Get crafty during Mardi Gras this year with a printable Mardi Gras mask craft! Since we’re roadschoolers, I love when our learning happens around geography. And, specifically the cultures and traditions in those places we’re exploring. So, for Mardi Gras this year I wanted to incorporate some hands-on crafting around a New Orleans tradition. Printable […]
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DIY Abacus
My daughter and I decided to make a DIY abacus this week. I love the hands-on aspect of using an abacus for math. It’s a great concrete tool for counting activities. We used to have a store-bought one, actually we used to have two, but they have been lost to our purging and roadschooling. So, […]
Continue readingI Spy the Rhymes in ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
I can still remember being in Kindergarten many, many years ago and putting on a version of Clement Clarke Moore’s poem: ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas. I think I was a sugarplum. Although, admittedly my memories are a little fuzzy from back then. So, in honor of those fuzzy, but sweet childhood memories I decided […]
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