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The Life and Times: February 2015
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Sunday, February 01, 2015. This weekend I decided it was time to finally do something about the builder's beige half bathroom. Do something I did! With a little Sherwin Williams Sea Salt, a thrifted shelf and frame, handmade pallet art, and a new mirror, I fixed the room right up! Now, to make myself commit to a gray color for the rest of the house. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Subscribe to our mailing list. Blog Design by Simply Klassic.
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You Can Make The Sun Shine Anytime!!!: Chickens At School
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Adventures in an alternative elementary education setting. Friday, October 5, 2012. What is the benefit of having chickens be a part of the school experience? Students can learn a lot through taking care of chickens! The knowledge they acquire is cross-curricular and will stay with them for a lifetime as it is an authentic learning experience. Each crew starts by getting their handy clipboard and checklist! This really helps the kiddo's to be leaders of the crews. Our hens get pellets, scratch and scraps.
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You Can Make The Sun Shine Anytime!!!: Life Cycle of A Frog
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Adventures in an alternative elementary education setting. Sunday, April 24, 2011. Life Cycle of A Frog. I have been on spring break since Friday and I don't have to go back to school until the 2nd of May! Anyway, I am sure you're starting to catch a pattern in my posts. Can you tell I LOVE science, project based learning and nature? I bought these cute little life cycle sets from Oriental Trading. You get the frog and the butterfly set for only $5.99. Click here. So then over the next week and a half to...
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You Can Make The Sun Shine Anytime!!!: Cherry Blossom Math Art Project
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Adventures in an alternative elementary education setting. Tuesday, March 13, 2012. Cherry Blossom Math Art Project. Out here in Utah we have been patiently waiting for spring and it is just a few days away now! The spring equinox is on March 20th! We have been talking a lot about our trip around the sun and we are excited to meet this milestone! I showed my students a few pictures of cherry blossom trees that I found through google. This one is from centralpark.com. Those are so beautiful. I always do c...
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You Can Make The Sun Shine Anytime!!!: DIY Story Case
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Adventures in an alternative elementary education setting. Monday, July 30, 2012. This year I am teaching in a multi-age, project based classroom and am SO excited about this change of pace! Our school year theme is "Rivers" and the first quarter projects will be based on river systems and body systems. I am leading the body system projects. We made these story cases out of old VHS cases. Start with an old VHS tape case. {Does anyone remember these? In a traditional classroom setting this could be a proj...
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You Can Make The Sun Shine Anytime!!!: Oviparous and Viviparous Animals, A Creative Movement/Yoga Sorting Activity {Freebie}
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Adventures in an alternative elementary education setting. Monday, April 2, 2012. Oviparous and Viviparous Animals, A Creative Movement/Yoga Sorting Activity {Freebie}. I have been invited to guest teach at a school near Santa Fe, New Mexico tomorrow. I am currently visiting my husband in Santa Fe. Can you believe it is snowing here in April? I am SO excited to guest teach! This is what I came up with. I found the containers, eggs and the basket at Joann'f for 50% off today! I used that as well! So I mad...
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You Can Make The Sun Shine Anytime!!!: September 2012
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Adventures in an alternative elementary education setting. Monday, September 10, 2012. Today our students had an amazing opportunity to be a apart of an impactful social arts project to bring awareness of and to raise funds for the victims of genocide. Your students can too! As you engage with the One Million Bones project, you and your students. Will become a part of a larger community of artists, activists and students. From around the United States and the world. Emphasizing the ways that. If you aren...
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You Can Make The Sun Shine Anytime!!!: One Million Bones
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Adventures in an alternative elementary education setting. Monday, September 10, 2012. Today our students had an amazing opportunity to be a apart of an impactful social arts project to bring awareness of and to raise funds for the victims of genocide. Your students can too! As you engage with the One Million Bones project, you and your students. Will become a part of a larger community of artists, activists and students. From around the United States and the world. Emphasizing the ways that. If you aren...
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You Can Make The Sun Shine Anytime!!!: Triops Life Cycle Awesomeness {with freebie}
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Adventures in an alternative elementary education setting. Thursday, January 26, 2012. Triops Life Cycle Awesomeness {with freebie}. I'm back, after a week. I've been super busy running all over the school. I wanted to share this science activity that I started with my kiddos this week. They have been looking forward to this for two months! They have been so patient too! Well, it all started with this:. Have you ever seen these little guys before? Don't they look so sweet and cuddly! Wowwy, wowwy, wowza!
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Because Nice Matters: An Update On All Things Medical
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Tuesday, March 17, 2015. An Update On All Things Medical. And boy howdy is it an update. We've been busy . running to and from the hospital, and other doctor appointments . and we've learned a lot and added some things to our plate. (Our plate was pretty full before so it will be interesting to see how we get it all done.). For Emily's age a normal size for the ventricle is 115. Em's is measuring 137. They will do surgery when it's about 160. Assuming her heart enlarges at the same pace, we h...Jason and...