While working through the Flight Unit Study, we decided to work in a Five in a Row unit,The Glorious Flight, focusing on Louis Bleriot. Field Trip! We visited a small local airport with our co-op friends. The pilot did a great job with the kids and answered all of our questions about his job and his […]
Pat-a-Cake Scones
Simon and I made some pat-a-cake scones for tea-time yesterday! They are easy and fun and yummy! Pat-a-Cake Scones 1 1/2 cups self rising flour 1/3 cup sugar 1 cup heavy whipping cream colored sugar Preheat oven to 375 Combine flour and sugar. Make a well in the center of the flour. Add cream. […]
Tea-Time ~ Alice in Wonderland Style
I just realized that it has been weeks (months!) since I posted a tea-time post. Here are a few shots of our Alice in Wonderland Tea-Time complete with "drink me" juice, "eat me" cookies, and Lewis Carroll poetry. Tea-time has been great for me and my boys. It stops the normal hubub and replaces it […]
Our Lammy!
Here is Elijah working on our Lamington. Here he is ready for tea-time (Yes! He is STILL in his pajamas!) The purpose of tea-time is to work on manners…do you think I’m succeeding? Oh, and if you are wondering what a Lamington is, it’s an Australian treat! Here is an authentic recipe (ours is OH-so-fake […]
Would you like a cup of tea?
We started our tea-time tradition last Wednesday followed by our second round this week. Elijah was so excited. He handed me this note in the early morning (a subtle hint): We had Apple Cake and Vanilla Chai for our tummies and fed our minds with Here’s a Little Poem. Tea-time lasted a lot longer than I […]
Tea-Time
"Come along inside… We’ll see if tea and buns can make the world a better place." -The Wind in the Willows And, so…we’ve decided to try it for ourselves. To have some tea and buns each day and to see if it makes our world a better place (we are quite certain that it will!). […]