On Friday, July 10, we attended a hilarious performance of Jon Scieszka’s book detailing the “true story” of how the Big Bad Wolf was not so bad after all…or was he? The performance opened with a short retelling of the…
image courtesy of Theatre for Young America On June 17 we attended a performance of Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Princess and the Pea” at Theatre for Young America in Union Station. The script expanded this wonderful short story into a…
On Wednesday we went to Powell Gardens for their Toadily Tadpoles nature class, followed by a self-guided tour of the gardens. The class began in the education center, where our nature guide, Stephanie, introduced the kids to various types of…
Today was our last Game Club meeting until fall. Though we took a bag of games, the older kids spent most of their time building and fine-tuning a Marble Run kit. The younger kids had fun working with Play Doh…
On Thursday we attended a performance of “If You Give a Cat a Cupcake” at Theatre for Young America in Union Station. This is the second stage adaptation at TYA of the popular Laura Numeroff book series, and was so…
Today we attended a performance of “The Cat in the Hat” at Coterie Theatre. This adaptation was fun to watch and true to the spirit of the book. The kids especially enjoyed all the audience involvement, from a discussion of…
This Monday was Game Club, and we played a variety of board and card games, as well as dominoes and Jenga. Here is the list of the new games we brought: Zeus on the Loose – A mixture of math…
Last Thursday we attended a performance of “The Three Bears” by Paul Mesner Puppets. This updated version of the story mixed puppetry with hilarious video, a dash of history, a few lessons on bears and a whole lot of jokes.…
On Tuesday we went to the Homeschool Day at Exchange City and EarthWorks. Exchange City is a miniature city complete with 14 shops/businesses that the kids run on their own – city government, public works, the bank, a cafe, a…
All images courtesy of American Museum of Natural History. On Monday we visited Prairie Fire Museum for the new Dinosaurs exhibit. We began our tour in the Discovery Room, which is a huge favorite with the kids. The kids enjoyed…
