We had another great meeting at the library! We celebrated August holidays – Ice Cream Day, Lemonade Day, Root Beer Float Day, Waffle Day, Creamsicle Day, and Chocolate Chip Day – are you hungry yet? Plus Sand Castle Day, Inventors…
The weather was perfect for the 1860s-style county fair at Mahaffie! The kids enjoyed voting for their favorite farm animal (including some very happy pigs and friendly horses), riding the stagecoach, exploring the new barn, learning how to scrub laundry…
The beautiful weather we were lucky to have last week held for our tour on Friday of the Anita B. Gorman Discovery Center and the sculpture garden at the Nelson-Atkins Museum. We started our tour at the Discovery Center. The…
Our July meeting was a celebration of summer and we enjoyed lots of free building time. July has all kinds of fun holidays – 4th of July, Circus Celebration Day for P. T. Barnum’s birthday, International Joke Day, Moon Day,…
Friday’s performance of “Cinderella” by Theatre for Young America was full of laughs! Though the actress playing Cinderella was a lovely performer, it was the stepsisters played by Mike Ott and Eric Johansen who stole the show! From the costumes…
This month JoCo Homeschool Lego Club celebrated one year of building fun. Thanks to all who have attended meetings and shared their creations with us! June is Outdoors Month, and contains Father’s Day, Flag Day, Juggling Day, the first day…
On Friday, May 9th, we attended a wonderful art workshop on “Mythical Creatures” at the Nelson-Atkins Museum. The kids observed dragons in both medieval European culture and Chinese culture, as well as Hindu gods to get an idea of the…
We had a great time at the May 7th performance of “The Dinosaur Show” by Paul Mesner Puppets! From the tongue-in-cheek jokes to the puppetry pratfalls, the show was a hit with kids and adults alike. The insects learning…
To start off Lego Club this month, the kids showed off their own creations they brought from home. There were some awesome creations! After that, the kids grabbed their mini-build kits and started in on their May themed builds. Besides…
The performance of School House Rock Live! was great! From the beginning, the performance was fun and engaging. Even children who were not familiar with the songs enjoyed the singing and dancing. All the old favorites were included – Verb,…
