Growing up in my family it was just assumed that you would be a lover of art. So while I probably would not have been naturally drawn to art (haha, my artistic talent begins and ends with stick figures), I know a great deal about art history and love traipsing around art museums now! This is […]
Inspired Learning
Of Kangaroos and Icing!
As we explored the wonderful and wacky world of Australian animals, I had to wonder if my husband would be ok, with the pictures I’m about to post… The boys L.O.V.E.D. pretending to be mommy kangaroos. Our trusty playsilks came in handy as make-shift pouches for beloved teddy bears. He was a-ok with it, in […]
Rainforest Play
A Lesson in Comparison As we set sail from Antarctica back up to South America, we went straight for the Amazon rainforest. Talk about a lesson in comparisons… After reading about all of the beautiful plants and exciting animals, I decided to try and help the boys get some perspective on how different it is there […]
Doing School vs. Power of Play
The whole concept of ‘doing school’ is a hard one to escape from, especially in this age of high competitiveness and desire to give our children an edge or just satisfy family members who are skeptical of anything other than traditional education. Even if those aren’t temptations for you, we oftentimes wonder just how to […]
Global Twister: A Tutorial
As promised, here is the tutorial for our Global Twister game! There are a variety of ways you can play it. The cards allow for selecting a continent and then right/left, hand/foot options. For younger one’s it is possible to make the game even simpler. My previous post outlined some of those options! Materials: * […]
Going Global
We plan on traveling all over the world this summer… …without ever leaving home. That’s right, this summer we embark on a journey around the world and discover where we fit into it!Xander already has my love of maps. Sometimes I wonder if it can be genetic. Afterall, I am the daughter of a cartographer dad and […]