Victoria's Blessings

A few days ago I had the girls make pumpkins out of torn pieces of orange construction paper.  This turned out to be a much bigger task than...

Of course we studied Georgia, our home state! We talked about peaches and peanuts, famous Georgia crops: We discussed the Okefenokee Swamp:...

The best state we have studied so far was Hawaii.  One struggle I have had with the 50 State Study is that some states have very little exci...

We got out of the habit of doing our 50 state study.  But, Catherine asked several times if we could study another state.  So, the next one ...

Recently we told the girls about the story of Moses and the burning bush.  I think they got it, but am never sure.  I do think they understa...

I found some Do A Dot mazes which included upper and lower case letters.  The girls loved finding and stamping the trail with their markers:...

Wow, do the girls love to finger paint!!  I bought this kit of 4 colors at the dollar store.  I wasn't sure if it was washable or not, s...

As you know I waste  spend a lot of time on other people's blogs looking for ideas.  I have seen lots of people make art projects with c...

Now that it is October, I wanted to do a fall project.  I drew stick trees and gave the girls a little bit of orange, yellow and red paint. ...

Today was Labor Day, so there was no school.  The girls asked if we could play "homeschool."  I asked them what they wanted to do,...

I know I have not posted any "educational" activities lately, but we have been busy.  One of the fun activities we have been doing...

We go to Publix at least once a week, so it seemed kind of silly to tour the grocery store.  But, Catherine's Girl Scout Daisy troop too...