Dewey's Treehouse

All About Spelling is my favourite so far of the review items that we've gotten as in-the-mail products (that is, not websites, e-books...

We have just this week and next week to finish the term's work; then some exams before a holiday break. We're ahead on some things ...

In honour of C.S. Lewis's 101st birthday today, I'm posting some quotes instead of a Sunday hymn. "To ask that God's love...

Z is for Zephaniah 3:17 "The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will r...

This one is easy. I'm thankful for You! And thank You again especially if You were one of the people who nominated or voted for us in...

(I'm thankful that there are only three letters left!) X is for Christ, as in letter Chi, as in Xmas . X is also for a lot more word...

W is for Worthwhile Writing. (Reposted and slightly edited from 2007) I think almost every Ambleside Online user customizes the curriculum t...

V is for Vision.

Besides purely school books? Mama Squirrel made up a reading list last December of 20 Library Books to read in 2009 . In some cases I neve...

U is for Up. As in, time's almost Up to vote in the HSBA awards . Saturday at midnight is it! U is also for The Uncommonly Good Weathe...

Run, run, run and check out these awesome squirrels at That Artist Woman . Toilet paper tubes never looked so good. (Seen at Crafty Crow ....

I've been trying hard to use up some bits and pieces in the cupboard and the fridge, and work with what we had since we didn't do a ...

Squirrelings (and their dad)--of course! Real squirrels Funny squirrels Snowball Sunshine--which we've had all week except for today She...

S is for sprouts: something you can crunch even when the garden is gone. Last week we sprouted some lentils, which we hadn't done for ...

Snowball was my sister Crayons' hamster. Yesterday sadly he died from old age. We will remember him. ~~~Ponytails :(

R is for Recipes. A couple of weeks ago The Apprentice was in our kitchen with one of her friends, and they wanted to bake something. I off...

Q is for "Q." (This is a repost from February 2009.) "Q Rocks."-- Queen Shenaynay , sometime during the last decade ...

P is for today's schooltime Poem: "The Chambered Nautilus," by Oliver Wendell Holmes . "This is the ship of pearl, whi...

Inexpensive, too, if you use the Mad In Crafts version of a bell door decoration .

O is for origami, and there are good kid-friendly patterns at ActivityVillage.co.uk . Mama Squirrel used some of these patterns for a co-o...