I recently learned of this book for children that has no pictures, titled The Book with No Pictures by B.J. Novak. I watched the video linked at the end and instantly went to Amazon to buy it. Here is the book cover: It’s pretty plain, huh? Well, so is the rest of the book. Until you start reading. It came in the mail yesterday and I wanted to put DJ down for a nap so I suggested we take it…
This week our homeschool group visited a fire safety event at a local fire station. Fireman DJ is ready to rush to your rescue at a moment’s notice. In the meantime, he played with a room full of fire trucks. He also practiced sliding down a fire station pole, but (ahem) he needed some help so no chance for a photo. After a bit of play, Firefighter Melanie did a smelly presentation of how smoke behaves in a house, pointing…
Our toddler group visited a U-Pick Farm owned and operated by a mom of two. It is incredible to think of the work she has put into this farm while also raising her daughters. Such an inspiration! In addition to apple trees and grape vines, the farm has a fun mix of animals to visit with and feed. Goats and sheep eating grape leaves A cow eating apples offered by the children Free range chickens hoping not to get eaten…
I finally got the courage to bring out the World Map puzzle. DJ loves it! I showed him how to match the puzzle pieces to the control sheet. This will become more important when we get to maps like the US or Asia where there are a lot of little tiny pieces. I’ve also begun teaching him the continent names using the continent song on this youtube video. There are many, many versions of this song but DJ likes this…