Providing Enrichment
Luckily, throughout the formative years of my boys’ education and development, I have been able to provide a great deal of enrichment outside of school. In fact, if you have…
Tag: enrichment activities
Poetry Friday: Lightness & Hope
My husband and I have taken to sitting for half an hour in the room off of our kitchen in the morning while I have my tea. We catch up…
The Plant Game, Part II: Answers to 5/28
Late yesterday, I posed several questions about a plant that is special to me. Today, the answers will be provided! The first question was: Do you know the common name…
Geocaching: #SOL20 Day 17/Year3
Last night, I was brainstorming some ways to get out of the house during this social distancing proclamation. Yesterday, my husband and I ran to the library and that was…
Forcing Spring Flower Bulbs in the Winter Sun & Cold
The sun is out and I am itching to get my hands dirty. One of the advantages of having a garden club for students for over 15 years is that…
Saving the Monarch Butterfly
Today, I feel compelled to write about monarch conservation. We are in the height of monarch breeding season here in the midwest, and I am seeing post after post on…
Poetry Friday: Frigid
Acrostic poems aren’t as easy as they seem. At the end of my last garden club meeting in mid-January, I gave the students a mini-lesson on writing acrostic poems. We…
