Wandering through life one season at a time
These last three weeks have been busy busy busy!!
I have helped move my husband to a new lab and my parents to a new house.
It has been fun, but I am looking forward to a week filled with NOTHING!
Here is a little sneak peek at what I have in the works for next week:
I will be sharing:
If you’ve ever wanted to plan your own, please join me next week!!
This week’s 10 in 10 is Favorite Read Alouds.
We never get tired of reading these books together!
The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
Sometimes I Like to Curl Up in a Ball
Hero Tales: A Family Treasury of True Stories from the Lives of Christian Heroes
The 20th-Century Children’s Book Treasury
What’s on your list?
There is seemingly no end to the great writing resources available! I am linking to ones that offer large or complete courses.
Language Arts at PPPST PowerPoint presentations & games
Paradigm (upper) online writing assistant
Storytelling Lesson Plans & Activities
NaNoWriMo young novelist workbooks
Teaching That Makes Sense! free writing workbooks
A Year of Mini Lessons for Growing Writers
Busy Teacher 337 free worksheets
10 Universities Offering Free Writing Courses Online
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~Originally posted on 7/8/09~
We have decided to take a staycation this year instead of taking a trip. We will be able to do a lot of local activities with the money that would have been spent on gas & lodging. I really want to make some fun memories for my family, so I’ve decided to turn our house into a Ho(me)tel.
Here are some of the fun ideas I want to try:
~ Towel Origami Our towels might be too thick to do this for each child, so I think I will buy a thin white towel & just leave a different animal on the bathroom sink every morning.
~Fold the ends of the toilet paper into a point (each night) or try my hand at toilet paper origami
~ Put a basket of small soaps & shampoo samples in the bathroom
~ Label bedroom doors with hotel numbers
~ Make Do Not Disturb Doorknob Hangers
~ Get breakfast ready the night before with these yummy Bed & Breakfast Recipes
~ Offer a wake-up call to my daughter’s cell phone
~ Check out some DVDs from the library that we haven’t seen, or rent from Redbox
~ Create a mini bar in the bottom drawer of the fridge & stock with small bottles of water & soft drinks
~ Print off menus & flyers for the places we are going & put them in a folder
~ Have stamps & pens on hand – we are going to buy some cheesy tourist postcards from the gift shops & mail them to relatives (especially funny since they all live here too!)
Here are some fun staycation ideas for the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
