. Day Twenty-Two: Saturday, January 22nd . I recently started reading a new series of books called the Elm Creek Quilt novels. Awhile back my sister-in-law had recommended them but I never got around to reading them. Then I saw her post something in reference to them and I decided to take a look. I […]
Monday: Today was a unique day because we did a “child swap” with another family. We had their son, Sebastian come here on Sunday to sleepover with Jayden. In turn, Chloe went to their house to spend the night with her friend Sasha. It is great to have a family that has children for each […]
. Day Eighteen: Tuesday, January 18th . This is our first try at a new drawing game called Pick and Draw. The kids loved the pre-given shape ideas for the different pieces of the face, and then they stemmed off into their own fun additions to their drawings. . . Day Nineteen: Wednesday, January 19th […]
A Monday: Martin Luther King Day brings our 3rd Annual Food Drive. After we moved here 3 years ago, Barack Obama became the 44th President. With Martin Luther King Day approaching he urged everyone to get out into their community and do something in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. So we did. We […]
While doing some blog reading and activity searching this weekend, I stumbled upon a new Preschool/Early Learning Activity Site called Making Learning Fun. As I was clicking around looking for things that struck me, I found this My Body Felt Board that I think will be great for Ava. So naturally it is 11:45pm on […]
. Day Fifteen: Saturday, January 15th . Chloe and her friend Marisa decided to try their hand at drawing some birds out of a Draw 50 Birds Book that I just acquired for 50 cents at the public library book sale. Needless to say it did not last very long before they headed into silliness. […]
. Day 11: Tuesday, January 11th . This photo is one of a series I took while at the RMSC on Monday. It was taken after I had posted my Monday photo and I really wanted this one included in my 365Project so here it is on Tuesday instead! The special traveling exhibit CSI has […]
5 Little Monkeys has been a childhood favorite rhyme of many generations. One of the great things about this story is the joy and fun it elicits, as well as the opportunity for extended learning activities and ideas. Since this was a favorite in our house, I took the time to compile some fun resources […]
Ten on Ten: Take a photo every hour for ten consecutive hours on the tenth of each month. Document a day of your life and find beauty among the ordinary moments. . . The musical instruments that the children play. Music is a growing part of our lives. It started with Chloe taking violin, then […]
A Day Seven: Friday, January 7th A [image width=”148″ height=”176″ frame=”simple” align=”left”]http://www.startsateight.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/fancynancy.jpg[/image]I call the photo for today, “Fancy Nancy” and her fancy boy cohort Jayden! This week Ava discovered Fancy Nancy for the first time. For those of you that don’t know, Fancy Nancy is a little girl created by Jane O’Connor, and started with […]
A Monday: Our first day back went so much smoother than I expected. It was nice that we did not have to run off to any activities so we were able to get back to a”school” routine. We are back to our year of learning about the Presidents of the United States. This week we […]