Say, I Do Like Green Eggs and Ham!
It took a few days to get through Green Eggs and Ham but it’s a classic for a reason – it’s such great reading practice!
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…
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 the kids and I had our first official nature walk of the year. I’m determined that we will all keep nature journals this year – myself included. They found themselves a little fort in the bushes for the summer and I spent nearly 10 minutes watching a male and female mallard duck on the…
Thanks to Nature Anatomy the kids figured out the name of this rock we collected in Mexico last year. I love the Nature Anatomy book (it’s beautiful and has a lot of great information in it) and plan on using it more intentionally this spring and summer. I currently don’t have a specific idea on…
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…
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…