, I’ve set up a school room where I do preschool with my two boys, along with a co-op group once a week. I love doing preschool activities. When I was considering signing my older son up for a formal preschool, I decided not to in large part because I love doing preschool with him.

Last week, I set up a store for the kids to play in. I think I liked creating it as much as they liked playing in it. (They did like to play in it too.) It wasn’t anything fancy, just some dollar store items and quickly made signs.

We like having our school room downstairs and we play in there at least every morning. I rotate out the toys and activities that are available there. The kids usually pick what they want to do. My oldest loves worksheets, and the toddler loves play-dough. I love being able to pretend I’m a kid again too and enjoy the slipperiness of slime or re-learning about the parts of a plant.