Capturing Creativity
Okay, so you started a bullet journal, and now you are looking at a giant list of to-do items and feeling overwhelmed. What happened? That pretty new notebook was supposed to solve all your problems! Why are you feeling so
Well, I think we’ve done it all. We enjoyed playing in a winter wonderland (despite the balmy temperatures outside), Listened to “Jingle Bells” for hours on end and even sang a bit while ringing bells for the Salvation Army, Sat
I am an organization junkie. It is a bit of an obsession. Pretty notebooks, color-coding, baskets, all of it makes me happy. You would think that my tools would capture all of my brilliant homeschooling ideas on their own for
Do you know how to pronounce Klee? It seems like a simple little word, but almost all of us want to say it as it looks, with a long e. Instead, it is pronounced like the word Clay, with a
Loosing a pet is never easy. Our family has always had a tradition of hanging the tags of former pets on our Christmas tree. It is a bit silly, but even more than grave markers or paw-prints, it is these
Christmas crafts are our favorite part of our yearly Advent celebration. It is amazing what a 5 year old can create with a jar from the dollar store, a coloring page, and a few permanent markers.
December! Advent! Can you feel the excitement??? Our crew loves planning ahead, so as we were packing up decorations on 12th Night last year, they picked Christmas Light as the theme for this year. (Okay, okay, so the kids actually
People have always painted birds. They are visible on everything from cave walls to golden goblets, but they are often stoic and lifeless. John James Audubon brought bird paintings to life with his accuracy and context. Unfortunately, in order to
My 9 year old has been working to finish a model that both his grandpa and dad gave up on. He has made more progress than the other two combined. Third generations’s the charm? Confession: I totally gave up on
Teachers as Performers? Yup! That’s how we roll here. Listen to what NPR has to say about it: Channeling Springsteen We know how to have fun, but is active learning better than traditional classrooms? Listen and decide for yourself.