With flu season quickly approaching and the boys recent interest in nutrition, we thought we’d revisit basic hand-washing technique and help them understand WHY it is so important. So here you go. We have been working towards keeping sickness at a minimum this year. So I jumped at the chance to use this as an opportunity to […]
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Rainforest Play
A Lesson in Comparison As we set sail from Antarctica back up to South America, we went straight for the Amazon rainforest. Talk about a lesson in comparisons… After reading about all of the beautiful plants and exciting animals, I decided to try and help the boys get some perspective on how different it is there […]
Antarctic Adventures
You know you’re immersed in something when you start to dream about it! Last night, my baby (aka the two year old) had a fever and didn’t sleep well. When I finally fell back asleep at about 4am, I started having weird dreams. Does this ever happen to anyone else when your sleep is hijacked? […]
Heading North
To round out our study of North America, we headed north. We had fun looking at pictures of beautiful Canada, talking about maple trees, mounties and of course Vancouver (Olympics are still fresh in their memory). But what the boys really loved doing was exploring the lives of eskimo’s and what it’s like in the […]
Helping Kids Prepare for Pentecost
After Jesus rose from the dead, He spent another 40 days here on earth. He talked with His disciples, opened up Scripture and explained why He had to come and why He had to die. Right before He ascended back into heaven, He told his disciples to wait in Jerusalem. They ended up waiting 10 […]
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 […]