Book-Inspired

As I mentioned last week, Big M and I have been reading Charlotte’s Web at bedtime, inspiring many of our daytime activities, or ‘projects’ as she likes to call them.  Our next Charlotte’s Web Words project channeled our inner Templeton, as we worked on not only word formation, but also…

Big M and I have been reading Charlotte’s Web at bedtime these last few weeks.  Due largely to the story, Big M has become increasingly interested in word formation, and we have made several projects this week featuring Charlotte’s web words.  Today, taking a little inspiration from Parenting Chaos’ Dinosaur…

A few months ago, I had my fill of Big M’s bedtime reading selections.  She has a tendency to fall in love with a book and want to read the same one, every night, for weeks on end.  There are only so many times you can read the same Fancy…

Earth Day is next week.  In celebration, the girls and I have been exploring all about seeds, plants and gardening this week.  It all started when Big M went to Home Depot with the hubby last weekend and the cashier gave her a tiny pot of sprouting grass… We let…

As I mentioned earlier this week, I started reading Big M The Wonderful Wizard of Oz before bed.  We read a chapter every night, and each night, she is more excited than the last to hear where the story will lead us next.  Earlier this week, our weary travelers finally…

As a woman, and now as a mother to two little girls, I am all too keenly aware of how strictly gender roles are defined pretty much from birth.  You need look no further than the clothing section of a baby store: one side full of lace, pink and frills,…

Do your kids pick the same book at the library over and over?  We go to our local library fairly regularly to check out books and participate in story time.  I always let the girls select their own books, and they always seem to gravitate toward the same handful of…

More than 50 years have passed since the Civil Rights Act was first enacted in 1964, and yet race seems to be as hot a topic today as it was in the 1960s.  In honor Martin Luther King Day and his leadership in the advancement of Civil Rights, Big M and…