Posted in Fun, holidays, magical moments on Nov 30th, 2008 1 Comment »
* * * * * * * 10 Ways to Make Today Special… Holiday Style * * * * * * 1. Decorate a tree for the birds using strands of popcorn, pine cone bird feeder ornaments (roll in peanut butter or sunbutter and then bird seeds), edible seed pods from the garden, etc. 2. [...]
Posted in Fun, pictures on Nov 29th, 2008 2 Comments »
Here’s a bit of what we’ve been up to the past week. Homeschool ice skating… Baking with Mom… Spending time with family friends… Playing music… Spinning tops with Daddy (if you get them going fast enough they flip upside down and spin on the stems!)… Making up games… Helping Daddy do dishes… Doing puzzles… Playing [...]
Posted in art, crafts, Fun, games, history, holidays, Kindergarten, lesson plans, math, plans for the day, reading, social studies, vocabulary on Nov 26th, 2008 4 Comments »
It’s another cozy day at home for us today, which I really enjoy. Here’s some thoughts I had for ways to fill it. Feel free to join in! 1. Silly similes. Teach the kids what similes are (sim-i-lees– comparison words that use “as” or “like,” as opposed to metaphors which say something is something like [...]
Posted in cool sites, Daily log, history, holidays, Lapbooks, lesson plans on Nov 25th, 2008 No Comments »
I’ve been rather lackadaisical in posting lately, huh? We’ve been busy with little things– company on Saturday (and the return of the kids’ computer), ice skating and shopping yesterday, library books, Netflix movies, art projects and general life. I didn’t even post an Unplug Your Kids project this week, even though we did a [...]
Posted in art, Fun, holidays on Nov 24th, 2008 6 Comments »
I ordered a gift from Amazon last week and when I unpacked it I found this massive length of brown paper inside as packaging. What fun! We turned it into a canvas and the kids happily drew all over it for hours. You gotta love packaging that’s environmentally friendly AND is fun to draw [...]
Posted in cooking/home ec, Full Disclosure, Funnies, science on Nov 22nd, 2008 6 Comments »
We are low on groceries around here and it’s a big expedition into the real world to get them since our local grocery store burned down. And when we’re low on groceries, I make soup. So last night I decided to make a favorite soup around here that’s a bit like Zuppa Toscana (however that’s [...]
Posted in cool sites, crafts on Nov 21st, 2008 1 Comment »
Want to make something crafty and adorable with the kids? Here’s some fabulous projects I’ve stumbled upon lately…. The Storque has this darling tutorial of how to make a chipmunk from a knit glove. The Cherry Blossom Girl has instructions to make lovely flower crowns. Betsyann posted instructions on how to make darling leg warmers [...]
Posted in Fun, games, geography, history, Kindergarten, lesson plans, math, nutrition, plans for the day, Poetry, reading, social studies, vocabulary, writing on Nov 20th, 2008 2 Comments »
We had fun doing some of the 10 fun things to do that I posted the other day so I thought I’d brainstorm 10 more. 1. Make up polls and graph the results. We’ve done favorite ice cream flavors and colors in the past. We even graphed the favorite colors one in M&Ms (I bought [...]
Posted in Jack, personal on Nov 19th, 2008 4 Comments »
The kids lost their beloved cat, Whitefoot, a few weeks ago. He seemed sick one day and we took him in to the vet right before the kids and I left for Nebraska. While we were down there, Daryl got the unfortunate news that he had both feline leukemia and a virus that affects [...]
Posted in crafts, Daily log, Field trips & tours, Fun, games, history, PE, pictures, vocabulary on Nov 18th, 2008 1 Comment »
…We’ve done here lately: 1. Daryl and the kids stopped by the museum at Walnut Grove and talked to the new director of the summer festival about ideas for next year’s festivities. 2. Victoria started making her own earrings. 3. The kids played Kids’ Trivial Pursuit. 4. Alex did lots of art while the big [...]
