Zia and I have been doing something called Five in a Row. It uses classic picture books – we’ve started with Madeline – and we read the book once each day for 5 days in a row. After each reading, we explore a different area of learning through the book. The first day we did geography, finding […]
Our butterfly larvae is here! All five of our little critters came alive and well. The caramel-like stuff on the bottom is their food…which they seem to really enjoy. Overnight, they spun quite a bit of silk to help themselves move around their cup. In 7-10 days, they should start to form their chrysalides – […]
Our days have been filled with… the swing of an ax chopping wood reading weed-wacking watercolors memories of the visit from our friends drawing cartoons …and in between, just living.
We went to A Taste of Colorado this weekend. It’s an annual fair type of thing in downtown Denver with vendors, food, and even a midway (which we neatly sidestepped). Zia loves balloons, so she kept her eye out the entire time for a balloon artist…and she wasn’t disappointed. The balloon she asked for was a […]
Zia seems to have to do a craft every morning to get her fix. Sometimes I wish she could just do something 2-dimensional, but right now drawing, painting, and coloring are all terribly boring to her. We usually have to do something that involves lots of cutting, pasting, glitter, or other “feely” sorts of things. These […]
