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…
Category: Rhode Island
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…
Providence Atheneaum
Libraries in Rhode Island are all linked so that books can be requested from any public library branch in the state and picked up or returned at any other branch. When we moved here, having a library within walking distance was a requirement. We love the convenience and the personal, knowledgeable librarians at our local Providence Community Library. We keep them busy with requests…