Posted by Jessica | Posted in Photography | Posted on 10-03-2009
Green Week
Salt and Chocolate blog writer, Mary Beth, has been doing a photographic essay or “noticing” project about the color GREEN called Green Week!
Here I sit, a Minnesotan expecting yet another winter storm today, struggling to find spring-filled relief and inspiration. (cleaning, walking, decorating, shopping, cleaning – did I say that already?)
I will be doing a GREEN week too!
Molly "reading" a book of colors.
Posted by Jessica | Posted in The Home Front, kids | Posted on 08-01-2009
I know things, around the house and in my heart, are out of whack when I am too feisty with every one. When I feel:
- Too snowed in
- Too sick and tired of being sick and tried (I’ve got to beat this illness!)
- Too jumped on, called after, and whined to
- Too impatient.
Try as I may to lock myself in the bathroom for some piece and quiet, I find the most rest and relief when I actually “put in” more purposeful fun time with kids. Go figure.
Our latest ‘purposeful fun time’ was gained from a book theme based on, Put Me in the Zoo.
{edit: this post is now linked up with Just for Fun}
Copyright 1960, by Robert Lopshire. Published in New York by Beginner Books.
Put Me in the Zoo is about a magical creature that longs to call the Zoo it’s home. Throughout the story, the creature tells a young boy and girl that it should be let in the Zoo. To convience the boy and girl, the creature uses it’s special abilities to do wonderous things with it’s spots.
We took some time to make different spots of our own.
We mimicked the story by making the spots go on us!
The creature had amazing spots that made it special. I had Ryan draw and share about something that he did that made him special.
I am special because...."I love my whole family and friends."
Well if that doesn’t get you out of a snowy, chest cold, laundry pile haze, nothing will!
Happy Reading!
Posted by Jessica | Posted in The Home Front, kids | Posted on 24-09-2008
Fall is here and with it came new seasonally inspired art, games and books.
Some mornings we are laid back and let our spirits lead us to do fun stuff.
After writing a letter to Grammy K, Ry works a finger loop loom while Molly reaches for the scissors. Ehem...I can't even pick up the camera for a second without my little one climbing up something.
Other times we have a goal to do a specific project.
A trip to the mail box inspired us to gather a leaf collection in a mason jar. I keep a small bag full of "junk" crayons from restaurants to use for rubbings or shavings.
Occasionally we have a theme. Our recent theme was based on the book Sam and the Firefly.
Written by P.D. Eastman, Copyright 1958, by Beginner Books, Inc.
Sam meets a quirky firefly named Gus. Together they create words and shapes in the night sky using Gus’ light. Gus finds out that with great power comes great responsibility
Our interpretations of the illustrations using black paper and sidewalk chalk.
Firefly tooth brush gets buzzed around during our bedtime routine.
Batman shadow puppet in Mom and Dad's bed.
Flashlight art on the wall. Ryan made a lot of circles.
We read nighttime stories with flashlight. This book was Slinky Malinki by Lynley Dodd.
What a day!
Love,
Jess
