17 Tuesday Aug 2021
Posted in Portfolio
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branding, creativeservices, graphicdesign, letterhead, marketing, mycreativebiz, stationerydesign
Letterhead and envelope design for @pattigreenhealthyliving and her new project Farm to Fork. I’ve been been working with her on all the fun things for this and it’s been awesome. Such a great offering for kids and their families and I totally support fresh food and nutrition so I’m happy to be a part of this 
13 Friday Aug 2021
Posted in Homeschool/Nature Study
Elliot and I had more botany fun this week with a ton of cool lessons. People we learned about were Carl Linnaeus and Agnes Arber, along with the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, greenhouses and herbs. We also looked at some nice art, played games, had an awesome music lesson about crescendos, and read about some cool plants. And of course we fit in some fun math lessons, stories, phonics/sight words, and introduced synonyms.
We are finishing up the last few units of the botany theme and prepping for all the fun things for September. Elliot will be starting a new co-op mid month and at home we will dive into the @harborandsprout visual arts curriculum, as well as the farm guide from the @thepeacefulpress. And lots of fun nature studies in between as we follow along enwc with @raisinglittleshoots. I am so excited for autumn
Open books:
13 Friday Aug 2021
Posted in Homeschool/Nature Study
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enwcnighttimeskyweek, harborandsprout, homeschool, learningathome, nature, naturestudy, plantstudy
This week we started the new @harborandsprout curriculum and love it! The theme for this month is botany so for the rest of August we will explore all things plants, as well as continue with the @raisinglittleshoots nature curriculum. I also follow @discoverwildlearning for our math lessons. We covered a ton this week!
Parts of a plant, plant cells, what plants need to live, seeds, pollination, sight words, poetry, math, art studies, the 5 senses, and patterns. We also had a music study, looked at some beautiful artwork, and played a few rounds of nature & letter bingo. Each week the fun and learning continues.
Open books:
12 Thursday Aug 2021
Posted in life
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I’ve always loved books and reading and have collected quite a few over the years despite moving a ton of times. Yep, those heavy boxes came with me. Mostly art books but a mix of others as well. (I have always wanted to work in a library or book store) So it’s no surprise we would have a large growing library for Elliot. Where do you keep your books around the house?
We have them everywhere but a few main areas store most. Elliot’s room has two bookshelves, the tall one is mostly filled with various stories and the other has a mix of books and toys. There they are grouped by winter/Christmas, little golden books, and board books he doesn’t want to part with yet. Then we have the two shelves in the playroom (which is where we also do lessons) that have our study books. I also keep some in the studio for him. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
I also utilize the resources at the library and come out with a bag full or more each week and usually check out the thrift section for new ones. You can’t beat paying 10 cents for a book! We love our local library 
I always say you can’t have enough books. And I am honored to share the love I have for stories, learning, and reading with Elliot. It’s something that will enrich his life for years to come.
The Design Inspirationalist 