After reading this post about children’s robot creations, the kids and I got excited about being able to create robots out of whatever we could find around the house. We searched the trashes, the recycle box, and the craft…
… is windy and rainy this week– cold enough for pants (for me, not for anyone else in my family) and even sweatshirts– at least until it gets back up toward 80 degrees next week. Crazy warm for…
A tree of thanks for November. We painted with acrylic paint on cardboard, made leaves with our fingertips, and attached string on which we will hang daily leaves of gratitude. …
During our family’s recent trip to the Museum of Science and History here in Jacksonville, we got to see and learn about quite a lot of things. Like dinosaurs, whales (one cool thing to know is that humpback…
I’ll bet you always wondered what the best toys are? I have the answer, and they only cost a few dollars. They are simply pots, pans, buckets, and spoons. We have had these toys since the kids…
It’s fun to live in Florida where life is abundant all around us. Today on a family jog we saw an armadillo (what it is we still don’t know, but looking it up will be a good family…
Thought I’d share today a few of the recent projects we’ve done with our new homeschool routine. This is a lapbook we made using the Five In A Row (FIAR) book we read, Owl Moon. Throughout the…
After days of deliberating and mind-changing, our little ones decided to dress up as a skeleton and a ‘nice’ witch for Halloween. The whole family joined throngs of other costumed children and parents on the streets, and we…
Matt is awesome at Halloween. This decorating was all him. I am so glad he will be home for trick-or-treating– the mad candy eating is so much better with him!…
We’ve been using Five In A Row (FIAR) as the main part of our homeschooling program for the past year, and we’ve very much enjoyed it. With FIAR we read a certain picture book every day for 5 days, while…
