Constructive Playthings provided the architectural unit blocks you see below, to facilitate this review. However, all opinions expressed here are entirely my own (and those of my children). We love the Constructive Playthings catalog/website. It’s an entire catalog devoted to (duh) constructive playthings. In other words, almost everything in the catalog is something we would […]
Is Your Curriculum Efficient?
You’ve probably noticed that I’ve been scarce around here over the past week. That’s because I’ve been busy planning our schoolwork for the year. (Note to self: Next year, schedule posts for school-planning week in advance.) We use unit studies for the bulk of our curriculum (that’s why the planning takes a big chunk of […]
Golden Ratio Gauge
The girls and I have been enjoying studying the Fibonacci sequence and the Golden Ratio. Yesterday, we made a golden ratio gauge using the instructions found here. I had a little bit of trouble following parts of the instructions. They required a slow, careful reading! The trickiest part, though, was the actual assembly. There aren’t […]