Fairy Gardening

We have started a Fairy Garden this year and so far we have a couple things in this garden; clay fairy house, hand made, fences, fake grass, wishing well and a tent with pillows. Here is a picture

It was really very easy to make the Tent and the wishing well, it takes no time at all and it is very fun and lovely to craft. Here is a list of materials needed for making these little treasures.

Materials:

Hot Glue and Hot glue gun
Twigs
Fake flowers
K-Cup (used and cleaned out)
Material, any kind
Pillow stuffing
Twine
Blue glass stones
Moss

So as you can see it is very easy and cheap, as all these things can be purchased at the Dollarama or Dollar Tree.

 

Unschooling Is What We Do

So this post was going to be about Unschooling and how it is done in our household.. HOWEVER I came across this article in one of my homeschooling groups on Facebook and it explained everything and I mean EVERYTHING that unschooling is and how its done and why its done and well here is the article so that you can take a boo at it...

http://zenhabits.net/unschool/

It is totally a great article, and it emphasizes the Trust you have to put into yourself and your kids to make this work, especially if like myself you were a traditionally schooled kid, or like many others that were traditionally schooled.

Bright Cheery Never Die Flowers

In April my parents have been married 48 years. My Maxi loves doing art and so we embarked on a week long Art project to  make his nana and papa a flower bouquet that would never die and always be cheery (his own words). so here is how he did that...


 First you gather your materials.. lots of cheery colours in paint and paint brushes and lots of egg carton cups cut apart. Ribbon, tape, and scissors as well.


 Second you paint, each egg carton cup a bright cheery  colour.. make sure you concentrate hard on this, just like Max in the picture :D

 Thirdly you need pipe cleaners, all different colours.


 Fourth, poke a hole in the bottom of all your egg carton cups, then thread your pipe cleaner through the bottom.



 Fifth, Once you are done threading all the pipe cleaners cut a toilet paper tube in half and tape all the flowers in the tube.  This may be tricky, but it does work.


 Sixth, cut a length of ribbon to put around your tube, fasten with tape and VALLA!!! you have Bright Cheery Never Die Flowers!


Max was so pleased with his flowers and nana and papa thought they were the best  Anniversary gift!.

 

Some days we do, Some days we dont!

 Some days we 'do school' and some days we don't, but everyday we are learning..

There has been so much happening in the last month or so, I've been so very busy with the kids and our adventures around the city. We have acquired a Museum pass, this is amazing, and the kids LOVE that we can go anytime we want to. We are excited to  see what May at the Museum will bring with the change in the family level.


 


These photos show what the theme of the Family levels at the museum were in April. The boys had such a great time spending a few hours at a time in the museum learning, reading the books and reading the exhibits, the interaction of the fossils and the tank of fish that can be found within out city rivers. On top of the exhibits there are also computers, the boys spent some time writing stories that can be left for others to read, every time we go back they write another small chapter.. Max is especially digging this as he knows that someone other than family will read his story, and he is doing really well with his reading and his writing.

Unschooling is not for everyone, I know this, but it is totally for us. The boys learn so much every day. Math, Science, Social Studies, Language, Spelling, and even some Mapping. and all just from spending a few hours a few times a month at the Museum here in our city.