Challenge your children to put on a talent show. Encourage them to sing, dance, and put on skits. If you only have one child, invite some friends and neighbors to share the event. And if you want to be part of the act, all the more fun – just don’t steal the show. 🙂 TV Turnoff Week is also a perfect time for your children to experiment with drawing, painting, and crafts. Set up a display of any art work they
Take your children for a nature walk. Walking is great exercise, and keeping up a quick pace is healthy, but don’t walk so fast you miss everything nature has to offer. Every now and then slow down and look closely at the signs of spring. Explore these signs with your child. Maybe you will find something you had never noticed before. Do you know if your child will need a leaf collection any time soon for school? I remember looking for
I have to throw in one more unplanned post today. These Easter Eggs are gorgeous and promise to be fun to make. The project will fit perfectly into an unplug the TVs week. You may need to go grocery shopping as well as dig in you dresser drawers for old stockings. The rest you’ll need to read from this exciting link: Big Sis Lil Sis: Natural Dye Colored Easter Eggs
These boats were made with homemade play dough. The bird bath served as our puddle and the wend blew the boats around. I ate a half of an avocado out of it’s shell with a spoon. When I was finished eating it, the shell made me think of a little toy sailboat. Some clay, purchased or homemade**, (or maybe just some chewed bubblegum) could be pressed into the bottom of the shell to weight it so it wouldn’t tip over
I wish I knew the stories that my grandparents might have told. I only had the privilege of knowing one of my grandparents, and I didn’t get to spend much time with her. I lived on the farm that was handed down through the generations in my family from the time of the Northwest Territory land grants until my father sold it in the 60s. I can only imagine the stories no one remembers today. I began writing family memories a