For mem'ry has painted this perfect day
With colors that never fade
(from Perfect Day by Carrie Jacobs-Bond)

Birthday Girl

Shopping with big sis!

Like a Cheshire Cat

Look Mom, Van Gogh

More Creativity!

"What do ya want from me?"

Out My Window

"Pretty Eyed, Pirate Smile"

post title taken from Tiny Dancer

Salamander Room

This is a favorite book! The main focus was animal classification. "Bug Juice"

Snowflake Bentley

We had a small celebration for completing our book. Our "test" was a game in which I made up questions that were Snowflake Bentley related, or for the younger kids, snow/winter related. Here is a sample of some of the questions-- Saved Snowballs from last week--

Vermont "Snowballs"--

"Bentley's Blue Ice"--

We really enjoyed this book. Some topics explored were: grasshoppers, butterflies, and Vermont. It is hard to believe that a simple picture book can lead to so many topics. We also have a new interest in microscopes.

More art lessons

Still more art! We saw that the author had different ways of drawing the sun. We tried several of the different sun pictures. Most kids draw the typical sun with a circle and rays-sort of like a spider. Hopefully, this will inspire us to branch out a little.

Art lessons

The author of Mr. Gumpy uses an art technique called cross hatching. Here are some of our attempts-

Art lessons

Mud splashing--

Mr. Gumpy

Last week, we "rowed " Mr. Gumpy's Motor Car. I just so happened to have other books by the same author. These were a favorite!