This morning Raeca decided she wanted to create a Lego background for stop motion.
I love the realistic grass she created but the cute little beavers in the lake are my personal favorite:
The stop motion video has yet to actually be started but this backdrop had already provided hours of Lego entertainment.
Rae is the most imaginative kid I know, she has so many ideas and runs out of time in the day to do everything on her mental list.
Last night Rae had the idea that her and I should work on something together. She came up with the idea that we should create a book about famous Canadians. Today we were working on brainstorming a variety of famous Canadians and almost finished a notebooking journal book. (I plan on sharing it as a…
I know Monday’s get a bad rap but I’ve figured out a secret to Monday! Here it is: plan something you look forward to on Monday (or whatever other day may be your tough day of the week). For me that means going to the library each Monday. It is the day our books come…
Rae is one of those kids that runs out of time each day for all the ideas she has. She may get this trait from me . . . Today she is leading them in a twist on some games. We have a number of games we like to play together as a family and…
The kids are involved in a kidpreneur fair next month and they have been working on their projects: wooden swords and wooden cameras. Last year I was not interested in them being involved because I didn’t think they would follow through with their ideas but so far so good! They still have more to do…
Twice a year there is a large library book sale near me. They have books upon books upon books. Obviously I make sure my schedule allows me to go. Sadly, I was disappointed this year. Previously I had been able to get six books for $1, this year they upped the price to $1/book for…
I am homeschooling two very different kids – one that would spend all day outside if he could and one that would spend all day inside if she could (until she gets outside and remembers that she actually enjoys it out there). One with enough imagination to last multiple lifetimes and one who has troubles…