Beads are amazing. I remembered that I had this big bag of them and pulled them out the other day to play a sorting game with my two year old. He had been trying to get up on the stools with the bigger boys, so I pulled him aside to do something special with him […]
Inspired Learning
Desert Dwellers
We started our study of native americans before Easter and taking a couple of weeks off to learn about birds before it got too hot. We are now taking that up again as our weather heats up. Since the boys are so young, I decided to start local and spread out from there. They were having […]
"Professional" Help
I’ve talked about inspiration coming from different sources: another blog or a spontaneous idea popping up from a child-selected book. I’m also enjoying finding directed inspiration from curriculum. Sometimes it’s nice to just open up the book and do what it says to do! I grew up using KONOS (from 3rd grade-highschool) and LOVED it. It was such […]
Flamingo-ing
Inspiration can come from many different sources. Recently we were inspired by another blog in our learning journey. Sometimes, inspiration can just jump out from the pages of a library book. We are in the middle of learning about birds. Keegan, my 3 year old, picked out this book on Flamingo’s at the library. It prompted some […]
Arizona Explorations
We’ve started our study of Native Americans. Since my kids are young, I thought it best to start out at the local level first and learn about tribes here in our state before branching out. Making learning concrete rather than abstract is easier at this age. To prepare for this and take advantage of our […]
Saving the Alamo!
After watching the old Davy Crockett Disney movie today, it was interesting to see what the boys fixated on: the Alamo. So tonight, I’ll be brushing up on my Alamo history knowledge so I can explain a little bit more about that tomorrow. We’re still working on making an alliance with all three. It works […]