We’ve been working on paper lanterns for the moon (mid-autumn) festival. In this post: RC and her daughter E, and V’s friend O. 9/22 – added the following pictures to show the details of the lantern construction. The LED tea light is secured to a one-inch strip of bristol board, which is then glued to [...]
Entries Tagged as 'fun with kids'
Waiting
August 27th, 2010 · No Comments · fun with kids, nature
A fun little project from madebyjoel. Learning some autumn songs from the Sing a Song of Seasons CD Reading The Kingdom of Childhood (free) by Rudolph Steiner And waiting for the little guy to make an appearance…
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This week in pictures
August 20th, 2010 · No Comments · family and friends, food, fun with kids
Still life on front porch. The tomatoes were a gift from our neighbor. Doing real work in the kitchen: making pancakes with daddy. The house has been cleaned and I’ve done as much decluttering as I can. We’ve pared back on our commitments and have stocked up on supplies. There are two casseroles in the [...]
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Paper crowns
August 11th, 2010 · No Comments · crafty, fun with kids
Last Thursday, I had the day off when Tig was babysitting. It was raining so we found a fun little toddler activity in the book Great Explorations. The kids drew on some long strips of paper with crayons and colored pencils. The book called for collage materials, but we kept it simple because of their [...]
This week in pictures
August 6th, 2010 · No Comments · food, fun with kids
“Cooking” in a real kitchen. Peaches starting to ripen in our garden. Our overgrown backyard. A date night at Cirque du Soleil {thank you R and T for babysitting!} Waiting for the recycling truck. Friends to play with. Umbrellas in the rain.
Tags:gratitude
A week in pictures and no-cook play dough
July 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · crafty, fun with kids
We are pet-sitting for two weeks! This little cutie is our neighbor’s rabbit, and as harmless as he looks, he’s already chewed through a baby monitor cable and an iPod USB cable. My friend L came to visit for brunch. “Painting” the sidewalk with water, a derivative of an idea from the book Games to [...]
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A berry good weekend
July 16th, 2010 · No Comments · family and friends, fun with kids, nature
V has been enjoying some green smoothies lately. She likes to drink them out of bubble tea straws, which are much wider. On Saturday, we went to a berry farm and picked black raspberries and blueberries. Now, when we eat raspberries, she say “I pick em…in the farm!” The farm had pony swings. Having a [...]
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At the beach
June 4th, 2010 · No Comments · fun with kids, nature
This past weekend, we went for a trial run at a nearby beach. V enjoyed collecting rocks and shells and throwing them into the water. Happy times. We have also been reading At the Beach lately. I took the book out of the library in anticipation of our upcoming trip to North Carolina. Sometimes reading [...]
Activity bags
May 26th, 2010 · No Comments · crafty, fun with kids
We have an upcoming beach vacation, and I’ve been making some Montessori-inspired activity bags for the plane ride. I first learned about activity bags here (and with nicer packaging). From the top left side, there’s a felt story board. I cut the shapes freehand from my felt stash. A color matching activity using the sensory [...]
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A bike for our tyke and a heartbreakingly cute watermelon helmet
May 17th, 2010 · No Comments · fun with kids
Tig recently got a new (used) bike from Bikes Not Bombs. With the warm spring weather coming, he wanted to be able to take V around on short trips without using the car. In our neighborhood, it’s pretty common to see parents biking with their kids. V got a bike seat and a heartbreakingly cute [...]
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