The King and Queen invite YOU to celebrate The Bellfaire! The busy lives of the Everdellian Critters carry on, and this expansion tells another spellbinding story of a year-long celebration to commemorate the Everdell Founding’s 100th birthday! This lovely expansion adds to the growing family of Everdell games. Read my reviews about the original Everdell … Read more
I have three students in Years 6, 4, and 2 and after having everyone in different time periods with the Ambleside rotation last year, I knew we should never do that again. We could’t do any books together and it was hard for me to manage. I came up with a new rotation combining the streams … Read more
After our Cloud Unit Study we wanted more cloudy fun. I found 20 awesome cloud activities, experiments, and projects I wanted to share! Here’s my list of 20 FREE Cloud Activities: 1. Cloud Hunt Bingo from Green Grubs Garden Club 2. Cloud Dough from The Realistic Mama 3. Glove Puppets from Love and Lollipops 4. Clouds and Rainbows … Read more
Elliot starts kindergarten in the fall and I am not a parent who will rely on the public school system to teach him everything he needs to know. As a parent I feel educating my child is my responsibility, and I wanted to begin our at-home supplementing with reading lessons, but talk about intimidating! … Read more
I went to someone’s Christmas Party/Show/Fundraiser and one of the acts was this elf playing the violin in a celtic style. I thought it was amazing and then I found her channel on Youtube. Below is the song that she played that night. It is a medley that she arranged herself of the following songs: … Read more
Elliot LOVES to read, which is great, only it makes me so tired to read book after book after book to him! And frankly, sometimes the books are down right annoying and I can’t stand them. So, I had an idea that I don’t at all mind saying is totally brilliant. I just discovered that … Read more
Here’s what’s on my list to read this year: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford The Lemon Tree by Sandy Tolan The Maze Runner by James Dashner (YAFic) The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan (YAFic) Chains & Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson (YAFic) Heist Society by Ally Carter (YAFic) Matched … Read more
A friend directed me to a website where you can download 6 books for free. There are others that you can purchase, but if you have a library card, you probably don’t need to. Most libraries offer access to an online library where you can download audiobooks, so check with your librarian. Ours is called … Read more
I know you know that I know how important reading to kids is. I’ve written a handful of posts about my thoughts on reading to kids, but I haven’t given you a list of great kid’s books. Below are the books that I read every day to my son, Joel, who is 17 months old. … Read more
A reader asked if I had any ideas about reading with toddlers, so this post is in response to her question. If you have questions that you would like me to answer, email me or leave a comment and I’ll do my best. So….reading with toddlers. First of all, reading with toddlers is a lot … Read more