by jessicaperkins | Aug 4, 2011 | friends, life, park, philosophy, play, toddler, tot school
Every time we go to the park Buga yearns to meet “friends” to play with. When she sees little people her age playing she gets so excited: “Mama, Mama…Look! There are lots of friends at the park to play with!”I am not the biggest...
by jessicaperkins | Jul 29, 2011 | butterflies, butterfly, home school, homeschool, science, tot school, totschool
by jessicaperkins | Jul 26, 2011 | art, caterpillar, homeschool, preschool, project, toddler, tot school
So simple a project I am sure everyone has seen, but it was suiting with our live caterpillars we are watching mature. So we make “caterpillars” out of egg cartons. I love how intense Buga looks as she paints her little guy.
by jessicaperkins | Jul 19, 2011 | food, home school, kids, kitchen, nutrition, snack, tot, tot school, treat
I am always trying to come up with ways Buga can help me in the kitchen. She loves cooking – and eating – and I find that when she participates in cooking, she is more likely to eat our creations. It’s a great way to teach beginning food Science, and...
by jessicaperkins | Jul 6, 2011 | butterflies, caterpillars, Chrysalides, homeschool, metamorphasis, science, toddler, tot school
Our caterpillars formed Chrysalides in their Pupal stage of development.They stay in this stage for 7-10 days, growing wings, before they emerge as butterflies.
by jessicaperkins | Jul 3, 2011 | caterpillar, science, tot school
Our Caterpillars are growing….fast!They are starting to hang from the tops and are getting ready for their pupal stage – chrysalis!