I love the early summer time when you can easily spot the mulberry trees heavily laden with their fruit! I'm always worried that the birds will beat me to the ripe ones but we've been very lucky this month to forage several times within the past few weeks! Our spot for class this month was… Continue reading Mulberry
This book club is a discussion based book club for ages 10+ and is focused on learning more about history and culture. To see the books we read last year click here. This year we will focus on a blend of Native American stories, Greek history, and a mix of adventure! Our meetings will be… Continue reading No Frills Book Club 2022-2023
One and Only Ivanhosted by Melissa When my children read this book they were so excited to see how each chapter was written. This is a wonderful book to give your children that are just entering into the world of chapter books! The description of the book from Amazon reads:"This unforgettable novel from renowned author… Continue reading One and Only Ivan
Mysterious Benedict Societyhosted by Jennifer McConnell If you live in Tennessee long enough you will find that the weather is just as mysterious as the events in this fun book! We planned on having our party on a nice spring day in April (the day before the party was a beautiful day in the high… Continue reading Mysterious Benedict Society
lithograph of flies If you had told me that one day I would become passionate about observing and learning about flies I would have said you were crazy! LOL! It's amazing the things we can learn ourselves as we lead our children into a feast of education on the natural world around us! This month… Continue reading May flies and Crane flies
Matilda by Roald DahlHosted by Lauren Tomlin Roald Dahl's books make for the best book parties! There is so much creativity and childhood imagination within Dahl's storylines. The book Matilda is no exception! Children love relating to Matlida's cleverness as she goes from being ignored by her family to being loved by her teacher and… Continue reading Matilda Book Party
Our topic for this month's Nature Adventure was moss! Moss is a plant, but different from our common flowering plants. We began our discussion today on how living things can be categorized into different levels. This graphic is from my Child's World volume about plants and animals and a great visual on the differences between… Continue reading Moss Nature Adventure
Today was a wonderful day to finish out a year long project in our monthly Nature Adventure! We focused on the last two herbs in the Herb Fairy series: Cinnamon and Dandelion! 📷 Lara - a big group today! Dandelion is such a popular herb and a great plant to learn more about medicinal properties… Continue reading Cinnamon and Dandelion
Written and hosted by Amanda Mateer Oh the Wonderful Wizard of Oz. When planning what book we were going to read for our book party month, I sat and scanned my shelves for over an hour trying to figure out what book we wanted to celebrate with our friends. As my hands scanned over the… Continue reading Wizard of Oz Book Party
I can't believe we are almost to the end of our year long adventure into the Herb Fairy books! We have loved them so much that I'm continuing a small group next year that will dive deeper into these monthly sessions and help moms and kids keep a detailed journal about the healing properties of… Continue reading Pine and Rose
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