A few weeks ago we celebrated the birthday of a special friend and author, Eric Van Raepenbusch. His Three Ghost Friends series are super-cute stories available for download from iTunes. Our cake was inspired by his first book, Three Ghost Friends Learn About Colors. While the cake looks really impressive, and will wow…
Have you seen kids play with light tables in classrooms, museums, or art centers? There’s just something about the way light shines through different objects – or doesn’t – that’s fascinating to little ones. I hadn’t really thought about how great light play was, or how much kids love it, until…
I had the, ummm… pleasure, of meeting one of these… …in the basement the other night as I finished up some work {really. really. late.} and nobody was around to save my family from being murdered in their sleep by snapping fangs and hairy legs, so I had to take care of…
I was really excited to receive Cindy West’s new book, Homeschooling Gifted and Advanced Learners from Prufrock Press to review. I’m in the trenches homeschooling gifted kiddos, and while it’s a lot of fun… it can be a challenge. Cindy’s new book was such a blessing! As I read through it, I found myself nodding,…
The weeks leading up to St. Patrick’s Day are always a little chaotic. For years, we’ve been bothered by a mischievous leprechaun (he used to mess around in my classroom, too… the pest)! We’ve found toys scattered, drawers open and emptied, furniture turned upside down, and marker scribbled across our whiteboard and mirrors. For…
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