Learning and doing

Gardening ain’t easy.

Gardening ain’t easy.

By megret | April 11, 2011 at 9:29 pm | One comment

Since our raised bed garden did so well last year, we decided to do it again this year -- plus one more. I feel a tad bit more confident in that I can grow things to edible size before they shrivel up or get eaten by deer and rabbits. We also grew tired of last year's crops,...

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Blank books!

Blank books!

By megret | April 5, 2011 at 1:26 pm | One comment

Spring break is this week! We sat down on Sunday and the kids made up a list of things they wanted to do and places they wanted to go this week. It's Tuesday, and so far we've already checked off three activities! Yesterday they began one of the projects I was the most...

Posted in: Books & reading, Everyday fun, Learning and doing

Over at HOTM…

Over at HOTM…

By megret | March 25, 2011 at 2:07 pm | No comments

Today at Heart of the Matter Online, I share ways your preschoolers can have fun outside now that the weather's getting...

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His own art…for his own walls

By megret | February 22, 2011 at 7:32 am | One comment

I painted G's room a combo of kelly green and grey late last summer. Since then we've been trying to decide exactly what to put on his walls.... His room theme is loosely robots mixed with assorted tech. You know, technical machine stuff. Typical fodder for the son of an...

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President’s Day: Picture books and peg dolls

By megret | February 17, 2011 at 9:46 pm | One comment

To commemorate upcoming President's Day, we spent the day talking about some of our nation's most famous leaders, as well as reading a few books, two of which being our favorites on the subject: Young George Washington (a First Start Biography) and Anne Rockwell's President's...

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