Reviving Creativity

Are you a creative? Do you write, sew, paint, sing, cook, or craft? Do your fingers itch to create? Does your mind bubble with ideas? Being a creative person usually fills life with joy and adventure. Until the day it doesn’t. Every creative has dry spells. The blank page stares back with no words or

Retreat to Renew

I’d been feeling a little gray. Lifeless and leafless as the trees outside. My creativity sunk in the March mud. How could I pull myself out of my winter funk? A writer’s retreat! With the help of my writing buddy Nicki Jacobsmeyer, we gathered 13 brilliant brains in a castle on the lake and found

Chasing Mary Anning

I’m off on an adventure to walk in the footsteps of paleontologist, Mary Anning. In case you’ve been sleeping under a fossil and haven’t heard of this remarkable woman, let me introduce you. Mary was born into a poor, and I mean dirt-poor family in 1799. How poor were they? Living next to the jail

Forest Friends

I love creating dolls and stuffies so I’m always on the look out for great patterns. How to sew Little Felt Animals by Sue Quinn is one of my all time favorite pattern books. The instructions are clear and conscise and the patterns are easy to use. You can chose to machine sew or hand

Imagination + Outdoors = Pure Joy

Last weekend, druing our family reunion, I visited a delightful restaurant. It was managed by my industrious and imaginative eight-year-old nephew and staffed by his creative cousins. On the menu were Crunchy Leaf Kabobs, Delicious Dirt Smoothies, Smashed Acorn Soup, and Green Grass Gravy. Nature’s Naturals opened up Saturday morning faster than you can say,

Meet Author Nancy Churnin!

Nancy Churnin writes the most wonderful biographies. They are stories that show the heart and soul of the individual, stories that inspire readers to be their best self and stretch for their dreams. Books like Manjhi Moves a Mountain – about a man who literally moved a mountain one bucket at a time, to help the

HIPPY HOPPY SPRING! FREE LESSON PLAN!

Free Rhyming Lesson Plan

Celebrating Lincoln with Free Activities and lesson Plans!

LINCOLN CLEARS A PATH is a fresh look at some of Abraham Lincoln’s amazing accomplishments. Written by Peggy Thomas and illustrated by Stacy Innerst, this picture book examines how Lincoln’s life growing up in a farming community affected his presidency and his creation of the Department of Agriculture, the Homestead Act, and the Emancipation Proclamation.

Absolutely Truly – I love this book!

Have you ever fallen in love with a book? My latest middlegrade book crush is ABSOLUTELY TRULY by Heather Vogel Frederick. I highly reccommend this for a heartwarming winter read. The adventure begins when Truly Lovejoy’s family moves from Texas to the tiny town of Pumkin Falls, New Hampshire. Her solider father, is recovering from

Winter Bird Fun! And FREE Lesson Plans!

Free lesson plans for classroom, homeschool, or family fun with birding!!