Sunday, December 13, 2009

Our Head in the Clouds

We spent a good deal of time learning about clouds, in a very leisurely way, revisiting the topic over many weeks, at Miss M.'s interest.  We painted clouds, read stories about clouds, took lots of photos of them too, which she really enjoyed.  (Future photographer???)  We kept track of the kinds of clouds we saw over the course of a week or so as well, nothing too scientific - just wispy, rainclouds, puffy clouds, and whether they were high or low in the sky.  (Curiously, the Latin names for them simply mean puffy, etc... anyway.)  I figured the point was the distinction and learning to observe differences and just enjoying watching them.  We laid in the grass and tried to find shapes in the clouds and watched how fast or slow they went by.  We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves!

Gastemos un buen rato aprendiendo sobre los nubes, de una forma muy relajado, visitando el tema durante el curso de varios semanas, cuando el interes se manifesto.  Pintemos los nubes, leimos cuentas sobre ellos, y tambien saquemos muchas fotos, lo cual que ella disfruto bastante.  (Fotografa futura???)  Tambien mantuvimos un calendario sobre las distintas nubes que vimos, nada tan cientifico, mas bien, si fueron altas o bajas en el cielo, blancas or grises, y de su forma fisica.  Pienso que el punto fue para observar las distinciones.  Tambien, nos acostemos en el pasto, y las observemos pasar, buscando formas y figuras.  De verdad, fue todo muy divertido!





Sunday, November 29, 2009

A Beautiful Autumn Day










We have just been trying to get outdoors as much as possible and experience the season.  Some days this is easier than others.





Saturday, November 14, 2009

Guess What this Is/ Adivina lo que es....



I smelled this before I ever saw it, strangely enough.

Lo oli antes de verlo, curiosamente.

Friday, November 13, 2009

Hansel & Gretl

Okay, so even the modified version of this story was much to scary for Little Miss, who begged me to not read any further!  (Well, that taught me a bit or two about selecting stories).  But we were able to forget about the scariest parts of the story and decorate a little house made of cake, which she actually did all by herself!  And thankfully, we had just been invited to a friend's party so that we didn't have to eat very much of it either ;)  The cake itself was actually the new(er) line of Betty Crocker Gluten Free mixes and wasn't bad at all. 



Ya bien se que aun la version modificada del cuento Hansel y Gretl es muy espantuoso. Bueno, por lo menos aprendi algo sobre elegir libros para ella.  De todos modos, agarro la parte mas bonito del cuento y hizo ese pastel en forma de casa, que decoro solita!  Que bien que unos amigos nos invitaron a una fiesta para no comerlo todo!

Autumn by the Lake/ Otoño por el Lago


We thoroughly enjoyed our nature walk!
Realmente disfrutemos de nuestro caminata en la naturaleza!

The Kingdom of Childhood/ El Reino Infantil

Mud Pie Cake




This is actually from a beautiful sunny day, early last Spring.  It is nice to look back and see and remember.  The children had such fun creating this and seemed to enter a world of their own in doing so.  They worked together so peacefully (something that doesn't always happen  ;)  and became totally engrossed in their little project.   

Esa foto actualmente es de un dia hermosa, temprano en la primavera pasado.  Fue bonito mirar hacia atras y acordar.  Los ninos disfrutaron tanto crear esa, y en el proceso, entraron a su propio mundo, por decir lo asi.  Trabajaron tan bonitos juntos (algo que no occure con frequencia) con una tranquilidad y enfoque enorme.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Trying to catch a fish


On My Nightstand