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My little guy and I painted using some fern fronds, cedar needles (?) and leaves we collected on a walk recently. They make for a fun way to keep ‘interacting’ with nature and created a birthday card for grandma and easy art piece for our home. My guy is more of the mess making age […]
Read MoreI enjoy a good fable, parable, tale or story to help illustrate a lesson, prompt new thinking or reframe a problem. One that comes to mind really quick is the empty boat Tao story….. But in this post I want to share reviews and thoughts on six books gifted to me by August House in exchange […]
Read MoreCounting with Barefoot Critters by Teagan White An endearing counting book with adorable animal and insect illustrations. Rhyming is utilized but not in a nauseating type of way, I really like how it leads you think about the next number. The stories are sweet, not so fantastical that a child couldn’t relate and promote positive thinking and […]
Read MoreKuma-Kuma Chan’s Home by Kazue Takahashi I really wanted to fall in love with Kuma-Kuma and get invited to his house, his bear-y nice house.. The illustrations are fantastic, artsy and remind me in a way of those fun fingerprint drawings but the story line is flat for me. It just didn’t go there and just […]
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It has been a few years since I posted about mending and hemming but I only have so many tricks up my sleeves and it isn’t my faaaave – orite thing to do, so naturally falls down the to-do list. That said, I periodically need to mend my husband’s shirts, right below his elbow. Most […]
Read MoreWater Wow! by Paula Ayer, Antonia Banyard, Art by Belle Wuthrich Infographic book, brimming with ‘party trivia’. What a fresh way to present some really interesting facts about water: visually pleasing, scientific but in an interesting way, and useful and meaning info to frame the climate change issue. I always enjoy a good infographic and find them […]
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