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Creative Co-op Classes ~ Caring Quilts

Published January 26, 2012 | By Ami

I did not teach this class. I repeat: I did not teach this class. It was taught at our co-op, but (yes, one more time), I did not teach this class. I'm only posting it for those quilters out there who might benefit from the ideas and structure. All of these ideas belong to my friend, Nikki (who moved away and is missed terribly).

The girls all learned to sew — by hand and with machine.

They each completed a quilt square.

As a group, they sewed a quilt to be given away. So sweet.

Let's have one more picture so you can absorb the sweety-sweet-sweetness.

Do you want to peek at the syllabus? Just click on the image. You'll get all the details. It will be much more useful to you than me rambling on about a class I could never teach. So here you go.

Posted in co-op capers, creative cooperative classes |

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Just Breathing Isn’t Living

Published January 25, 2012 | By Ami

We're currently reading Pollyanna, and Pollyanna's response to her new music lesson-reading lesson-cooking lesson-sewing lesson schedule got me thinking.

"Oh, but Aunt Polly, Aunt Polly, you haven't left me any time at all just to–to live."

"To live, child! What do you mean? As if you weren't living all the time!"

"Oh, of course I'd be BREATHING all the time I was doing those things, Aunt Polly, but I wouldn't be living. You breathe all the time you're asleep, but you aren't living. I mean living–doing things you want to do: playing outdoors, reading (to myself, of course), climbing hills, talking to Mr. Tom in the garden, and finding out all about the houses and the people and everything everywhere . . . That's what I call living, Aunt Polly. Just breathing isn't living."

In the middle of the
plans
lessons
agendas
programs
schedules
Do they have time to live?

Posted in read alouds, thinking out loud |

Tagged delight directed, plans |

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Fixing Lunch

Published January 24, 2012 | By Ami

Because breakfast is a bit of a production around here, lunch has been an issue for me. I don't want more dirty dishes. I don't want to spend more time at the stove. It's hard to transition from math problems and Pollyanna and shaving cream art to kitchen duty.

I've tried this. I've tried that. This and that didn't work. I needed something quick, and I wanted something healthy.

Insert The Lunch Tray. Hooray!

The idea:

Fill a tray.

Serve the tray.

Put the tray in the fridge for the next day.

Pull the tray out of the fridge the next day.

Refill any empty compartments.

Serve the tray.

Repeat.

What's going in the tray?
The boys helped me make a list of what they like. My only criteria was that I could cut/chop/dump it on the fly, and that it would keep in the tray for a few days.

monterey jack cheese cubes
mozzarella cheese cubes
green olives
black olives
carrot sticks
celery sticks
cucumber slices
sugar snap peas
grapes
apple slices ~ they won't keep for a few days . . . they will be gobbled immediately
almonds
peanuts
cashews
sunflower seeds
whole wheat crackers

Some days I will put a little container in the middle with a dip or spread ~ egg salad, peanut butter, hummus, or even Nutella.

Think of all the possibilities!

I love it!
1. It's easy to assemble.
2. It's simple to clean up.
3. No plastic baggies are involved.
4. The leftovers are the next day's lunch!

Maybe lunch isn't broken at your house, but it was at mine. Now it's fixed.

Posted in She Brews & Stews |

Tagged busy homeschool day, lunch |

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