How Climbing Trees Builds Creative Thinking
Have you ever climbed a tree? Do your kids like climbing trees? This has never been high on my list, even back in the nursery school days, but my 3 year old N has climbing in her soul and will…
Year 2012
Cooking with Kids: Butter and Rosemary
Do you like to cook with your kids? It’s not always the easiest thing for me to do; we have a tiny kitchen and limited counter space, but I try to find ways to integrate my kids into the kitchen…
How to Use a Sketchbook to Boost Creativity
Have you ever kept a sketchbook? Are you on the DPS (Double Page Spread) journey with me? Have you thought about joining, but you haven’t started yet? When I introduced the DPS Challenge, I talked about the importance of starting a…
Explore Modern Artists: Paint like Jasper Johns
Today on Explore Modern Artists, we’re taking a close look at the work of American Artist Jasper Johns. For the art historians out there, Jasper Johns is technically a contemporary artist, but the piece that my four-year old and I looked at…
How to Press a Flower
Do you have a bounty of flowers in your garden? Have you ever wanted to press a flower, but weren’t sure where to start? Pressing flowers just requires a little bit of patience for the flowers to actually dry, but the…
Building Memory and Memories {Hallmark Giveaway}
Do you have any recordable books? If my children hadn’t received these as a gifts, I’m not sure I would have imagined that we would gain so much from them. When my older daughter, N, was one and half, her…