Today is Children’s Picture Books Day, an actual international appreciation day! I’m thinking of moving my birthday to April 2nd, lol! April 2nd was chosen as the day to appreciate picture books to honor famed fairy tale writer, Hans Christian Andersen, as it IS his birthday today. I am very excited about today, as I…
Nurturing creativity in the heart of childhood is passing on the gift of creativity. What does that even mean? How can I pass creativity on to my children? They might not have the same God-given creative genius that I have. Very true, but I can help them uncover their own genius. Our children, just like…
Ezra Jack Keats has charmed families for the last 63 years! When his book The Snowy Day was published, he became a household name. But who was the man behind the story and why has the story achieved such heights of popularity?I first encountered Ezra Jack Keats when my children were very little and we…
Today is the anniversary of a very little known event, as it did not impact the world very much. But it is such an interesting and sweet one that I find it worth remembering and so did Michael O. Tunnell, the author of Mailing May. May was five years old when she was sent by…
Another engaging endeavor for the whole family is lapbooks. When we occasionally get into a slump with Notebooking, we switch gear and start creating all together through lapbooking. We discovered lapbooking a long, long time ago, it was probably our first method of Notebooking now that I think about it. I enjoy it because it…
What is the engineering process and why should my children know about it? There is a short answer to that and a long one. Today is Raye Montague’s birthday! Happy birthday Raye! Raye Montague was a mathematician and an engineer. She was the first person to ever design a Navy ship via a computer. She…
Today is Peter Mark Roget’s birthday! He loved words, and he loved lists, so much so that his love changed the English language! The history of the first thesaurus and its author is quite fascinating! It took a man with a love for precision and with a desire to use just the right word for…
The National Western Stock Show is a big deal in the Denver area every January, since 1906! It is two weeks dedicated to anything and everything ranching and farming. The true spirit of the cowboy is strong and well alive during this time. It reminds us that Colorado is still the center of the West…
How is it already mid-January? Wasn’t Christmas just yesterday?I am so excited about the picture book line up for February! What a beautiful month, so rich and full of fascinating stories! But before we jump into that, I’d like to revisit a few things with you first since we have so many new people with…
I love a new notebook, any kind of new notebook is just so inviting! From journals to binders, they call to me, they invite me in, they tug at the creative strings of my heart. Notebooking is half creativity, half academic. Let’s look into Notebooking with our children, what has worked and what hasn’t and…
