This was a total experiment, but it worked out well. We made small doll blankets since there was A LOT of knotting required here. And really its for 6yrs and up I’d say. My 3yr old couldn’t tie the knots so I ended up doing most of her blanket. However,…
Its been ridiculously cold here lately, and with cabin fever setting in, kids running through the house screaming, I knew I had to do something…something drastic, something completely out of my comfort zone… I’ve seen this on several blogs and I apologize at this point, I don’t remember where! But…
I picked these fun Look and Find books up last night at a local homeschool mom’s group meeting! I’ve actually been thinking about buying them for some time now, so it was a sweet blessing! The kids love them, they did them for fun after school today, and I’ve found…
We did a new type of painting today called “dabbing”. The goal is to mix the paint on the paper instead of the plate. So in order to do paint “dabbing” one must carefully dip their brush into a couple colors on the palette, then dab it gently onto the…
Have you tried Logic Links Puzzles yet? I promise they aren’t paying me for an endorsement, we just love this game! Its great for building logical reasoning skills and I add them to our workboxes for fun! Each card contains a puzzle that tells which disks they’ll need along with…
Today we did a science project with magnets. We made a pile of random items, some magnetic and some not. We hypothesized which we thought were magnetic by making 2 piles (Magnetic and Not magnetic). Then we tested our theories… We discovered that Bakugan balls are magnetic (actually we already…
We found this fun activity on Blissfully Domestic today! It looked so easy I had to try it, especially since I hadn’t planned anything else for the afternoon out of sheer laziness, and I had everything for this already. Supplies: Construction Paper Elmer’s Glue Baking Sheet or Plastic Tray Crayons…
I found these fun little wooden logic puzzles at Michael’s in their $1 bin! So of course I bought a couple just to see…and without even asking this is what I walked in to find! These are a fun addition to our workboxes! P.S. They had other designs, I just…
Randomly I go back to my beginning blog days and do a “what’s in the box” post…maybe I’ll do it on Wednesdays…”What’s in the box Wednesday”…huh, has a nice ring to it, and today is Wednesday! So here goes: Math U See Beta video and workbook Abeka Spelling Abeka Language…
I stumbled across some animated books on YouTube today with help from Learning Parade and had to share them! They are very well done and our kids are loving them! This one child watching lead to 3 kids watching…. And finally to all four kids watching… Here are links to…
