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 [...]
Posted in arts and crafts, homeschool, picture books on September 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, we read My Blue Boat from our Before Five in a Row curriculum. For an art activity, I combined some suggestions for exploring the color blue and an activity from The Little Hands Art Book for using droppers to mix colors. I gave each girl several droppers and a muffin tin to which [...]
Posted in arts and crafts, homeschool, reading on September 4, 2009 | 5 Comments »
On Monday, the girls woke up around 6 as usual. I continue to be baffled by the idea that there are children who sleep in. M sat at the dining room table making art while I made coffee and checked email. C played in her bed until 7 when Brent headed out to work.
The girls [...]
Posted in arts and crafts, homeschool on July 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
M attended a wonderful art camp last week. She got to use a variety of media, and the teacher did an excellent job of guiding the students through projects but letting them use their creativity to its fullest.
Posted in arts and crafts on July 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Several of M’s friends have American Girl dolls. Last week, I took some time to make dresses for two of them with summer birthdays. M picked out the fabric and watched the process, guiding the fabric into the machine on a few occasions. Here are the results of our work:
Posted in arts and crafts, family fun, recipes on May 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Our holiday weekend was packed with activity despite lots of rain. My parents came to visit providing much grandparently attention and giving Brent and me a much needed date night. We drank wine, ate cheese, bread, and olives and talked uninterrupted. Amazing!
On Saturday, M ended year three of ballet lessons with a fantastic recital performance. [...]
Posted in arts and crafts, homeschool on May 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The last time we went to A.C. Moore, I noticed they had storebrand paints and supplies that all cost $5 each. I picked up a package of their tube watercolors since we’ve been frustrated at how quickly the paints in our Crayola trays get hopelessly mixed up (especially when painting with 2-year-old C) and how [...]
Posted in arts and crafts on May 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
My renewed interest in sewing has continued. I used the leftovers fabric from my new bag to make M a dress for her American Girl Samantha, two No-Cash Wallets from Bend the Rules Sewing (I plan to fill them with treat coupons and give them to the girls when we head to the beach at [...]
