Good morning Garden Children. Before we get out our passports, lets say Happy Birthday to Onyx. He's four years old today. I hope he lets us know what he did to celebrate turning four years old on this very green and rainy spring day. Are we ready ... [Read More]
Playing and Learning at Home :: May 19
Good morning friends. We are still in Australia today. Lauren sent us her favorite song about an Australian animal, The Fairy Penguin Strut. Do you know what a strut is? It's a fancy walk. Do you know what a fairy penguin is? These are the smallest ... [Read More]
Playing and Learning at Home :: May 18
Good morning Garden Children! Are you ready to get another stamp on your passport this week? We are getting ready to get on our airplane and head for Australia. We'll have to bring a lot of snacks and books because it is a very long plane ride. ... [Read More]
Playing and Learning at Home :: May 15
Let's jump right into some bead making this morning. You need some magazines with bright shiny pictures, glue, and some drinking straws. Let's look at some African clothes and jewelry. Some items like these might be easy to incorporate into a multi ... [Read More]
Playing and Learning at Home :: May 14
Lauren and I had decided before spring break that the Honeybee class was going on more worldwide adventures this spring. I feel like we connected with Africa a little this week, so perhaps that will be our first stop. Here is Africa. Have someone ... [Read More]
Playing and Learning at Home :: May 13
Good Morning everyone. I'm learning a new song, and I'd go ahead and share it with you as I'm learning it. There are so many online classes available right now for teachers, so I've been trying to just look towards the future. In the Honeybee ... [Read More]
Playing and Learning at Home :: May 12
We have baby animal news from the Friendly Fox class this morning. Lydia has hatched baby chicks over at her house. I think they had 13 eggs in their incubator. It must be so exciting for a chicken lover to have this many babies. Remember how many ... [Read More]
playing and learning at home :: May 11
Have you seen any baby animals this spring? I haven't been out much, but I have seen baby lambs, tiny rabbits, and little frogs. There are nests in all of my birdhouses in my yard. Spring is time for baby animals. Do you want to see some? Here is ... [Read More]
A cicada is not a grasshopper :: May 8
Did you think a cicada was a grasshopper? I thought they were more closely related than they are. They are definitely in different bug families. The grasshoppers have stronger legs and can jump much farther, and the cicada has wide set eyes and a ... [Read More]
Playing and Learning at Home :: May 7
Back in the fall I didn't talk about Vincent Van Gogh during our art show because I was saving it for a whole unit in the spring. When I lived in Portland, Oregon I had the good fortune of living next to an artist who studied Van Gogh and focused her ... [Read More]
