The Architect and The Artist

Zach is going to be doing a lapbook on dog breeds over the next couple of weeks.  The lapbook comes from Hands of a Child . He has really de...

Ok, so my photos are horrible (blurry), but the boys did a great job!  Each created a Lego Sphinx using some simple (ok, maybe not that sim...

We went to Canada this past summer for vacation. During that time I picked up a book called The Kid's Book of Canada to use in the boy...

We are in the midst of studying ancient Egypt. So I thought it would be fun for them to try to build a Lego Sphinx. No, we can't build...

I recently found these cool games! They are made by Mindware . It is called BrainBox and there are several versions of the game: World, U...

We are currently studying Ancient Egypt. Here are some fun activities on the web that relate to Egypt. Coloring pages Writing Egyptian Numbe...

Kendra over at the Aussie Pumpkin Patch hosts a weekly meme for workboxes . Check out her site as she has a lot of cool ideas! Here is what...

We are studying zoology this year. To see our lesson plans, go here . Today we made an animal cell model out of jello and candies. It was fu...

We started school full time today. The workboxes are completely filled and the boys remarked at how full they feel! For Bible and history th...

Yesterday while the boys were at TaeKwon -do class, I used my extra time to go to JoAnn's for some cardmaking supplies...while I was t...

Zach and I have been enjoying Borderline games! These are geography games where the object is to get rid of your cards first. Each country...

Last week I made a long list of ideas to use in our workboxes . A lot of these activities are based on my boys likes and interests. These wo...

Kendra over at the Pumpkin Patch does a weekly meme (on Fridays, I believe) on workboxes. Check out her site! Also, if you are looking for ...