Today we had Will over to make two messy crafts that will remind us of the desert. We used SAND, of course! We reviewed where the story of Roxaboxen takes place…what is that type of land called? The desert! What kind of weather does the desert have? What type of land do they have? We discussed how hot and sandy…
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A Wildflower Walk
I got this wonderful idea from Melissa, who loves to go on wildflower walks with her kids! I was inspired by reading her posts, so I decided to try this today with our kids. We got a bucket and headed out to find some wildflowers! While we were headed down the road, we also remembered to bring a trash bag…
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Our Cactus
The setting for our book this week, Roxaboxen, is in a desert. So, I thought it might be fun to get a small cactus for us to observe. Here is our cute little cactus! And yes, this little thing is very prickly! We have taken turns just barely touching it, but if you bumped up against this thing it would…
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Our own Roxaboxen
For the last hour the kids have been working hard on creating their own little town in the playroom. They are all working together, working happily and using their imaginations! “School” doesn’t get much better than this! We went ahead and started Roxaboxen today, I just couldn’t wait til Monday!
Roxaboxen
Our next FIAR title will be Roxaboxen. Have you read this wonderful book by Barbara Cooney? What a treasure! I’m so thankful that my attention was brought to this book hrough FIAR. What fun we will have with this one! We will be learning about the desert, desert animals, observing a cactus, making our own roxaboxen with rocks, twigs and…
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