book-based curriculum and projects for kids
Back in February, my daughter Bethany independently and entirely of her own volition started writing the letter B. She's gone to preschool this year, and her teachers have introduced the letters, but they do not do any writing. For me, this meant some real excitement: she's figured out how to … [Continue reading]
I love to sing with my girls. I'm NOT a singer, and I dearly hope they won't grow up tone deaf or generally harmed by my lack of singing ability, but I still think singing with them is important. As a baby, Munchkin #1 was fussy about 85% of the time, so I sang to her for large chunks of every … [Continue reading]
Munchkin #1 is getting old enough to be quite a bit of fun at the library. We get to discuss why we don't really need to check out books that we … [Continue reading]
Let's just say summer didn't go as planned. It was still good - I think - but all that work I'd be able to get done because Daddy would be home? N … [Continue reading]
My mother actually gets the credit for this particular find. She bought Mud, by Mary Lyn Ray, because it reminded her of her childhood in Indiana - … [Continue reading]
Most people love Maurice Sendak for Where the Wild Things Are, and that's cool. I was never an enormous fan of that book, even as a kid, but I get the … [Continue reading]
