Oh – how the time flies. As promised, I’m finally posting my mini-unit study on the science of flight. Like the floating and boating unit study, I wanted to make this appeal to my daughter. So we did a lot of hands on experiments and I included lots of fun girly graphics. You can download […]
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No-Bake Chocolate Butterscotch Pretzel Bars
For the last 8 weeks, I’ve been participating in a health challenge to try to shape up my life. Part of the challenge involves eliminating from my life one of my “addictions.” I picked playing games on my phone because I tend to waste so much time on them and in the meantime I get […]
Family Friendly Halloween Movies on Netflix
My husband loves scary movies. If he could have his perfect Halloween wish, it would be to stay home with all the lights out watching really scary shows all night long. Unfortunately for him, I don’t like watching scary movies – they give me nightmares and keep me pondering on them for far too long. So in […]
Floating and Boating Unit Study
This last month, I was in charge of our science co-op lesson on the physics of floating and flying. It’s really a fun topic to study because who doesn’t love floating boats in the water and figuring out how airplanes fly? I’ll tell you who – my daughter! She would much rather spend her time dancing, […]
Potato Cream Cheese Soup
There is a little restaurant down the street from me that used to serve an awesome Potato Cream Cheese soup with freshly made bread sticks. It is the soup that got me through my last pregnancy. But for some reason, they don’t serve it anymore. This, of course, had to be remedied immediately, so I set to […]
Favorite Halloween Books
One of our favorite Halloween traditions is to read books…lots of books. Every year, the kids get a new Halloween book to add to our collection. These are a few of our favorites. Five Little Pumpkins by Dan Yaccarino Where is Baby’s Pumpkin? by Karn Katz The Night Before Halloween by Natasha Wing The Runaway […]
Boo to the “Boo”
Every once in a while a friend or relative comments on what a “fun” mom I am. Never my children – mind you – only people who don’t actually live with me say such crazy things! And to some extent, it’s kind of true. I like fun traditions with the kids. But there is one […]
Halloween Countdown
Every year, we have a tradition to countdown the days to Halloween with activities and little treats. We’ve tried different countdown calendars over the years and finally settled on one that works perfectly for us. The setup starts with a simple paper chain. I tape or glue date stickers on each chain (one for each child). The […]
The Neglected Garden
I finally made it out to the garden today. We’ve been deluged with rain, illness, and let’s face it, a bout of laziness which all conspired to keep me from visiting it for way too long. There’s nothing I love more than a garden that just tends itself! Unfortunately, I don’t have one of those. Mine is definitely suffering […]
Stop & Go: A Free Printable Phonics or Reading Game
Are you looking for a way to add some fun to your language arts lessons? Several years ago I came up with this little printable game board that I could use when my kids just needed a little more fun in their school day. Set up is a snap – just print the game board […]