Posted in Non-Fiction Monday, arts and crafts, non-fiction on December 13, 2009 | 20 Comments »
Every Monday, kidlit bloggers celebrate some of the fantastic non-fiction available for kids and teens. I’m excited to be hosting today’s Non-Fiction Monday Round Up! Leave a link to your post about a non-fiction title in the comments, and I’ll update throughout the day.
My selection for today is 50 Things to Draw and Paint. I [...]
Posted in arts and crafts, holiday, picture books, reading on December 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We didn’t get around to making pipe cleaner (chenille stem) wreaths until this week but once we had them made, we went wild with our huge bag of red, white, and green pipe cleaners.
M developed several crafts of her own including a wreath made by curling a pipe cleaner into a spiral and then wrapping [...]
Posted in arts and crafts, homeschool, non-fiction, picture books on December 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We had so much fun the morning we studied Scottish terriers after reading Angus Lost that M suggested we have lots more animals days. We’ve had a horse day soon thereafter, and a few weeks ago, we had a dolphin day.
After breakfast, we watched several You Tube videos about dolphins including one where they play [...]
Posted in arts and crafts, holiday, homeschool, picture books, reading on December 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Every year, we read several books and do some activities to learn about Hanukkah. This year, we’re reading Toby Belfer Never Had A Christmas Tree, Mrs. Greenberg’s Messy Hanukkah, and I Have A Little Dreidel, all favorites we discovered last year.
Using this pattern from Enchanted Learning, we’re making paper dreidels so we can play for [...]
Posted in arts and crafts, holiday, picture books, reading on December 1, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Yay! Advent is here! We’ve got lots of fun activities lined up for the next few weeks. We made an Advent wreath on Sunday and slowly started decorating the house. Last night M got to stay up late drinking cocoa and helping me decorate, a new tradition we started last year. We set up my [...]
Posted in arts and crafts, booklists, homeschool on November 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Homeschool Inspiration
A great take on the workbox system at Early Bird Homeschool
Creative word bank idea also at Early Bird Homeschool
Paint Chip reading game at Dirt Under My Nails
Thanksgiving Fun
(edited to add) Great list of resources at Wild Rose Reader
Turkeys and painting fun at Let’s Explore
How to Draw a Turkey at Art Projects for Kids
Lots of [...]
Posted in arts and crafts, booklists, holiday, homeschool, picture books, reading on November 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I know I just posted my list of Thanksgiving books but Advent (the 24 days leading up to the celebration of Christmas) will be up on us very soon. No one should miss Karen Edmisten’s wonderful series for a no-panic Advent. She has a host of wonderful suggestions to help families enjoy the season rather [...]
Posted in arts and crafts, homeschool, picture books on October 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Happy Halloween Everyone!!!!
We’ve been reading Ghosts in the House by Kazuno Kohara several times every day for the last week. We all love the quirky story and the fun black, orange, and white art. Inspired by a Ghosts in the House art project at Journey Into Unschooling, I came up with a simplified art project [...]
Posted in arts and crafts, homeschool, picture books on October 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
C picked out Angus Lost by Marjorie Flack at the library last week and has been asking me to read it every chance she’s gotten since. She is completely in love with Dog Lost as she calls it, and she now refers to her gray stuffed Scottie dog as Gray Angus.
M and I also love [...]
Posted in arts and crafts, homeschool, picture books on October 16, 2009 | 5 Comments »
A Mommy’s Adventures hosts a wonderful feature called stART (Story + Art = A Great Start). Hop over there to see lots of other story and art activities.
C has been asking for many re-readings of The Little Yellow Leaf by Carin Berger. (As often as you will let her, she will tell you emphatically that [...]
