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By Shawna, on April 4th, 2013 
Lapbooks, says A Journey Through Learning, are “scrapbooks with an educational twist.” I’ve used lapbooks on and off for years with my younger two, Chris and Chey, and the hands-on, crafty nature of lapbooks make them a favorite learning tool with my kids. The best part? A lapbook enhances the appeal of almost any subject – but when the topic is something cool, like Knights & Castles, or Astronomy & Space, it makes the parent’s job even easier. It takes no effort whatsoever to get my children to work on lapbooks.
Knights . . . → Read More: Review: A Journey Through Learning
By Shawna, on December 20th, 2012 
This site is the ultimate website for survival bracelets and any kind of knot tying that you want to do with paracord. If you have a Boy Scout, or any kid that just likes tying knots… this is it. My kid is addicted to this site, I think.
Fusion Knots
And, this place – Gorilla Paracord - is the best prices we’ve found for purchasing paracord online. Plus, all shipping is free, at least right now. Don’t know if it’s that way all the time. Had a slight color . . . → Read More: Boy Scouts – Survival Bracelets – The Ultimate Site
By Shawna, on December 16th, 2012 If you struggle with keeping track of bookmarks in your household, and you’d like to try an easy, but thinking-outside-the-box project that the kids could 1) make themselves, and 2) hopefully not lose, because 3) they’re not just flat paper, and 4) they’re not paperclips, check out Lynn Viehl’s book loops.
Sometime after the first of the year – after we have money to spend on supplies, that is – we’ll be constructing some of our own, and share the results. If you try making some, let us know what you come up with, . . . → Read More: Bookmarks that last
By Shawna, on September 22nd, 2012 
We finally ordered our sewing machine – it’ll be here Tuesday – and we’re looking forward to lots of new projects to share. (Psst… the one we finally settled on is over there on the right – decided to go with the stuff for quilting “just in case”.
We’ve been looking at Amazon for book suggestions – we’ll borrow from the library first, and if there’s any we like well enough to own, *then* we’ll order it.
Skill-wise, she’s a complete newbie, and I’m nearly so – my last experiences with a sewing machine were 20 years . . . → Read More: Best sewing books for kids?
By Shawna, on September 28th, 2011 Remember that neat custom fabric site I want to try out? Well, Lynn Viehl’s fabric arrived, and wow, did it turn out cool. I’d love to see what the kids’ artwork would look like – sort of like those printed on canvas “paintings”, perhaps?
By Shawna, on September 19th, 2011 
I’ve thought about trying out the ink-jet-print-on-able fabric one of these days, but as the sewing machine is still sitting there glaring at me waiting for me to figure out how to use it, I just don’t have a good excuse to at this point. Sometime soon, though, it’s going to. I have plans for tiered skirts, and now that I understand how gathering works, I’m pretty sure I can figure it out. (Chey is addicted to tier skirts, I want some for myself, and the budget just isn’t going to let me buy store-bought ones. Those things can . . . → Read More: Neat custom fabric site
By Shawna, on March 23rd, 2009 It’s raining! Need some fun ideas to help? . . . → Read More: Seven Rainy Day Savers
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