We’ve learned about sound this week and today we went over resonance. I can’t hear the word resonance without thinking of resonance frequencies and this famous bridge collapse. I figured surely it was on youtube and sure enough, it was easy to find. It is amazing to watch. For some reason, I can’t…
The Backyard Bird Count is this weekend! I told me kids and they are excited. We have never done it, but I have wanted to for years. I just always forget about it. For more information go to Backyard Bird Count. By Kristen H.
In honor of Valentine’s Day this month, I thought I would admit that I am in love with…. My mixer! My sweet husband gave my beautiful mixer for me for Christmas last year (2006). He saw me drooling over them in the sale sheets. (what a subtle hint) I had wanted a stand mixer…
This morning I took my semi-annual load of stuff to sell at a children’s consignment sale. This sale has been such a financial blessing over the years. I discovered it almost 7 years ago when my oldest children were 3 and 1. This sale is HUGE. The owner has 2 sales per year: one for…
Here’s a fun geography game. It calculates your score as a function of both speed and distance from the right answer. Have fun! brought to you by TravelPod, the Web’s Original Travel Blog ( Member of the TripAdvisor Media Network ) By Kristen H.
I never got around to trying out Spelling City until a few minutes ago. I was cleaning out my inbox and found the link in the Freebie Fridays newsletter from The Old Schoolhouse. Apparently a lot of people tried the link immediately, because their server was overloaded. I have to say WOW. I can not believe…
I never got around to trying out Spelling City until a few minutes ago. I was cleaning out my inbox and found the link in the Freebie Fridays newsletter from The Old Schoolhouse. Apparently a lot of people tried the link immediately, because their server was overloaded. I have to say WOW. I can not believe…
We are starting a study of pioneers in history. Today I read Sod Houses on the Great Plains by Glen Rounds to the kids. Then we built a sod house from brownies. That project idea came from Projects About Westward Expansion by Marian Broida. A similar project can also be found in Great Pioneer Projects…
We are starting a study of pioneers in history. Today I read Sod Houses on the Great Plains by Glen Rounds to the kids. Then we built a sod house from brownies. That project idea came from Projects About Westward Expansion by Marian Broida. A similar project can also be found in Great Pioneer Projects…
I am really behind on my posting, but I wanted to shared these pictures anyway. Over our Christmas holiday we went to the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, NC (we didn’t stay there!) and looked at gingerbread houses that were on display for a contest. These houses were absolutely incredible. We couldn’t believe some of…