On Friday we went apple pciking with the Coughlin and Volpe families. Dave took the day off and we had a wonderful time. Kelli became very attached to a white and green striped gourd while digging around in the pumpkin and carried it around for the rest of the day. The farm where we picked […]

I just told the kids to get ready to go out and run some errands. This was the outfit Kelli came up with. She actually took off a really cute dress to don this outfit.

We have a few read-a-louds going at the moment. In history we are studying the first explorers who discovered the Americas. We covered Saint Brendan the Navigator and moved on to Leif Eriksson. So as a read-a-loud I am reading Leif the Lucky We are also spending some time in The Discovery of the Americas […]

A Narration by Erin Winter Days in the Big Woods Pa, Ma Laura, Mary and baby Carrie lived in the Big Woods of Wisconsin. They lived in a little cabin made of logs. They liked it there. They are getting ready for the winter. Ma, Laura and Mary picked vegetables from their garden and put […]

The Drinking Gourd By F.N. Monjo A boy named Tommy Fuller was at church. He had been there all day long. He was wiggling around. He had some fishing line in his pocket and an apple in the other pocket. He took a big bite out of his apple in church. Out of the window […]