Creative Gifts for the Little Artist
Little hands like to create colorful creations! They also tend to make BIG messes! Even so, as parents we are always seeking to encourage and support our children in their endeavors. For this reason I have created a list of a handful of the BEST Creative Gifts for the Little Artist in your life! I […]
Seeds of Hope Book Review
Seeds of Hope is the first book in the Harvest of Hope Series by Barbara Cameron. While I don’t read a ton of Amish fiction, I find I am most drawn to the ones that bring in English life too. There is something about the contrast between the two that I enjoy. About Seeds of […]
Simple Woman’s Daybook ~ March 15th, 2011
A Simple Woman’s Daybook A FOR TODAY: Tuesday March 15th, 2011… A Outside my window…the sun is shining! Last night it was still daylight here at 6:45pm due to the Daylight Savings Time switch this past weekend. At 42 degrees I was able to get out and walk the neighborhood. How how sweet it is […]
Project 365 ~ Days 58-73
. This is how it started: The Beginning of Project 365 . Day Fifty-Eight: Sunday February 27th . . This is what happens when Jayden gets a hold of the camera! He took a series of pictures of the dogs, of Ava playing, and….like father, like son, himself! . Day Fifty-Nine: Monday, February 28th . […]
Weekly Wrap-Up ~ In like a lion
. Monday: Our bi-weekly Museum & Music lesson day! We were very excited for this one because the Colossal Dinosaurs Exhibit has come back to the RMSC. Ava is still pretty dinosaur obsessed and she was thrilled to see the T-Rex move and roar. In the photo below she is checking out the stegosaurus but […]
Review: Time 4 Learning
Over the past month we have been given the opportunity to try out Time4Learning. Each one of my children were given accounts that were set to their grade level. The first thing I liked right off the bat was that if we were working in a level and felt it did not suit our child, […]
How The Crow & The Pitcher Lead to Water Displacement
Last week we stumbled upon an “accidental” science lesson/experiment. Sometimes at lunchtime I will read to the kids. Whether it be Fairy Tales, short stories, poetry, or in this case Aesop’s Fables. The fable that brought upon the science lesson was: The Crow and the Pitcher [image width=”296″ height=”353″ frame=”simple” align=”left”]http://www.startsateight.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/The-Crow-and-the-Pitcher.jpg[/image] In a spell of […]
Weekly Wrap-up ~ Dr. Suess & Water Displacement
Monday: Today was our busy work day of the week. We diligently worked most of the day on our “bookwork”. To my surprise we stumbled upon two unexpected lessons. The kids asked me to read to them during lunch so I picked out Aesop’s Fables. This led to a discussion about the lessons, or morals […]
365 Project ~ Days 51-57
A Day Fifty-One: Sunday, February 20th A A Today Joey came home with my TineBirthdayAnn gift….my new Verizon 32 gig iPhone 4! We went back and forth about spending the money for it. I just bought a new phone in October. But Joey had been saving up money and decided that I should have this […]
Wordless (almost) Wednesday
Ava has always said she was going to ride a white horse some day! The day has come and Ava got to ride her white horse! 🙂
Simple Woman’s Daybook ~ March 1st, 2011
A Simple Woman’s Daybook A FOR TODAY: Tuesday March 1st, 2011… A Outside my window… The sun is shining, the snow is melting, the “pond” is forming in our backyard. A I am thinking… that if I hear one more child speak I am going to explode! Not half a second goes by and one […]
Review: Education Cubes
I recently stumbled upon this great educational resource for the kids. I especially like it for the plethora of things that Ava is working on acquiring into her brain at this stage of her development. From recognizing numbers, to reading sight words for Ava, as well as things like continents, states, multiplication and division for […]
Weekly Wrap-Up ~ School Break
This week was an unusual one for us because all the local schools had their Winter Break. For us that means not hitting the museums and other local outings because they will be much busier than what we like. It also means that Chloe wants to fill her social calendar since most of her friends […]
Book Review: Matilda
. [image width=”123″ height=”187″ frame=”simple” align=”left”]http://www.startsateight.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/matilda.gif[/image] Title: Matilda . Author: Roald Dahl . Copyright Date:1988, Puffin Books USA . Brief Character List: Matilda, Mom Wormwood, Dad Harry Wormwood, Brother Michael Wormwood, Miss Honey, Miss Trunchbull, Lavender . Summary in my Words: Matilda is a 5 year old girl who is extremely gifted. Her parents are […]