For our last day with this wonderful book, we did 2 special things at our house today! First of all, we made beeswax candles! I have been looking forward to this for a LONG time! It turned out so neat and I’m so glad we were able to do this craft together! Secondly, we had a treasure hunt that Aunt Valerie worked on for us. She wrote out clues and hid them around our house. The kids had a fun time of figuring out where to look for the next clue! Each time the kids found a new clue, ... Read More about Our last day with The Bee Tree
Bee Tree Fun
More on The Bee Tree by Patricia Polacco today! First of all, if you are rowing this book anytime soon, you really SHOULD read another book by her…In Enzo’s Splendid Gardens. TOO CUTE!! Today, we started off our day by reading a few more books about bumblebees. Then, I got out the pattern blocks and asked if they knew what shape I was holding up - a hexagon! I asked them why I was using a hexagon for today…and they knew immediately that the bees formed hexagons with the wax! So, all 3 ... Read More about Bee Tree Fun
Our first day with The Bee Tree
Can I just say how much I LOVE Five-in-a-Row curriculum! I am SO thankful that God allowed me to find this awesome, literature based, gentle, full-of-fun curriculum while my kids are young! What a blessing! Here are some pictures of our first day with the Bee Tree! First of all we read the book, by Patricia Polacco. The book looked a little longer and I was a bit worried, but the girls enjoyed the book - and so did I! I had never read this story before! ~ Here is our table as it was set ... Read More about Our first day with The Bee Tree
Hunting for Salamdanders
On Friday a few of us went up to Sugarlands visitor center in the Smokies for our final salamander event with this book. What a fun week we had! It is so beautiful up in the mountains…I’m so thankful we live close enough to enjoy days like these. I should take advantage of our location more often! Daddy was the first to catch a salamander! Yipee! We brought along our big ziplock bags and put a little bit of water in, just like the park rangers taught us to do. We each took a few looks ... Read More about Hunting for Salamdanders
More Salamander Fun
Here are some more pictures of our fun week with The Salamander Room! A huge THANK YOU to the Lamberts and FIAR for choosing such WONDERFUL books for us to enjoy! And another big THANKS to Homeschool Share Site where I got nearly all of my printables and “extras” for this book. These really helped give my crafty girls some extra fun this week! Not to mention all they learned from these pages! ~ A Nice House for a Salamander ~ inside this book we listed all the things that Brian put in his ... Read More about More Salamander Fun