Native Birds Project

Painting the Birdfeeder

Here is Renee painting the birdfeeder we made for our Native Birds Project.  We’ve yet to have any birds come to the feeder–they must have all died from the cold.  I wasn’t sure if we wanted to put a feeder up, because of our cats, but if they start prowling around hunting the birds, we can put some fencing around the feeder.  Now it’s hanging in the window in the background.  Waiting.

For our project we each picked a bird and wrote stories about it.  We also drew our favorite birds, read about them, and discussed the different habitats and food.

a day of advancements

I’ve been trying to find ways to get my kids to write.
I remember as an elementary-aged girl, I would write and write and write.  In second grade I got to write my first book report, in which I mostly rewrote the whole book.  I remember this clearly.  The book was, “A Pony for the Winter,” [...]

chalkboard

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Last week I transformed a corner of my house.  Where previously there had been cluttered shelves and a large painting of daffodils in the snow, there is now a chalkboard:

This has been very useful in organizing our daily activities and also keeping track of what’s going on with everybody.  There’s a calendar on the facing [...]

Sir Ken Robinson–do schools kill creativity?