The perfect project, I think, is one that combines creativity and learning. This STEM activity fits the bill. Middle daughter really wanted to try a science project and make an articulated hand. I’ve seen the project before, but was impressed by how clear the instructions were in the Amazing! magazine. […]
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Creativity and being an engineer
Last year, I bought a Glowing House Set for my Middle daughter. I wanted something that coupled her curiosity in science and her artistic nature. It was both a craft and engineering project. Over the Christmas holiday, she sat down and made the houses. Putting the houses together, decorating them […]
Read moreDear Daughter: About Maths
Dear Daughter I’m on a roll this year. Already another quilt block complete. I have two sewn up, but when I suggested that I use both with this letter, you sweetly declared that you’d prefer one square to one letter. No problem. Every block pattern is measured and scaled up […]
Read morePractise telling the time
I didn’t intend to blog this activity. Otherwise I might have spent time crafting the perfect cards to go with it. Ones that made sense in the photos and helped to explain the game. In fact, it was only when one of the children declared that they… wish they taught […]
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