I recently purchased My Very First Art Book by Usborne Publishers, along with 365 Things to Draw and Paint by Fionna Watt.  The art projects in both books are the kind of open ended projects that I love to have the kidlets working on, and they are presented in an…

The name of that southern state, with its collection of i’s and double s’s and double p’s, is such a great spelling milestone.  Who hasn’t learned to spell it before really understanding how spelling works?  The sound of those double letters is so mesmerizing. Earlier this week Mr. SP came…