Growing Great Kids

Here is one of my happy fall projects, inspired by a recent Girls' Nite Out event. A very artistic friend led the evening with lots of d...

This is the birthday tutu I made for KID 2 last year. The pink cow fabric was marked down to $1/yd. That inspired me to make a cow cake, wh...

We planted our corn last week and it's already as high as an elephant's eye! Impressive, eh?

It's the Sheriff! No, he's a farmer. Wait, I think he's a cowboy! "If I Only Had a Brain!" KID 2 made her debut just...

The Old Man Goes to the Big House (OFD) His Captivated Audience The Storyteller and His Legacy The Storyteller by Donna He wears a cold ...

We started a compost heap back in Letter Cc Week , and now we can start putting some of that rich dark soil to work in our fall vegetable g...

We're looking forward to Musikgarten class this afternoon... her teacher will be so impressed!

"Mommy! MOMMMMMY!!!" Little feet come pounding across the house toward my office. "Today is the first day of fall! I get to ...

We printed out a map of our neighborhood on MapQuest.com and have been using it all week to plan our route: to the park to our church to t...

Continuing on with our exploration of letter Mm , we tried a new " Mark-Making " art activity: Magnet Painting. We have a set of ...

We're learning about letter " Mm " this week, and I'm anxious to share one of our very cool activities! On Monday , I cut ...

We've been using coins as math manipulatives. Counting and sorting are so much fun when you know you get to "keep the change"...

We decided we wanted popcorn for snack the other day when my nine-year-old niece came to visit us. On the spur of the moment, rather than gr...

Briefly the world's tallest building, the Chrysler building is truly an American icon in architecture and the New York skyline. We are ...

Both kids made their letter "Cc" signs using corn kernels... I "wrote" the letters in glue and they stuck the corn on. C...

Our art table is always a mess! I love to give my kids access to their art supplies, but we need a better way to organize them so that clean...

Letter C Week Begins: We're going to a cookout and we're bringing corn on the cob! What are you doing to celebrate this last hurrah ...

Peaches are readily available right now at about $1.49 /lb. in our supermarket. This recipe at kidshealth.org sounds just right: Perfect Pea...

Four puppets appeared over the back of the couch. "Mommy," a muffled voice called from below, "watch my puppet show!" Al...