If you have been around a little while, you will know how excited I am about this month’s Picture Book Exploration: The Secrets of Tutankhamun: Egypt’s Boy King and His Incredible Tomb, by Patricia Cleveland-Peck, illustrated by Isabel Greenberg. As an archaeologist by education, Tutankhamun’s tomb always sends tingles of excitement down my spine, no…
You have gone on a beautiful Nature Walk. You have managed to create an entry in your Nature Journal. And now you are home. What now? Do you just hang your satchel, put your Nature Journal away and forget all about it until next time? No, the party continues! Remember John Muir Laws’ advice? “…
“Just go on a Nature Walk!” We often hear this as the response to boredom and a stale homeschooling atmosphere. And there is great wisdom in that advice. Heading outside when things are not going well inside is the best advice ever for anyone, young or old, in any circumstance. But how does one go…
Today I feel a great affinity with Frank Zamboni, the inventor of the ice smoothing machine that bears his name. As I sit here in January, in Colorado, it is 60 degrees… Not quite the winter weather that prompts one to think of ice skating… But Zamboni built his ice machine in the heat of…
Baboushka takes us through the end of the Christmas season. She escorts us and shows us that, no matter what, Christmas will be back next year. And the year after that. But remember that Twelfth Night is not until January 6th. So, in truth, we do have a few more days of celebrating to do!…
I am so very excited about this week’s picture book! This is the one that inspired this entire Advent idea! I hope you have as much with it as I did and that you will have great long lasting memories, simply, as a family. The Trees of the Dancing Goats From the childhood of Patricia…
Thanksgiving is such a sweet holiday once you take the extra fluff out of it and look at its intention and its origin. As I mentioned last year I love the fact that it focuses on family and friends and being grateful. There are no presents to give or receive, it is an opportunity for…
Rhino in the House: The Story of Saving Samia, by Daniel Kirk is bringing us a bit of sunshine in the midst of November’s grey. November 17th is Anna Merz’s birthday. Anna was a British conservationist who established a rhino sanctuary in Kenya. Rhino in the House is a small glimpse at her life. My…
Advent and Christmas… I do not really want to think about that yet, but the clock is tick ticking and so I must. But I SHALL enjoy every last bit of fall first. We are having such a wonderful and prolonged fall that I don’t want to miss a bit of it. But back to…
I love my home library! Every time someone walks into our home for the first time and they see the walls covered with books, their reaction is always the same: “Just what I expected!” And then they start perusing the shelves. And that makes me so very happy! I love sharing books with friends and…
