We had some friends over and made fairy houses! Well, I should clarify. Mostly, the kids played outside and the mommies made fairy houses. Seems that my boys were not much interested in this particular project when they could instead be outside climbing the now-in-fill-blossom Magnolia tree in the front yard.
There might also have been a tempting slip-n-slide available.
Hope your Earth Day was spent doing something crafty!
Warmly,
~h
This entry was posted on April 22, 2011 by HT. It was filed under Art, Holiday Lessons, Kid Craft, Socialization and was tagged with fairy houses, holiday homeschool, homeschooling.
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~ David Starr Jordan
"The child's social development is always retarded if the child does not have a single main mother figure constantly about him, i.e.: a person who has enough time and motherly love for the child. In this sentence, every word is equally important. "Single" does not mean two, three, or four persons. "Constant" means always the same person. "Motherly" means a person who shows all of the behavior toward the child which we designate as "motherly." "Main mother figure" means that secondary mother figures (father, brothers, sisters, grandparents) may support the main mother figure, but may not substitute for her. "Person" means that the respective adult has to support the child with his whole being and has to have time for the child."
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I want to make a fairy house! Beautiful.
April 22, 2011 at 7:44 pm
Love it! Very cool!
April 24, 2011 at 1:43 pm