Seasonal & Holidays
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Fall Leaves Activities
~Fall Leaves Activities for All Ages~ Fall leaves make me want to create something beautiful! They’re some of the most beautiful artworks in nature. Nearly every color can be found. Even here in central Texas, our leaves have begun to be painted in warm yellows and oranges. While doing some reading for this post, I realized that there were lots of great ideas for activities to learn about leaves for the Littles crew, but not as many for the older crowd. Hopefully, you and your family will enjoy this mini fall leaves “unit”. Really, this is just a list of activities and reading, and would be a great days…
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Summer School Fun
Can Summer School Be FUN ?!?!? YES !!! Keep everyone’s minds active and excited about learning… but at the same time enjoying the lazy, hazy days of SUMMER when the living should be EASY! Think everyone curled up listening to these GREAT books…. or packing a picnic to take to your favorite big tree (or park, or beach, or wherever you love to hang out in the summer!) and spending the afternoon reading together! THEN continue the fun with all kinds of hands-on projects based on these stories. Recipes, dioramas, crafts, science experiments and LOTS of totally FUN ideas ! All planned out for you too! SEE I told you this…
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Christmas School
****Christmas School**** Hello Friends! It’s been awhile… Is it already November? The warmth and joy of the holidays are just beginning to stir in our home. The Christmas music is playing, the candles are flickering, the first baking has begun. I’m sipping some hot, spicy tea and making lists. This week is one of my favorite weeks of the year. Does that sound odd? The week before Thanksgiving is kind of the calm before the storm. It’s a lovely week to me. There’s still time to sit and reflect, and make preparations for all the sweet memories yet to be made in the swirl of the next month. …
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Family Traditions for the Holidays
Do You Have Family Traditions For the Holidays? Family traditions for the holidays vary as greatly as the families who keep them. I love hearing how other families celebrate the holidays. All the different cultures, regions, and circumstances represented by my friends make for some really different and interesting holiday traditions! The one commonality though seems to be faith, family, friends… and of course FOOD! Whether you celebrate with a fantastic home-cooked feast, or Chinese Take-Out; Whether you spend a quiet day at home reading and eating chocolates (this is a real thing!!), or you spend it packed together with the loud roar of LOTS of extended family and friends, and…
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Thankfulness: The Real Things Haven’t Changed
~Thankfulness~ “The real things haven’t changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.” ~Laura Ingalls Wilder I have been working on a unit study about life in Frontier America. I am amazed by the pioneer’s courage and their simple faith. Thankfulness…the real things haven’t changed. Their gratitude for the smallest graces is something we can all reflect on and aspire to. What simple pleasures are you thankful for today? My quick list: ~Laughter ~Hot Coffee ~The smell of baking bread ~Salty, roasted pumpkin seeds ~Music ~The change…
