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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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Alphabet Running Game
February 1, 2011
We've been stuck inside the house a lot lately because of the flu and bad weather! We decided to burn off a little steam by adding running to an alphabet…
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Writing Letters in Sugar
January 25, 2011
Here's an easy idea for practicing writing the alphabet - writing in sugar! Sometimes it helps to get more of the senses involved when working on writing. We got this…
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Pinecone Bird Feeder
January 19, 2011
We are studying birds in our science curriculum (which we absolutely love!), and when we came to an experiment in which we compare two different bird seeds, we decided to…
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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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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…
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Elementary Math Bar Graph Activity
October 21, 2010
I have found that one of the best ways to get Aidan engaged in math is to put away the worksheets and do something that relates to real life. He…
