My two daughters are grown up, but when they were young we had the good luck to be able to go on many family trips together. Often these were long trips. My eldest daughter enjoyed many flights over the Atlantic… Read More ›
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When mom needs surgery, how to prepare a child.
When I had only one child, my young preschooler Evelyn, I needed to have some very serious surgery. As a good parent I wanted to prepare her, so I went to the library. There were books about “Mom is Dead”… Read More ›
Bunny makes a blank book, and you can too!
Bern Bunny was so pleased with the response to his origami page maker, that he is now sharing another of his favorite paper crafts. Actually I learned to make this super easy blank book when working in a preschool. Blank… Read More ›
Icicle fortress in New Hampshire
My daughter Aynsley and the neighbor’s boys decided to pull the icicles off the roof of our home, and decorate the sidewalk to the front door. My other daughter Evelyn brought home from school a friend that had never been… Read More ›
All Art is Better with a Dog!
In a previous blog post I wrote about how I taught a fun art class, where the students added a cat to a painting (using just scissors and glue, no photoshop!). The student had to tell why they picked both… Read More ›
Krampus Kristmas, day two
This Krampus is nice, he’s more interested in eating oranges than children! Related articles The Antidote to Any Bah-Humbug in Your Heart: Krampus (zwingliusredivivus.wordpress.com) Tartan Ink Classic (on Nikolaustag) ~ Christmas in Austria (tartaninkblog.wordpress.com)
Bundle up! Some vintage winter photographs!
Fellow blogger Naomi rarely has this problem in Texas, but for those of us in New England and my family in Canada, winter means bundling up! Here is a vintage photograph of my step father and his sister Betsy, all… Read More ›
“NONE SHALL PASS!”, and why Maryland needs a new flag
I have been put in charge of helping scan and update the old family photographs. I’ve really enjoyed seeing some of the truly old ones, the ones of relatives in big hats and fancy clothing we aren’t quite sure the… Read More ›
Halloween Wisconsin Style
My family lived in Manitowoc Wisconsin for many years, and found it was a wonderfully child friendly town. There were children’s classes put on by the town all summer, offered at incredibly low fees. The thought was the local college… Read More ›
Preschoolers know Picasso
When I teach very young children art, it is not just finger paints and markers. Children understand and respond to art at a very early age. They have a very sophisticated appreciation, until they let their parents and society convince… Read More ›
Two Different Girls 