We just got back from Universal Studios Orlando and the fun of seeing the villages of the Harry Potter books in real life. It was amazing! When we went, I asked my kids if they wanted to wear their homemade Harry Potter costumes I made them for the Cursed Child midnight release … [Read more...]
Leaf Men come forth to rescue us!
With spring arriving and all the new leaves unfurling, it's time to revisit a darling book we read way back when the kids were in preschool/kindergarten. We read this as part of our botany study for My Father's World (leaf and apple theme). Of course this book is a bit more … [Read more...]
How to make paper with kids
Several years ago (back in 2009 when I first published this piece) I found a Bill Nye the Science Guy paper-making kit. I thought excellent! This will make a wonderful science activity to do with my little guys, and it was on clearance! Score! Now I had a great activity I could … [Read more...]
Ancient Greeks for preschool
When people tell me little kids can't learn about ancient history, I always give them a strange look. My kids loved learning about ancient history in our homeschool history lesson. Take our ancient Greeks lesson. (This post contains affiliate links marked with an … [Read more...]
Using art to teach science, let kids act it out
I remember very distinctly an art project we did in 4th grade. We sat there with a brown paper bag, and we worried at it, and crumpled it, and generally abused the paper bag until it had a texture similar to leather. This was then tied into the Native American living in … [Read more...]
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