We have been collecting leaves for a few weeks now and setting them in our Fall Nature Tray (on our kitchen table). We call them Nature Treasures and it’s ONE place we gladly add to our collection (so I don’t keep finding crunched up leaf debris at the bottom of my purse or pocket…)  I […]

Fall treasure study Maize, pumpkins, and gourds We have really been enjoying the process of oil pastels these last few weeks. I forgot how much I like them! They were my favorite in grade school, high school, university, and beyond. Glad to have them resurface during our art space move <3  Lillian (4) in particular […]

I came out into the lanai to find my three little explorers huddled together looking at something.  A butterfly. Limping around in a circle. Unable to fly. Three children rooting it on, despite watching it go nowhere for the past 15 minutes. Hopeful it would return to the sky. “Can we keep it??” They asked. […]

A glimpse of Spring. A reminder that Mother Nature waits for no one…not even the weather.

We took the leaves from our Leaf Hunt and made simple Autumn Collages using double-sided laminate sheets to make it easy for little hands to stick and keep. I taped one sheet down on the table… while Buga placed the leaves where she wanted them (everywhere!) She made sure to “push them down” by gently […]