While it’s disappointing when a fun toy breaks, being able to take it apart makes it less sad!
Some time was spent taking apart this remote control car today. Ephraim got a few tools for Christmas and he’s been using them to take apart a number of different things.
Now if we could just figure out how to make a new creation out of all these random parts we have . . .
This morning Raeca took down our jar of various currencies from our trips. She started asking questions and we ended up talking about different currencies, the countries the coins came from and who visited those countries and when. We admired the different types of currency, the images on them and even the different shapes (the…
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…
Here’s a look at this week’s library haul! Ephraim got out the body books, Rae’s are the top two chapter books (minus the audiobook) and mine are the ones about backyard chickens (for my one day dream). Upcoming themes: gardening and bees! I love that the library has this nifty feature that lets us know…
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!
What started as an attempt to make a robot out of old laminator and remote control car pieces quickly turned into a rabbit err . . . kitty trail . . . We went from this video of a cardboard robot to this video of a cardboard ATM to this video of a cardboard gumball…