Blog Entries for Lauri
Mosaic Tile with Kids
01 Jul 2008 07:22 PM
Tile mosaic was our latest craft experiment. The kids really enjoyed making light switches for their room. To start, we lightly sanded plastic light switch covers so that the grout and tile and glass pieces would stick better to the plastic.
Tags: lightswitch covers | mosaic tile | tile projects
Media Week in Review - June 22nd - June 30th
30 Jun 2008 07:37 PM
After the Rains by Deborah Raney is book about a teenage missionary, a car accident, and redemption. The Confession is by well known Beverly Lewis and is about an Amish family, secrets, and shuning.
Week in Review - Fun
30 Jun 2008 06:28 PM
Can you believe tomorrow is the first of July? Here's a review of the fun summer ideas featured here in the past week. Here are 10 Quick and Fun Ideas for Summer. And here are 3 Quick Ways to Celebrate the 4th of July.
Fun With Morse Code
28 Jun 2008 07:00 PM
Morse code has a very interesting history, in many ways this simple code led to modern day communications. In Morse code, the letters of the alphabet are represented by dots and dashes. It's also one of the few codes that can be communicated by light or sound.
Tags: Morse Code | secret codes | secret messages
Battle of the Books
28 Jun 2008 06:29 PM
My twin boys are busy this summer reading up for Battle of the Books. They love to read, have great memories, and love to discuss (argue) about books, so this a great program for them. We've had a lot of fun asking each other questions about the books we've read.
Tags: Battle of the Books | booklists for kids | encouraging reading | making reading fun | reading quizzes
The Dangerous Book for Boys - Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden
28 Jun 2008 03:23 PM
The Dangerous Book for Boys isn't really that dangerous. It's a fun book, though you may have a bit of trouble convincing the kids of that. At first glance, the book seems a bit old fashioned and looks a little like a history book.
Tags: activity books for boys | game rules | Iggulden | The Dangerous Book for Boys
Dragonflight - Anne McCaffrey
28 Jun 2008 02:32 PM
Dragonflight is the first book in the acclaimed Dragonriders of Pern novels by Anne McCaffrey. The first segment of the book won a Hugo award in 1968, and the second part won a Nebula award.
Tags: Anne McCaffrey | Dragonflight | Pern | science fiction and fantasy
Singing in the Car - All-American Car-I-Oke
28 Jun 2008 11:43 AM
Even though this activity bombed for my own family, I still think it's a very fun idea. We got All-American Car-i-oke for a long trip. I had visions of us all singing along happily as we cruised down the highway.
10 Quick and Fun Summer Ideas
27 Jun 2008 07:45 PM
My summer is just whooshing by. I've heard from other mothers that they feel the same way, so I thought I'd try to think of some extremely quick and easy ways to celebrate summer. 1. Slice up a watermelon for an afternoon snack or dessert. Have some wet wipes or paper towels handy. 2.
Pig Latin
27 Jun 2008 07:27 PM
Remember "Pig Latin"? It really doesn't have anything to do with Latin, but it is a fun language game. You can either share these language skills with the kids or use it as a way to talk around them if they've already learned to spell.
Tags: language games | Pig Latin | secret codes
