Art for kids, craft, DIY, homeschool, Kids, stay-at-home-mom

Tissue Paper Sharks

It’s Shark Season! Shark movies are on TV all the time and Shark week begins next week 🙂 My kids love sharks and all of my art class students do also. In fact each year during my art camps we dedicate one whole day to just Shark art and craft projects! This week I’m going to post some of the many projects we’ve done. Continue reading “Tissue Paper Sharks”

Art for kids, craft, DIY, homeschool, Kids, stay-at-home-mom

DIY Bright Pasta For Art

My children and art class students love to play with brightly colored pasta. So over the years I’ve experimented with ways to color pasta for art. I have decided on this method being the brightest and best so far 🙂 Continue reading “DIY Bright Pasta For Art”

craft, DIY, Kids, stay-at-home-mom

Frozen Slime!

I have three children, 6, 6 and 4. Let me tell you how many times we have watched the Disney movie Frozen… nah, it’s too many to count. Like many parents of small children I know this movie better than I want to admit and can sing every song 🙂 So when I couldn’t take the kids outside yesterday due to rain we made Frozen Slime! Pretty much like normal slime but in dark blue, light blue and white. They loved it!

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Easy Science Experiment: Cleaning Pennies

This morning our science experiment was so simple and fun I wanted to share! Cleaning pennies! Yeah, it doesn’t sound fun but my kiddos loved it, and it is harder than you think 😉 Continue reading “Easy Science Experiment: Cleaning Pennies”

homeschool, Kids, stay-at-home-mom

50 Ways to Encourage a Love of Reading

I’m a lifelong learner and book lover. I want this for my children also. They are young but it is not too early to encourage and cultivate their love of books and reading. Here are some ways I do this with my own children.

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