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Melissa | March 22, 2009
One by one the signs of spring are emerging. Yes, I think I’d like to officially call this an early spring. I’m for sure it didn’t warm up quite this quickly last year. This past week it fell down below freezing a couple of nights, but the quickly warming up temperatures during the day surely speak [...]
Melissa | March 21, 2009
Welcome to another fun class! Materials for Activities: Scrap pieces of paper with varying colors and backgrounds Nature Magazines (to be used to cut pictures from) Glue Sticks Whiteboard Preparation: Write Camouflage with the definition Draw figure of bird’s wings covering children (see photo in Bible lesson) Literature Resources: Explore Spring: 25 Great Ways [...]
Melissa | March 19, 2009
The last two days have been Heavenly…temperatures in the 60s and 70s and sunshiney beautiful! Nothing like a couple of days like that to get you in the mood for spring. And the animals and plants feel the same way too; suddenly life begins to burst forth everywhere as if an alarm clock has sounded [...]
Melissa | March 17, 2009
Really, it’s quite ridiculous how excited we’ve been today…oh joyful day!! I think the kids and I are as excited today as we were when we bought our own home. We have bluebirds in our new nestbox!!! I wasn’t sure if it would actually happen this year or not, many times it takes a couple [...]
Melissa | March 14, 2009
Old man winter stretched out his freezing cold fingers again this week, so we weren’t able to get outside during our classtime, however the plan is once again to do this next week! This week we spent some time in class brainstorming the signs of spring. Also this week, my lesson was lacking in an in-class [...]
Melissa | March 8, 2009
Some of the most beautiful and breathtaking skies I have ever seen have been after a storm. And this evening’s sunset which directly followed a storm was no exception. I could tell that something spectacular was brewing on the eastern horizon as well, as the sun was setting. And it [...]
