Last spring, I planned letter D week for my homeschool co-op. I wanted a display that felt special. A worksheet would not do. Then my nephew pressed his muddy hand on the patio and shouted, “Look, a duck!” He was right. I turned that happy accident into this d is for duck handprint craft. Each…
Last fall, my little one came home from a zoo week with orange paint on her elbow and a roar in her throat. “Make a tiger with me!” she begged. So we pressed her hand into orange paint and stamped it down. With the fingers spread wide, it looked like a fluffy tiger ruff. A…
Last week my son handed me a paper hedgehog with googly eyes glued upside down. He grinned like he’d built a house. That’s when it hit me — we were already on H. Seven letters in, and I still didn’t have a system. So I sat down with scissors, construction paper, and a cup of…