Ashar’s poster about famous Wild West cowboys
After reading the Indian in the Cupboard book series, Ashar developed a passion for researching cowboys and Indians – and made a poster showing some of her favorites!
arts and crafts
Are these the droids you’re looking for? Ashar’s Androidify creations
Ashar’s had a great time creating figures with the Androidify app for her smartphone.
How my 12-year-old daughter encourages our whole family to be positive and grateful
Our new fridge poster encourages the whole family to remember what we’re grateful for – and it was created by our 12-year-old daughter, Sarah!
Painting on pumpkins: Meet Spooky and Lightning
Check out some of our home-grown, freshly painted fall pumpkins!
Art is personal: Painting with drumsticks, and winning (or not winning) awards
Our family’s trip to a local art festival, where Ashar entered some of her work, showed us how personal art can be – and introduced us to a “drum painter!”
Our scrapbook: Mom-and-daughter calligraphy projects
Awesome art project: Pen-and-ink calligraphy. Here’s a look at our mother and daughter creations, including a version of the Constitution (sort of).
How to make a lion-style paper fortune-teller, courtesy of Ashar and Google Translate
A Pinterest find in another language didn’t stop Ashar, who’s a whiz at Google Translate. She made the lion fortune-teller anyway!
Computers, robots, geese, sports and Squinkies: Snippets from unschooling this week
Here’s a look at some of the snippets of unschooling and learning in our family during the week of May 6, 2012.
Our scrapbook: The one where we made the pyramids, a cake and our own bowling alley
Ashar built a pyramid and made a cake. What did YOUR kids do today?
Our scrapbook: Fun and learning this week
We spent a lot of time outside, doing cool stuff, in April 2012. Here are some photos of our fun.