Our fall iMadonnari project is well underway. Stay tuned for progress!

Haiku are the little powerhouses of the poetry world! They are a fun challenge involving the best of word play, mixed with a little finger counting to get the syllables just right! Here's a brief "Haiku 101" to help you…

I know this has nothing to do with my usual posts, Home Ec, but I just had to share this little garden delight with you. Almost everyday when I go into the garden, I run into this very industrious spider's…

This past week my students completed reading the first book of the year, The Family Under the Bridge. I was delighted that my youngest son not only knew what to do but dove into the work headfirst! He began by…

Almost exactly a year ago we posted about observation journaling (A Closer Look – Part 1 & Part 2). Working on this kind of journal is an important and holistic endeavor that builds science, reasearch, art, and writing skills. At…

Douglas Florian is a poet and artist extraordinaire! Winner of the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award and recipient of an ALA Notable Children’s Book Award, he is the author and illustrator of many delightful children’s books. Douglas Florian believes there…

It’s time to transition from summer back-to-school. Coming Soon…“Welcome Fall!” iMadonnari Celebration fashioned after Edward Hopper’s Approaching a City, 1946.

A few days ago Søren shared an idea, “am going to write a story using all the letters on the periodic table.” What in the world? After a summer of focusing on the garden—tilling earth, planting seeds, and harvesting fruit—the…

I’ve been watching our garden grow. The boys have learned so much about attention as they tend this living and growing thing. When little green tomatoes appeared they beamed with satisfaction. And when it was time for the first harvest…

Sir Ken Robinson has all sorts of ideas about creativity: “You can be imaginative all day long and never do anything.” “To be creative you have to do something.” He defines imagination as, “…the process of having original ideas that…