Ever since the kiddos saw my new watercolor set, they’ve been dying to dig into the bright colors and try them out! And since the weather has been dreary all week, I decided that it would be a great time to really bring out the color. (Inspiration via: this great lesson in our Artistic Pursuits curriculum,) We practiced blending across …Read the Rest
This post has been a long time coming. You might already know that we’re using The Mystery of History this year, (you might be annoyed of all my posts about the program), but the program is amazing and has quickly become the CORE of our homeschool days. It’s that good. I quickly found myself scheduling art projects, crafts, and even …Read the Rest
Are you busy planning for the Fourth of July? Here is a quick list of some of helpful resources: Preschool Fourth of July Bible Printables K-5 Fourth of July Bible Printables Fourth of July Bible Treat Printables Fourth of July Lapbook Fourth of July File Folder Game Patriotic Crafts & Activities Additionally, here are some more resources from around the …Read the Rest
Busy building our towers over here! And I’ve got a TON of new printables up on Bible Story Printables all about the Tower of Babel. There are some adorable games you can use in your classroom including this: Tower of Babel File Folder Game And this Languages of the World Card Game There is a bunch more all listed here: …Read the Rest
We’ve been slowly fazing in some Rocks, Minerals, and Fossils to our science lessons, and this was one of the activities that we just had to do! So…here is a super simple way for children to make their own fossils. I had no idea that Plaster of Paris could be so easy to work with! (I had envisions of cement …Read the Rest
This little guy sure has an expression doesn’t he? He looks a bit Twitterpaited if you ask me. (That term from Bambi might have a whole new meaning now that Twitter is so popular!) The belly of this little guy provides some white space for children to write in key facts or even some poetry about owls! Here’s the Photo …Read the Rest
Okay, I know that I could have shelled out the $8 bucks and got the traditional Sparky Bag, but I needed an excuse to use my fabric markers……And I think it turned out pretty cute. Of course, Bubba wanted a Cubbie bag too. We’re all about FAIR around here.
This is actually a craft we did a few years back, but I’ve finally put up a photo tutorial for how to make it. They turned out really colorful too, because this time we used paint instead of markers. Additionally, I thought it might be fun to have children draw pictures of different items and resources that were aboard the …Read the Rest
Last year when Oriental Trading was having their 75 year celebration Giveaway, I entered to win thinking (yeah right….I’m sure millions of people are trying to win and I’m just wasting my time even hoping) But to my surprise I won a $50 gift card! And I got to pick from the thousands of goodies they have over there. Well …Read the Rest
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