Here’s a super-simple way to assemble a flock of featherless friends. This nearly no-mess project is easy enough to make in minutes and lets kids add lots of inspired elements of their own.   Scrapbook paper Scissors Pencil Colored paper clips Tape Glue stick Hole punch or pushpins  For each, draw a […]
Eggshells (or egg cartons sections) Green pipe cleaners Tempera paint and markers Hot glue or white glue   Clean eggshell halves and dry them gently. Using tempera paint, decorate the shells to look like tulips. Let the paint dry overnight. When the paint is completely dry, add details to the tulips using markers. Twirl […]
 2 round wooden beads (we used one 16-millimeter and one 25-millimeter bead) with holes large enough for a doubled pipe cleaner to fit through 6-inch pipe cleaners acrylic paint craft feather (pom poms for bunnies) fine-point marker  First, paint the beads with acrylic paint. When they have dried, bend a 6-inch pipe cleaner […]
  plastic 3-D letters  paper  markers  shallow basket  Using the plastic letters, spell the child’s name on the paper. Trace the letters with the marker so that the child’s name is written on the paper. Color in the letters all the same color. Place the plastic letters that are in the child’s name in […]
Vocabulary Words: Art in the Making of Architecture  Arch: Noun, a curved structure that spans an opening or supports a bridge or roof  Dome: Noun, a rounded roof built on a circular base  Column: Noun, an upright pillar usually having a cylindrical shaft, a base, and a capital                  Capital: Noun. Architecture […]
 Daddy fixed breakfast. He made us each a waffle. It looked like gravel pudding. It tasted something awful. “Ha, ha,†he said, “I’ll try again. This time I’ll get it right.†But what I got was in between Bituminous and anthracite. “A little too well done? Oh well, I’ll have to start all over.†[…]
The letter L is a dependable letter. It usually makes the “lll” sound as in let. This is especially the case when the letter L is not partnered with another consonant However, it is sometimes silent when followed by a consonant in the same syllable (as in should or walk).  This isn’t always the case… it […]
WHEN I go up through the mowing field, The headless aftermath, Smooth-laid like thatch with the heavy dew, Half closes the garden path. Â And when I come to the garden ground, The whir of sober birds Up from the tangle of withered weeds Is sadder than any words. Â A tree beside the wall […]
