I love making paints from nature. I've even colored Easter Eggs using crushed blueberries. Several years ago, I came across this wonderful book titled: Berry Smudges and Leaf Prints Finding and Making Colors from Nature. It was an answer to a prayer-- it was my dream book!
This book has craft projects and recipes for making colors from nature. Lots of fun! One year, we had an Indian birthday party for Joseph-- we had a Teepee and everything (grandma and grandpa gave hte bosy a 7ft teepee one Christmas!). We painted our own headbands and also did buffalo skin paintings. I used paper bags for the buffalo skins. We torn big shapes from teh bags and wadded htem up to make them look like worn buffalo skins. Thekids then helped to make paints from plantsin the yard. It was a lot of fun!
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Resurrection Eggs
Many, many years ago, we started a family tradition with Resurrection Eggs My boys love these eggs-- they are plastic eggs with trinkets inside-- each trinket helps to tell the story of Jesus' Passion and His Resurrection on Easter Sunday. Spend some fun time with your kids hiding egss and help them learn about Jesus at the same time!
We usually hide the eggs, have the boys hunt for them and find them, then we sit and read from the Bible before going through the eggs in order. We've done this for years and each year they still look forward to this tradition!
We usually hide the eggs, have the boys hunt for them and find them, then we sit and read from the Bible before going through the eggs in order. We've done this for years and each year they still look forward to this tradition!
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Free Aviation Curriculum
The NBAA (National Business Aviation Association) has a free program—NBAA’s Aviation for Kids Program. They publish an Activity Guide and Teacher’s Resource www.avkids.com
They also have activities on their website. Check it out! Here's what their website says:
AvKids Activity Guide Meets Nat'l SOLsThe AvKids Aviation Activities Guide & Teachers Resource now can help teachers meet their Standards of Learning (SOL) requirements. Download a list of how the Teachers Guide meets the National Standards of Learning: PDF, 12 KB. The Teachers Guide incorporates science, math, geography and language arts skills to help students in grades 2 through 5 understand aviation. Also now available in French, German, Portuguese and Spanish versions. Click on the link below to order.
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They also have activities on their website. Check it out! Here's what their website says:
AvKids Activity Guide Meets Nat'l SOLsThe AvKids Aviation Activities Guide & Teachers Resource now can help teachers meet their Standards of Learning (SOL) requirements. Download a list of how the Teachers Guide meets the National Standards of Learning: PDF, 12 KB. The Teachers Guide incorporates science, math, geography and language arts skills to help students in grades 2 through 5 understand aviation. Also now available in French, German, Portuguese and Spanish versions. Click on the link below to order.
Order free
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Anatomic Models
We have had a model of the body for a while. The boys love putting the parts together! We finally got 3-D models of the Human Eyeball, The Ear, The Brain, and The Heart. One is made by Kikkerland and the other three are Bitz models.