I found this unpublished blog post today – its too cute not to post now. June 2018 ************************************* November 2014 How to teach my little people about the pride I feel when I cast my ballot? Play of course. I made some ballots that are playfully similar to what our community is being asked to vote on. I copied it…
Month: November 2014
Matisse – The Green Pumpkin
At Tours for Tots today, the focus was on ‘close things, far things.’ They took the kids to see the painting The Green Pumpkin and had a preschool size discussion about what is far and what is near in the picture. The kids’ minds were blown when the window frame was pointed out. Then we walked to the glass bridge…
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
In preparation for the RI Philharmonic’s preformance of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, I made listening maps for each season. They are a bit sloppy and hand drawn, but they sadly took me upwards of 6 hours to make. Its hard to boil things down to 3-6 year old in-take. It can be done, but it a process. We also checked out…
Ballet Class
Both the kids love music and dancing. All kids do, right? We are so fortunate to have found the State Ballet of Rhode Island, a family run ballet since 1960. It is a breath of fresh air in a dance world full of pop music and competitive recitals. Their ballet school is a charming one room studio in a converted…
Faith Field Trip – Mosque
Islam – another stop on our tour of faiths and cultures. We toured a local Mosque that fellow homeschoolers we know attend. They asked us to take off our shoes to keep the carpets clean and cover our heads. Two cute homeschool girls gave the introductory talk to the group about the 5 pillars of Islam: belief in one God and…