Kids Books & Reading
Raising Monarchs
August 26, 2008
Every late summer the kids and I raise monarch larvae (caterpillars) into butterflies. Monarch larvae eat only milkweed so if it's a good monarch year they are easy to find and easy to feed. We find them as minute eggs or fingernail sized caterpillars at the farm and house them ...
Blueberries for Brienne
August 7, 2008
Picked pounds of blueberries (hadn't planned to but how could we resist all those berries) on a hike with friends up Bald Mountain this weekend. Read Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey tonight to the kids. I love Maine. var addthis_pub="rtougas";
I Am an Artist Book Review
August 1, 2008
I Am an Artist by Pat Lowery Collins An easy to read (2-3 sentences per page) and simply lovely book about the artist in each of us. Although it's directed towards young children and their innate curiosity and interest in the natural world, I think more adults should read this ...
Neighborly-ness
July 10, 2008
Good things are already starting to come out of our weekly love your neighbor flower bouquet deliveries. During last week's delivery of patriotic inspired red Gaillardia, white Chrysanthemums and blue Hydrangeas (to celebrate July 4th) we met a relatively new family to our neighborhood. While talking I found out that ...
Butterfly Eyes book review
July 5, 2008
Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow by Joyce Sidman A gorgeous book of science, poetry and art. We love exploring meadows and we loved this book! If we were a book-buying family (we're library lenders) I'd buy this in a heartbeat. It's everything a good's childrens book should ...
Jan Brett website
May 5, 2008
The kids and I love the work of author and illustrator Jan Brett. This past week we read The Mother's Day Mice by Eve Bunting (another fav author), illustrated by Brett. Such a sweet read about finding the perfect gift for mother's day. Anyway, this weekend we discovered Jan Brett's ...
Spring arrival limerick
April 7, 2008
This morning the kids and I read some funny limericks from A Child's Introduction to Poetry (not the greatest poetry collection but a fun book to read) and I was inspired to write a poem about today. The Tougas children went out to play, they stayed outside half the day. ...
