One of the many, many, MANY things I love about Juniper is her love of learning. Or I should say, obsession with learning. It’s her favorite thing. After dinner, sometimes we’ll sit in the living room and ask her what she wants to learn about. She’ll think real hard for a minute and then say…
The week before my trip, we borrowed the book “Hopper and Wilson” by Maria Van Lieshout from our library. It’s about a couple of friends who set out to find the end of the world in their paper boat. Juniper really enjoyed the story, and I thought the illustrations were adorable. We wanted to make…
Last week we read the book “Sector 7” by David Wiesner. Of course, I use the term “read” pretty loosely in this situation because there are no words in this book. The illustrations are fantastic though, and we had fun talking about what was happening on each page. The book is about clouds, and how…
In an effort to bring a little more structure to our 365 Days Outside challenge, I’ve started thinking of our backyard as more of a classroom. Once a week we make a trip to our local library for some fun books, and then plan an outside activity based on one of them. I LOVE the…