I had started some seeds indoors a few weeks ago. When the seedlings were big enough for me to take the lid off the little box one of our cats decided to take a nap on the nice green pillow. UGH! Today I found a solution to the kitty pillow issue. I found this cute…
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April is National Poetry Month
Poetry is always fun to read. But did you know that April is set aside as National Poetry Month? In 1996 the Academy of American Poets celebrated the first National Poetry Month. Since then it has grown considerably with a variety of poets, publishers, arts organizations, governmental agencies and educational groups jumping in to help…
Landfill Bottles
Last week I used a picture of our decomposing fun for Wordless Wednesday. The picture can be sees two posts below this one. I had a few people ask for directions for the project. Your wait is over! Here are the easy instructions for this project. The picture I posted for Wordless Wednesday is after…
Science Saturday ~ Rain Gauge
Today’s Science Saturday is thanks to going to Lowe’s Build and Grow this morning. I mentioned these free workshops a couple of weeks ago. If you haven’t checked the out yet you should. Today’s Build and Grow project was a rain gauge. Oh the science possibilities. My children are planning on placing them in our…
Earth Hour is tomorrow
When: March 28 8:30-9:30 pm Where: Your house, my house, every house How: Turn off your lights for just one hour Why: Vote to take control of the future of our planet. We must work to conserve resources and find alternative forms of power. I encourage each of my readers to break out the candles…
Music Monday – Boom Whackers
One of the departments of a local group we participate in is Fine Arts. This department has classes in music, art and theater. There are classes for babies, moms and all ages in between. Since today is Music Monday, I want to tell you about one of the classes I teach. This semester I am…
Music Monday – Branson Fiddle Festival
On Saturday, August 23 we went to a fiddle festival in Branson, Missouri. My son recently started to learn to play violin, so he was very excited to attend this event. I thought it would be a good event for the entire family to attend. So Saturday morning we packed up the van and went…
Science Saturday
Today I wanted to share a science resource with you. The Real Science 4 Kids series is a series of books that use higher level science terms and explains them at an appropriate level. I am using the Pre-Level 1 Chemistry as a guide for a class I am teaching with our local group. I…
Music Monday ~ Name that Sound
At least one Monday each month will be Music Monday. On Music Monday an idea for a music lesson, information about music education, product review or suggestion will be the topic for the day. Today’s music lesson is geared towards the elementary age crowd. It could be modified and used as a quick refresher for…