One of my favorite, wintertime, activities to do with my kids is planting Paperwhites. There’s something wonderful about growing beautiful flowers, in the dead of Winter. It reminds me that Spring will come again and my empty flower beds will eventually be filled with blooms. I buy my Paperwhites at the local garden center. My
If your house is anything like mine, you’re still putting away new toys and picking up wrapping paper and little twist ties. (Can someone please tell me why one Barbie needs 25 little ties to hold her into the box?) Well, even though your kids probably have plenty of new toys to play with, here’s
Yesterday I showed you my beautiful new felt board gingerbread village. The kids are having so much fun singing the song, reading the book, and retelling the story with their new felt pieces. As intricate as the pieces in this story are, there is such simplicity in felt board stories. It takes me back to
I love gingerbread stories during the Holidays. I have a good size collection of gingerbread books, which I read to my kindergarten students as well as my own kids. One of my favorite books, from The Learning Workshop, is called Gingerbread Village. There is also a CD you can purchase with the song on it.
We made our annual trip to the tree farm today. My kids thoroughly love this day. My daughter said she learned about trees in school last year. She loved counting rings on the tree stumps to see how old the trees were. Learning. Everywhere she goes. Happy Tree Hunting!