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Teach Your Child to Read without a Curriculum
February 28, 2011
I am currently in the process of teaching my second child to read using mostly materials around the house, and I thought I would blog our ideas! When Aidan was…
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Favorite Chapter Books for Boys, Part 2
February 22, 2011
We have so many favorite books that it was impossible to fit them all in one post! Here are some more of our favorite chapter books for boys, and here…
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Make Your Boys into Superheroes!
February 16, 2011
We did this quick and easy craft today while Aidan had a friend over! To make the pictures, I took photos of the boys and then printed them (we're currently…
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Favorite Chapter Books for Boys, Part 1
February 14, 2011
Jordan and I both enjoy reading, and we have been pleased that all of our boys love books as well! I decided to post some of our favorite books, and…
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Make a Home for a Pretend Pet
January 22, 2011
The flu hit our house this week! And it has not been fun. It starts with fever and aches, and lasts about 5 days total. All of us have had…
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Dried Bean Mosaic Art Project
January 12, 2011
Aidan has been studying the Roman Empire in history, and we read that they created a lot of mosaics to decorate their buildings. We bought a bag of 15 bean…
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Watercolor Collage Art Project
January 10, 2011
Here is an idea for making collage artwork that is similar to the pictures created by Eric Carle. We love Eric Carle books at our house! Here is a link…
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Felt Star Christmas Ornaments
December 17, 2010
Today we were supposed to go to a GI appointment for Owen, but he woke up with a fever, so we had to cancel the appointment. After the week we've…
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How Big was Goliath?
December 13, 2010
Today's advent tree reading was about David and Goliath. (Well, when I say "today," I mean the one we did today, which was the reading for December 11th. But if…
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Build a Bird Nest Science Project
December 8, 2010
I've blogged about our science curriculum before because I absolutely love it! We are doing Exploring Creation Zoology Vol. 1: Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day from Apologia. The first…
