Observing metamorphosis for nature study. What an incredible experience for a child to witness the miracle of a caterpillar turning into a beautiful butterfly. I think it should be something a child gets to observe at least once . I decided to order a kit for the end of my daughter’s kindergarten year and I
Living books versus twaddle. In the world of early readers, there are mountains of books designed to help your child learn to read. When teaching reading, we want to give our kids the best books for learning, but how can we find them in the overwhelming number of options? Authors and publishers of leveled readers
Creating new reading habits. Summer break is a great time to start new habits with your kids to inspire their love of reading. There is some risk involved though, you don’t want to make them feel like reading is homework or the plan is doomed. Charts, writing assignments, and reward systems can seem like a
Metamorphosis Five year olds turning into six year olds is a sort of metamorphosis. At first they’re following you around and unsure of new things. They don’t seem to be able to pay attention long to much, but still have in them that easy excitement over ordinary things. Something special happens around that 6th birthday
Education is the science of relations said Charlotte Mason. In this case, 6th grade science meets art. When I recently gave her this model kit, she grabbed this chemistry book she had been reading as part of her Ambleside Online schedule and built a few models including this one of the fructose molecule. She had
