To celebrate National Doughnut Day a week late (June 2nd is National Doughnut Day) the kids and I went to a favorite doughnut shop and enjoyed the delicious morning snack. While we munched, I read “Arnie, The Doughnut” again (we’ve read it lots of times) and we noticed that Emmaline had unintentionally selected the same […]
themed activity
making cardboard dollhouses
We got together with a sweet homeschool community on Monday (5.8) and made dollhouses out of cardboard boxes. My 8-year-old self would have been ecstatic to hear I was happily putting together a dollhouse with boxes, scrapbook paper, felt, cloth scraps and hot glue guns. Our group had read the book Racketty-Packetty House beforehand so […]
super easy (& fast) homemade play-doh
Shoutout to Make and Takes Blog for the recipe! It was a rainy morning when I decided to try my hand at homemade play-doh. I found this easy recipe and grabbed my supplies to begin. It was so easy, fast and my kids loved it! Ingredients: Instructions: 1. In a saucepan, add the water, cornstarch, […]
nature day forest school – new growth
Our Winter Semester of Forest School concluded yesterday (3.15.23) and what an amazing semester it was! We talked about Weather, Winter Animals, Hibernation, Trees, Shelter and New Growth / Spring. Ironically, the temperature was freezing so everyone was bundled up while I briefly talked about Springtime. Our main activity for the day was to plant our own flower seeds, […]
nature day forest school – shelter
Our Winter Semester of Forest School is wrapping up and so far we have talked about Weather, Winter Animals, Hibernation, Trees and this week – Shelter. We chatted briefly about what a shelter is, why you might need one, etc. But I really only had one plan on the docket this week – let the kids make a […]
nature day forest school – trees
Our crew is loving our weekly Forest School gatherings. This Winter Semester we have talked about Weather, Winter Animals and Hibernation.This week we covered Trees. During our lesson time, we talked about how trees add value to our lives, what they make for us and how to tell how old a tree is. After reading a book, […]
cowboy day – 2023
Our little town had Cowboy Day and our crew was so excited to participate. We started at my mom’s house (she lives a couple blocks from downtown) and walked in the sprinkling rain to get started. We were gifted cowboy hats and scarfs which was fun / festive and the kids loved walking around. We […]
nature day forest school – hibernation
We’ve had three weeks of Nature Day Forest School and every week it brings more joy to our crew. The first week of the Winter Semester we talked about Weather, then the second week we highlighted Winter Animals. But this last week (2.18.23) we talked about Hibernation. I talked to the kids about what hibernation […]
nature day forest school – winter animals
Hosting our own Forest School has been such fun. Our first week we talked about Weather, and week two (2.15.23) we highlighted Winter Animals. I pulled out the DIY Snow again and also found this cute Arctic Fox craft. Snack this week was a polar bear face and the kids made a few + ate […]
nature day forest school – weather themed
We had our very first day of Nature Day Forest School on Wednesday, February 8th, and our focus was WEATHER. I intentionally kept it simple because I wanted to have a chance for families to find our house, get settled, see how it would run, etc. Snack was a mix of popcorn, M&Ms, pretzels and […]