Crafts

  • Easy Art Appreciation

    Art appreciation is something that we don’t really see taught in the schools due to budget cuts, time and many other reasons.  However, I think it is very important to teach children to appreciate, study, talk about and ponder art. I LOVE going to museums with the girls and I can’t help but to visit…

  • Body Tracing Activity

    We are enjoying our summer and I hope you are too!!  Since Audrey LOVES to color, I decided to try a fun little project with her.   When I taught 5th grade, we would have the students trace their bodies and add the organs and skeletal structure so they could learn about the human body….

  • Toddler Tasks Week 9

    It has been a while since we posted a Toddler Task, so I decided to get on the ball again.  It’s not that we don’t do them daily, I just forget to grab the camera and catch them in action. Why do I do these Toddler Tasks?  I think it is important that young children…

  • Toddler Tasks Week 8

    It is absolutely AMAZING to see how quickly a little toddler can change in just a few weeks!  I am really enjoying our learning journey with my little Sophia.  She is always eager to do “school,” but she knows what she does and doesn’t like.  The best thing that I can do for her is…

  • Help! What Does it Say?

    Audrey was so excited about Mother’s Day!  She really wanted to get me a BEAUTIFUL card, so Daddy took her to the Hallmark store so she could pick one out all by herself.  We know that she can easily read everything, but she was more concerned with what the card looked like.  To Audrey, the…