To celebrate a friend’s birthday (a young teenager) we bought her books that start with the letters in her name and a tote bag. I didn’t count the word “the” in book titles for this project. She’s an avid reader so hopefully, she hasn’t read a few of the books we got her! Just in … Continue reading Personalized Book List Gift Idea
We joined a new co-op and my daughter’s class of 10-12 year olds was having a movie pajama party. She really wanted to make her new pajama pants to wear to the party, so I moved the pajama pants sewing project up on the priority list. Custom heart-shaped pockets were attached to the legs first … Continue reading Kids Sewing Project – Pajama Pants
I just joined a homeschool mama book club and our first book was “The Read Aloud Family” by Sarah Mackenzie. I thought I’d share my favorite quotes and take aways: She’s got a great list of read-aloud books categorized by age group. There were several suggestions that we haven’t read yet. “[We] lose ourselves in … Continue reading Homeschool Mama Book Club
Reading the book “Follow My Leader” by James Garfield took us on a unit study adventure that was better than I had anticipated. I haven’t mentioned it yet, but I recently offered to help a friend who was in a bit of a jam. Her oldest son (age 11) is coming to our house and … Continue reading Follow My Leader – Unit Study
