A while back I read Bunches and Bits idea of creating a parent-teacher conference survival basket. I thought it was such a great idea, that I stole it for gifting our teacher (Teacher N) when our conferences finally rolled around (yesterday). I decorated a basket with some pretty ribbon and filled it with shredded paper. I included […]
This week Open Ended Art is Non-Open Ended Art — Lets see turkeys. I decided to do a re-make of an activity we did a few years ago. Sadly, I couldn’t find any pictures of the finished product last time; it would be neat to see then and now! Once again only about half my […]
A few months back, Family Fun Magazine had a project to create the “Ultimate Homework Station“, using a tri-fold display board (often used for presentations, found in office supply stores). Thier version was designed to actually store all the supplies needed for homework, and then to fold up for easy storage. I don’t really need […]
We got to open ended art a little late this week. I put out a bag of feathers, air drying clay, clay tools, and wiggly eyes.  First he said “With feathers I can make Kevin!” (from the movie “Up”) but that quickly became generic feathered friends once he realized how hard Kevin would be 😉 […]
He loves to make silly faces for the camera! I don’t let her sleep on soft things like that when I’m not there. She just won’t nap on her back, at all!
This weeks open ended art project theme is “Matisse”. It’s a new thing; Open Ended Art will feature a specific artist once a month. We read “When Pig-Asso met Moo-Tisse” and “Drawing with Scissors” as well as checking out some Matisse art on the internet to get familiar with his work. I really loved this […]
When I was photographing today’s bento lunch, Kidlet asked if he could take the picture today. Why not? It’s digital, it’s not like its going to waste film. “sure,” says I. I thought I’d get a blurry photo or two of the whole lunch, perhaps off center. Instead, I got these:  Maybe I should have […]
This weeks open ended art project was pumpkins. I had a bunch of pumpkin stickers and die cuts left over from the bookmark activity we did at his harvest party, so I pulled those all out, added basic art supplies and let him at it. First he started scribbling all over the page in multiple […]
The theme for this week’s Open Ended Art project was simply “black and white”. Once again I wanted to go with the spirit of the challenge and provide only materials to him, without any specific project in mind, and without assisting or correcting in any way. He is old enough that it works.  When he was […]
Because of the kidlet’s early history (he is adopted, was badly neglected the first six months of his life, and was very delayed), we did our own version of homeschooling from the time he was very little. At first we worked with an early head start program; after the adoption was final we didn’t qualify […]
