Library Haul
We got a great and diverse haul from the library today.
Some we’ve had before, some are new-to-us and some we’ve already started diving into!

We do a fair bit of gameschooling (learning through games). One Rae really likes is Sushi Go – it’s fairly quick and easy to play but my favorite part is the different kinds of math that go into calculating the score. Sneaky (and fun!) learning at it’s finest. If you’re interested I have a list…
This week we started our mini bee unit study (a mini unit study on bees, not a unit study on mini bees š). At first Raeca was wondering why would study bees if we weren’t going to have them as pets – ha, I guess only potential pets are worth learning about. But, it turns…
Yesterday Raeca decided she wanted to make a diaper for her oldest-very-loved-chronically-dirty-one-eye-is-always-half-closed-floppy-necked-because-I-removed-the-noise-device-years-ago doll, “Susie”. A quick search on Pinterest lead us to this simple DIY and pattern and then a quick trip to Dollar Tree for some supplies and a short while later she had two diapers and a few baby wipes for Susie. I…
If you didn’t grow up playing Dutch Blitz you missed out and I highly recommend you grab a deck of cards to play with your kids. This is one of those games that has so many educational benefits and kids don’t even notice! The game is a simple concept, you are basically building piles of…
We started a new audiobook this week! I’ve heard a lot of good things about this series but never read or listened to them before but after listening to a homeschool veteran rave about this series the other week I knew it was time to give it a try. Judging from the condition we got…
We spent some time reading picture books together this morning. Here’s what read: A River – I really enjoyed the illustrations in this one Hats Off to Mr. Pockles – to be honest, I was super excited when I saw Sally Lloyd-Jones had written this one but I was a bit disappointed in it Pocket…