Hop To It Blog Hop

Hop To It Blog Hop

Easter is fast approaching!  So, some of my blog friends and I decided to do a blog hop.  Hop from blog to blog from March 15th to March 17th to get your freebies at each blog.  When you visit each blog make sure to enter to win a basket full of lesson...
Finding time to teach children at home

Finding time to teach children at home

If you are a parent of a school-aged child, you will know where I’m coming from when I say that parenting takes a great deal of time and effort! During a typical weekday you may be shuttling your kids to and from primary or elementary school, taking them to...
Making Crafts at a Chinese New Year Party

Making Crafts at a Chinese New Year Party

Brian writes: Over the weekend we went to a Chinese New Year party at a community hall in a nearby town here in Normandy. As this year is the Year of the Snake, most of the crafts the kids made and the activities and workshops they completed were snake-themed! We had...
Watching the Life Cycle of a Frog

Watching the Life Cycle of a Frog

Brian writes: Yesterday, some friends of ours went for a long walk on a nature trail through a small wooded area here in Normandy. In the middle of these woods is a good-sized pond, and around this time every year the pond is filled with frog eggs – or...
LEGO Mindstorms mix fun and learning

LEGO Mindstorms mix fun and learning

During the Christmas holidays our family has been staying with my parents in central Florida. We’ve had a great vacation, and the weather in Florida during the winter certainly has been fantastic! The other day we took a day trip to LEGOLAND Florida, on the site...