Kids Books & Reading
Felted Wool Snakes and Other March Creations
March 31, 2009
It's been a busy month of crafting around here. I know that soon the activities will move outdoors (not today though, it's rainy, cold, gray & blah) so it was good for the children to spend this last month of winter felting, stitching, painting and sculpting. I'm always so proud ...
Maine Maple Sunday
March 23, 2009
March just isn't March without mud, sunshine, snow, ice and maple syrup.
String Games
March 2, 2009
My self imposed life-is-too-crazy-to-blog break is over. Yipee! I love writing and posting photos of all the fun in my back yard, or as these days would have it, fun in my living room. One of the fun activities the kids stumbled upon last week while I was cooking, cleaning, ...
John Updike and Children's Poetry
January 29, 2009
John Updike, the great American writer, died this week. Just to show you how "literary" I am the only work of his I've ever read or even knew about is A Child's Calendar, a collection of Updike's poems illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman. Hyman is an amazing illustrator in her ...
Winter Reads
January 21, 2009
Brienne sledding: when we're not winter reading we're having winter fun We're reading a lot of winter books these days. Books of poetry, historical fiction and non-fiction, fairy tales, and just fun, goofy stuff too. Here's four of our favorites this month with a collage and link to more reads ...
Stories for the Season: Winter Holidays
December 4, 2008
December illustration: from the gorgeous "A Child's Calendar" by John Updike A snowy day, a couch and blankets, snuggling with stories. It doesn't get any better than this. We love stories and these are a few of our winter holiday favorites this month. A Little House Christmas: Holiday Stories From ...
Nature Study, FIMBY Style
November 18, 2008
Picture this: a child in the woods, with a drawing pad and pencil. Diligently sketching a leaf, stone, tree, flower or butterfly. Our reality: three kiddos running through the woods, building forts and fairy houses, pretending to be drunken pirates. Welcome to my world of Nature Study.
