Yesterday we visited the vet school open house at Cornell University. We'd been once before and it is always a super crowded event. Our first stop had to be the raptors. All the children love seeing the birds of prey. Even J our 22 mos old walked in the room and began saying, "Owl!"We were able ...
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It’s All about the Game!
You hear it often at our house- the words, "Let's play a game!" Our kids love games! We play all kinds and we brought many new ones into the house at Christmas time. Some new favorite are Blink- a fast paced visual perception card game, Ziggity- a card game by the maker of Cranium, Blokus- sort ...
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Speaking of Books…
Have you read any good ones with your kids lately? At our house we always have at least one read aloud going if not more. Usually we have one that is either a unit study or a go along with a unit study. We have one that is just for fun and sometimes Dan will decide he wants to read a particular ...
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Thomas Edison
Back in the fall, E did a Beyond Five in a Row unit study on a biography of Thomas Edison. He sure had a good time learning about Tom's life. He was especially interested in finding out that Thomas Edison left school to be homeschooled just like he did!E reports that he enjoyed learning about how ...
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The School Room and Play Space
Well- back in January I took some pictures of our school/play room. At the risk of showing my messy self, I will post some of these pictures. I would retake them or take them on a better day, but let's be real! On any given day this is our mess!I am working on making this space less cluttered, ...
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Little Nino’s Pizzeria
Well the scrapbook craze is on these days and I thought we'd try it out. I think the pages turned out pretty well. The kids are doing this as their notebook for each book instead of a lapbook or other type of notebooking. Maybe it's a phase, but I was thinking of trying out a portfolio of the ...
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