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Category Archives: Arts and crafts
Read Aloud Thursday–Christmas around the World::Sweden
This year we continued with the tradition we began last year at Christmas time of studying a country’s Christmas traditions. I was overly ambitious last year and planned to study several countries. This year I lowered my expectations (which … Continue reading
Posted in Arts and crafts, Books, Education, Holiday, Picture Books, Read Aloud Thursday
Tagged Christmas around the World
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Hawk spotting
Do you see him? My children and I were returning home from a morning out just after noon today, and I spotted this fellow perched on a powerline outside the chemical plant where my brother-in-law works. I was thrilled because … Continue reading
Posted in Arts and crafts, Education, Kid-Speak, Louise, Nature, Nature Study
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Happy Thanksgiving!
I pray you all have a blessed Thanksgiving day! I’ll see you next week!
Posted in Arts and crafts, Bloggy Randomness, Education, Holiday, Kid-Speak, Louise
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OHC::Fall colors in our backyard # 1 + some tree books we like
I took my own advice last week and headed into our backyard for a bit of nature study. We have one tree in our yard now, thanks to a storm when Lulu was a baby that revealed to us the … Continue reading
Posted in Arts and crafts, Books, Education, Juvenile Nonfiction, Nature, Nature Study, Picture Books, Science
Tagged Outdoor Hour Challenge
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Weekly Wrap-Up::October 3-7, 2011
It’s hard for me to believe that just nine days ago we were living it up at Walt Disney World! Truly, this week we jumped back in with both feet and our highly anticipated vacation seems like it was weeks, … Continue reading
Posted in Arts and crafts, Education, Sketch Tuesday, Weekly Wrap-Up
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OHC::leaf miners and morning glory leaves
We picked up our nature studies again for last week‘s Fun Friday. I was inspired by Barb’s Outdoor Hour Challenge to get my children outdoors to look for evidence of leaf-rollers or leaf-miners (or both!). Before taking off, however, we … Continue reading
Posted in Arts and crafts, Education, Field Trips, Nature, Nature Study, Science
Tagged Outdoor Hour Challenge
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Scranimals by Jack Prelutsky
I’ve wanted to review this poetry book since we read it for the first time last April, and I’m finally getting around to it! Everyone knows Jack Prelutsky, right? He’s the author of many, many books of poetry, including Something Big … Continue reading
Posted in Arts and crafts, Books, Education, Juvenile Nonfiction, Picture Books
Tagged Poetry, Poetry Friday
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His Shoes Were Far Too Tight by Edward Lear
The month of April has been full of poetry at the House of Hope, thanks to my commitment to participate in Poetry Friday and the Kids’ Poetry Challenge. We have also just this month begun visiting another local library, in … Continue reading
Posted in Arts and crafts, Books, Education, First Grade, Juvenile Nonfiction, Kid-Speak, Lulu, Picture Books
Tagged 2011 books, Kids' Poetry Challenge, National Poetry Month
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Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers by Mary Ann Hoberman
Last week we enjoyed Mary Ann Hoberman’s Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers: A Collection of Family Poems, which has been the most age-appropriate for my young girls of all the poetry collections we’ve enjoyed so far this month. (We’ve enjoyed them all, but this … Continue reading
Posted in Arts and crafts, Books, Education, First Grade, Juvenile Nonfiction, Picture Books
Tagged Kids' Poetry Challenge, Poetry Friday
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Cousins of Clouds: Elephant Poems by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer
When I saw Cousins of Clouds: Elephant Poems on the new books shelf at the library, I snatched it right up. The cover artwork is gorgeous, and I almost immediately recognized the name of the poet whose works are contained therein. … Continue reading
Posted in Arts and crafts, Books, Education, First Grade, Juvenile Nonfiction, Science
Tagged Cybils 2011, Kids' Poetry Challenge, Poetry Friday
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