We are raising caterpillars into butterflies. Painted Ladies, to be exact. We’ve done this before, but this time we are really paying attention, every single day, to these fantastic creatures and the amazing transformation they are making. In just 9 … Continue reading
Pin ItAll of a sudden, Love Bug, age 3, has a new obsession….letters! He doesn’t know the names of them yet, or the sounds they make, and sometimes he calls them numbers, but he has been carrying around our collection of … Continue reading
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Kids are naturals at yoga. They love to move, they’re flexible, and even my wiggliest of kiddos is intrigued by the poses, the breathing, the peace that he has found in practicing yoga. And I have benefitted greatly from returning … Continue reading
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We didn’t know what kind of a view we’d have, if we’d see it once or twice or even at all. Would the kids understand what an amazing opportunity this was? Would we regret making three small children wait for … Continue reading
We are learning about the amazing stars in the sky. We began with a fun project, then we got down to business to understand the life cycle of a star. First, let me show you our fun project. We made … Continue reading
Pin ItWe started a new ritual today: Reading poetry while having tea time. It was really fun and it only took a half hour from start to finish, leaving me wondering why I’d never done it before. Genius, pure genius and … Continue reading
Pin ItWe’ve begun to build up our fabulous collaborative Pinterest boards, to share even more wonderful hands-on history, science and literature activities with you all. My Pinning Friends have been quite busy. Please check out our boards and see what we’ve … Continue reading
Pin ItMy daughter is about to turn 6 and she has asked me no less than 400 times, “How many more days ’til my birthday, Mommy?” She is over the moon about her upcoming birthday party. So today we made a … Continue reading
Pin ItWe had so much fun today, making leprechaun traps and pots of gold. This is The Queen Bee’s Leprechaun Trap. I helped her cover a shoe box in green construction paper. She went out and collected sticks and we hot-glued … Continue reading
Pin ItWe made the easiest, fastest, most fun volcano experiment in our kitchen today. It was so easy, we made many volcanoes, again and again. Now by easy and fast, I am not referring to the volcano experiment we did earlier … Continue reading
Pin ItThe Mitten , by Jan Brett, provided us with wonderful learning opportunities and fun. First, we printed out big paper mittens and animals from Jan Brett’s website. We colored the front and back of the mittens, then hole punched around … Continue reading
Pin ItThis experiment is from Janice VanCleave’s 200 Gooey, Slippery, Slimy, Weird and Fun Experiments. We used this in conjunction with The Usborne Book of Astronomy and Space, With Internet Links. And learning to use the hole puncher and picking up tiny … Continue reading
Pin ItThe Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats is a Caldecott winner and a Before-Five-In-a-Row selection. And this year marks the 50th anniversary of the release of this wonderful book. Quite significant, is that it is the first children’s book to … Continue reading
Pin ItWe just did a great little activity that my kids, from ages three to seven, loved. It involved math, science and reading and it only cost me $1. I filled a pie pan with water for each of them and … Continue reading
Pin ItAs one year comes to a close and another one begins, we’ve begun to plan some activities to celebrate and learn about 2012. For my newly-turned 3 year old, we will begin teaching him what New Year’s eve is all … Continue reading
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