An Educational Trip to the Flea Market

produce stand

You might call it a Swap Meet, Rummage Sale, Outdoor Market, those are all other names for Flea Markets.  I noticed our Flea Market changed their named to Mile High Marketplace, sounds better but we all still call it “the flea market”.  We took a trip 1 early Saturday morning.  We woke the kids up, [...]

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Homemade Puffy Paint

homemade puffy paint

Have I told you I love Pinterest?  Of course I have!  My most recent inspiration came from a Microwave Puffy Paint Pin, which led me here: Mom’s Crafty Place.  She posted really great pictures, my kids and I were sold.  We did it right there and then.  We loved it and used every last bit, [...]

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A Field Trip to the Denver Zoo

Lion Zoo

A Field Trip to the Denver Zoo Thanks to Groupon we were able to spend 5 wonderful hours at the  Zoo.  We went in late November. It was chilly that morning but I checked the weather and it promised to be warm.  It ended up being about 57 degrees, for a Coloradan(oan?) that is practically [...]

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Adventures in My Father’s World Week 2 -Jesus Suncatcher

Jesus suncatcher

We are loving Adventures in My Fathers World.  The Bible portion starts with Jesus, His birth, on to when he starts preaching.  We are also learning the different names of Jesus.  During week 2 we got to make a Jesus suncatcher.  The was fun and easy.  This final result is pretty! You need Wax Paper, [...]

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Our Classroom for a Perfect Autumn Day

Perfect Autumn Day

A couple of Fridays ago we took class outdoors, what a breath of fresh air!  It was amazing, fantastic, refreshing and down right FUN! We love going to Hudson Gardens, several acres of God’s beautiful creation!  We searched for leaves, watched ducks and geese, chased butterflies and bugs, tumbled in the grass and climbed a [...]

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Adventures in My Fathers World Wk.2, Columbus’ Ships

Columbus Santa Maria, Pinta, Nina

We are using Adventures in My Fathers World for our school year. I have a 2nd Grader, Kindergartner, and Preschooler;  so far it is working very well. We started off the year by learning about Leif Ericson and Christopher Columbus. The boys have been fascinated. We used a wall map and a globe to trace the [...]

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Art Time with the Boys

Painting with swirls, dots, waves and stripes

This year we are doing Adventures in My Fathers World, included in that is “I Can Do All Things” art lesson book.  We did assignments out of there to start off our homeschool week.  The lessons are good but it starts out with coloring and drawing and my boys were dying to paint something.  So [...]

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Fun with Shaving Cream

Woody in the shaving cream

Recently I discovered another amazing blog!  This one is called Meet the Dubiens.  I have seen so many things on this blog that I want to do with my kids.  Very inspiring! Our first inspiration we did today.  She mixed food coloring with shaving cream and used it as paint for her kids bath time. [...]

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