Finding the Learning in Everything & Surviving Motherhood Using 2 Hands & 2 Feet

Today on The View, the ladies talked about young teachers not being trained in how to keep control of their classroom. They learn how to teach the subjects, but not how to gain control over their class. Joy felt class size is a huge factor in teachers keeping control. Elizabeth felt it begins at home [...]

I took my girls, my niece and my mother in-law to opening night for Disney on Ice – Worlds of Fantasy in Denver Friday night.
In short, we loved it.
It was fun, entertaining and the best part – it was packed with lots of Disney characters. This wasn’t just Mickey Mouse, just Tinkerbell, just Ariel [...]

I took my girls, my niece and my husband to Ringling Bros and Barnum Bailey Circus last week. It was opening night for the latest touring show, Zing Zang Zoom!
It’s been a few years since I’ve taken my family to the circus. The girls were too young and it was hard to justify ticket prices [...]

I have many fond memories of going to the circus with my family as a child. It always came to town around my birthday, so it was an added bonus to go. My dad didn’t take many family field trips, but he did take us to the circus every fall. I also remember going to [...]

Learning at the amusement park.
We took a trip to Elitch Gardens in Denver today. It is an amusement park and water park all in one. It’s a ton of fun and really not the first place you think of when looking for lessons and learning.
We definitely focused on the fun and the family time [...]

I usually spend time on family outings looking for opportunities to ask questions or teach my girls something.
During a recent trip to Woodland Park, Colorado, we discovered the Dinosaur Resource Center. It’s easy to find right on the main street.
After driving by and seeing the giant life-sized dinosaurs outside and the fossil skeletons through the [...]

Nature and learning in the great outdoors

My family and I went camping for the second time this summer. This is the first summer we’ve taken our girls camping. My youngest just turned four, so this year we felt she was ready to brave the great outdoors. Before four, we would have been using our tracking [...]

My Love for the Astronauts and Space Travel
I remember hearing Neil Armstrong’s historical words “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
I remember hearing them in replayed news clips. I’m not old enough to remember the actual event. I was born a few years after the lunar missions but grew up in [...]

My daughter LM participated in her school’s science fair this spring. It was a first for her –and for me. I really had no idea where to start or what to do. So I scoured the Internet looking for ideas.
We decided on testing different sunscreens for strength and effectiveness. I decided to keep it pretty [...]