Our first Fine Arts Tuesday has come and gone. What a lovely day it was! We will soon be listening to Peggy’s Violin: A Butterfly in Time(which is a wonderful story of the life of a violin, by the way!) Woven into the story are several classical music pieces by famous composers. One of the first…
I’m the first to admit that “fitting it all in” is hard. And in the past, to my shame, the first things to go when “school” seemed to be pressing were the richest learning experiences of all – artist study/art opportunities, composer study, and even nature study. I don’t know why it seems like those studies…
July’s meeting was less of a nature day and more a celebration of water. We had a water field day! Each of the moms brought a water game or two which turned out to be tons of fun. Let’s see, the kids played a relay carrying containers of water on their heads, a sponge and bucket relay, and…
Yep, we’re still as busy as beavers around here! I thought I’d stop in for a few minutes to show you some of the fun from our Creation Club this month….. We met at the local cemetery. Cemeteries are wonderful for nature study! Typically, they have a huge variety of trees, shrubs, fungi, weathering and…
Have you ever visited Shakertown? It’s such a lovely place to visit in Central KY. This weekend, we were treated to our first ever overnight stay in one of the original village buildings! My father-in-law took our family and the horses for two days of trail riding, hiking, touring and dining at the historic restaurant. …
Mahayla and one of her best buds have been planning a camping trip since January. Yes, that’s FIVE months! After many revised lists, faxes to one another and late nights on the phone planning, the trip finally happened this weekend. The two girls and two other best buds (along with a couple of Dads and,…
This post contains affiliate links. So here’s what I had envisioned. A peaceful day at the pond with children who ever-so-quietly and diligently explored life in and around the pond. Children who would pull out their nature journals at every interesting find, writing lovely poems and prayers. A day of discovery and awe. Here’s what happened….
School is officially out for the summer, but that won’t stop us from taking advantage of many great learning opportunities! This week we visited our local water treatment plant and the neighboring electric generation plant. If you’ve ever read The Magic School Bus At The Waterworks, then you’ve visited our water treatment plant! 🙂 I…
Don’t ya just love when kids use their imaginations and create really cool things? This afternoon, the older kids made great use of their free time (and I was able to get in a little discussion about simple and complex machines!) Caleb loves ladders, ropes, tools and other bits and pieces of boy stuff. Living…
Yesterday was a b-u-s-y day! Between a 15-month checkup with shots (ouch!) for little one and his first haircut, we really put Eli through the ringer. I’d been waiting until we got the new camera before taking him for his first haircut and this picture shows just how badly he needed it. 🙂 You’ll see…
Even with almost half of our club missing due to a funeral/illness/traveling, the first ever meeting of our Creation Club was a BLAST! This month’s theme focused on why we study God’s creation and how God has perfectly designed plant and animal interdependency through food chains and predator/prey relationships. The meeting started with a reading of Psalm 95:…
There’s a Toyota Plant not too far from us. For years I’ve been wanting to go on the free tour they offer, but my children have always been too young. Children have to be at least 1st grade with a parent chaperone for safety reasons. Anyway, this year, we left baby toddler Eli with Grandma and…