Posted in challenges, art on Sep 5th, 2008 1 Comment »
The girls took part in the Tuesday sketch challenge at Harmony Art Mom.
Here are their entries. Anna’s is the second to last and Victoria’s is the last (the tree frog). The challenge was to sketch something that lives in or on a tree.
This week’s challenge to sketch a school supply. Hmm… in homeschool that could […]
Posted in challenges, crafts, nature, art, science on Aug 28th, 2008 2 Comments »
Here’s the craft we came up with for Unplug Your Kids‘ Insect theme (see here for all our resources). It was quite fun!
I printed out some of the basic insect info first, along with the handout about how different types of legs, mouths and such did different jobs. We talked about what all insects had […]
Posted in crafts, art on Aug 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
Here’s what we did for art yesterday. It was quick, easy and fun!
We also did it through stencils and tried planning patterns with it. If you don’t have any good paint, tint corn syrup or condensed milk with food coloring for a similar craft. Corn syrup dries sticky though and will attract ants! It’s definitely […]
Posted in Jack, magical moments, crafts, Fun, art, writing on Aug 14th, 2008 1 Comment »
Jack has been asking for kindergarten every day this week and so I’ve made time to do something special each day. We’ve made cakes, read books, done leaf rubbings and so on.
Yesterday he said he wanted to make paper dolls. We decided to do them freehand and I asked if he’d like alien or monster […]
Posted in challenges, cool sites, crafts, Fun, art on Aug 6th, 2008 No Comments »
There are a bunch of really fun creative challenges out there in cyberspace right now. I’m really hoping to get to some of these with the kids in the next week or two. A few of my favorites…
KidMade just ran a challenge “to engineer the longest marble ramp you can using only cardboard and duct tape.” […]
Posted in cooking/home ec, crafts, Fun, art on Aug 1st, 2008 1 Comment »
Baby
Play with water together– in the sink, in a baby pool or in the bath. I’m especially partial to the bath one because any way you can make someone happy by lounging in a bathtub is a good thing in my book.
Go for a walk with baby in a stroller or a sling. Talk about […]
Posted in magical moments, Jack, pictures, crafts, art on Jul 7th, 2008 No Comments »
For Jack’s “Mom & Me” day last week, he said he wanted to make some sculptures.
I assembled some odds and ends from the garage and yard, some tape and scissors, and paint. Then we just sat in the front yard and he started to create.
He did such a good job! I love his […]
Posted in magical moments, pictures, crafts, Fun, art on Jun 30th, 2008 2 Comments »
A few days ago I posted that I wanted to do some of the items from an old list of 10 ways to make the day magical. One of the items was:
Have the kids decorate the bottoms of each other’s feet with washable markers (or do it with your little ones). This can be delightfully […]
Posted in pictures, crafts, Fun, art on Jun 25th, 2008 No Comments »
We’ve gotten out of the habit of daily crafts around here and I want to get back to it so I’ve been compiling some of my old, super simple crafts and activities to ease back into it. Here’s 5 on my list for the near future….
The painted sheet ~ Hang an old sheet on […]
Posted in Daily log, nature, PE, magical moments, social studies, art, math, reading, science, writing on Jun 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
Three random ways the kids learned in each subject the past few days….
Math
Jack was answering addition and subtraction questions for goldfish crackers in Guy and Val’s hotel room this morning.
Victoria did some math pages to earn extra computer time.
The kids’ computer is hooked up to the net now in the living room and Anna instant […]
I'm a frazzled AP mom to 4 fabulous kids in rural Minnesota. Homeschooling here tends to be child-led and focused on fun. We do lots of crafts, reading and exploring. I'm madly in love with my brilliant, goofy lug of a husband and I don't get nearly enough sleep.