Posted in art, Book Recommendations, cool sites, games, science, Toddlers on Feb 18th, 2010 3 Comments »
Here’s a bit of what I’ve been reading and writing lately: Reading: 101 Out-Of-This-World Books For Kids Ages 8-13 25 Plants You Should Consider Growing (image from this heirloom Asian seed company) Kid-Friendly Elephant Toothpaste Demo Writing: Winter boredom busters for little ones Ten ways to store, use and display your children’s artwork Free online learning [...]
Posted in Daily log, games, history, Lapbooks, math, nature, reading, science, Toddlers on Jan 27th, 2010 5 Comments »
Here’s a bit of what we’ve been up to the past couple of days… 1. We’re reading the Felicity books to go along with our unit study on the Revolutionary War. 2. Victoria and I researched opossums for her opossum lapbook. Did you know they’re North America’s only marsupial and they help homeowners? Opossums help [...]
Posted in cool sites, history, holidays, lesson plans, nature, recipes, science, social studies, Toddlers on Nov 11th, 2009 1 Comment »
I’m so behind in housework and homeschooling and laundry and writing (and getting out of pajamas, if we’re going to be perfectly honest!) but had to share a few good things with y’all… 1. Thirteen “extinct” animal species that were found alive (in pictures). Check out the little marsupial who was thought to be extinct [...]
Posted in Alex, Daddy, Fun, pictures, Toddlers on Oct 16th, 2009 2 Comments »
…having a daddy who will let you climb on him… fall on him… hold you in his hand… and poke him in the eye! Alex loves looking at these pictures. Me too.
Posted in Alex, Anna, Daily log, Fun, Jack, math, nature, PE, pictures, plays, reading, science, testing, Toddlers on Jun 17th, 2009 2 Comments »
Egads, we’ve been busy! Summer is always such an explosion of activity. On the one hand, it’s wonderful to have so many opportunities. On the other hand, it gets a wee bit overwhelming. Here’s some of what we’ve been up to…….. 1. Jack started T-ball and is loving it! His first game was in the [...]
Posted in Alex, Full Disclosure, Funnies, history, Toddlers on Apr 9th, 2009 4 Comments »
I just had to share a glimpse of what it’s like to HS in this family. Last night, the kids were up late and my copy of “A Little History of the World” had come in from interlibrary loan. I decided to have the kids all get cozy in the living room and listen to [...]
Posted in Alex, Anna, crafts, Daily log, Fun, math, PE, pictures, Toddlers, Victoria on Jan 11th, 2009 4 Comments »
…We’ve done, learned, etc. lately! 1. Jack and I read a pile of picture books while the others perched next to us, including a great book on verbs and one on commas. Afterwards, he happily found verbs going on all over the room. 2. Each of the kids did two 50-point quizzes on Webkinz, [...]
Posted in Alex, crafts, pictures, Toddlers on Dec 23rd, 2008 2 Comments »
I’ve been using this as a “craft” since Victoria was a tot and it’s still such an easy way to occupy my little ones when I want to soak in the bath for a while. Materials: Scrap paper (I used part of a Scholastic catalog) Bath (or a pail of water outside) Steps: 1. [...]
Posted in Alex, Anna, art, crafts, Daily log, Jack, Kindergarten, pictures, Toddlers, Victoria on Dec 22nd, 2008 1 Comment »
Here’s some of what we’ve been up to today… Watching a new sign language DVD from Netflix Here’s baby! Here’s hat! Painting Jewelry making Check out the earrings and bracelet that Victoria made! Watching Word Girl Doing workbook pages Jack did beginning sounds, ending sounds and rhymes, and wants me to do lots more with [...]
Posted in art, Fun, games, history, lesson plans, plans for the day, Preschool, reading, science, Toddlers, Uncategorized, vocabulary on Nov 12th, 2008 5 Comments »
It’s snowy and dreary here this morning. I desperately need to find the cleaning fairy and chain her to my kitchen, but I also have 4 mostly-darling children in dire need of some plain old fun. Here’s 10 things that are on our list of possibles today. 1. Play hide the phone. This is one [...]
