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Month: October 2014

Homeschool Art Co-op!

Homeschool Art Co-op!

DJ had his first art class with our homeschool co-op for kids 3-6 years old. He was supposed to start last week, but he was sick so we had to miss it. I was SO sad. But today, he was able to go and he “HAD A LOT OF FUN”! (His words as we left to get lunch). This is his masterpiece from the class. The class is set up to be an open-ended style. The leader provides art materials…

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A little of everything

A little of everything

We’ve been home more than usual since DJ has had an early fall cold. So we had two good days of “school” this week. I presented the Trinomial cube to DJ after he moved a table in our spare room to get to where it was stored on a high shelf. A similar occurrence happened a few months ago with the Binomial cube and he surprised me with the ability to complete that puzzle rather easily. The Trinomial is quite…

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Days of the Week

Days of the Week

I’ve had a project in my head for awhile that I finally completed this week! I’ve had this Tell Me About Today Calendar for awhile and I like it for a number of reasons. It’s relatively small, it has Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow in a logical order and the pillowy weather, season and date icons are fun. What I don’t like about it, at least for my 3yo pre-reader are all the words. So I decided awhile ago to replace…

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No Pictures?!

No Pictures?!

I recently learned of this book for children that has no pictures, titled The Book with No Pictures by B.J. Novak. I watched the video linked at the end and instantly went to Amazon to buy it. Here is the book cover: It’s pretty plain, huh? Well, so is the rest of the book. Until you start reading. It came in the mail yesterday and I wanted to put DJ down for a nap so I suggested we take it…

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