Joyfully Weary

Happy Independence Day! Our family is super pumped for all the festivities.  The kids are particularly excited about the fireworks! We've been googling videos on how exactly  fireworks works  and decided to craft some of our own. Supplies : pipe cleaners, scissors, construction paper, tempera paint, spoons, & glitter.

Early this week I posted some of our favorite Independence Day books and thought also share some of the activities we've been doing as well. As I've mentioned before, these activities are geared for my children ages three to six. They are used as a supplement to Big Buddy's (age 6) first grade curriculum which you can read about here . Flag themed rhyming cards   I've made the pdf available  here . Language - Nomenclature cards and definitions.  I've made the pdf available  here . If you would like to create three piece cards just print two copies and cut the names off the ends.  Flag themed rhyming cards.   I've made the pdf available  here .

If you are frequent visitor to our blog, you've probably picked up on the fact that we are pretty big fans of books. We considered them 'friends' and enjoy that they introduce us to all kinds of new discoveries. The first thing, I always do when we start a new school unit/topic is look for great books. I also do this, whenever, this kids organically develop their own interests. Which means to my dismay, that I currently know far more about scorpions than I'd like to - knowledge just makes them even more gross and scarier! That book lists, however, will have to wait till another time. With July 4th, just around corner we've started reading, once again, about our country's Independence Day. Below is a list of our current favorite reads.  Fiction Jake Johnson: The Story of a Mule ,  by Tres Seymour -  A silly story of a stubborn mule who  is  suppose to pull the fireworks in to town but refuses to move. The battle between the farmer's wife and mu...

My sister Sarah and her family came up to stay with us for the weekend of the Fourth. They only make it out to our house about once a year, so we packed as much fun as possible into the three days we had together. On the fourth we went to our town's parade. It's a bit of a crazy event - the parade lasted for over two hours! a patriotic little lady my niece isabelle watching little lady mother her baby dolls makes my heart feel as if it could burst