Arts and crafts for kids are a great way to engage little ones. And whenever I think of an art activity for my little Shaolin, I would either base it on a theme (e.g. Valentines, Chinese New Year) or on his very recent interests. Recently, he's been particularly interested in strings. He would pull the string in my shorts and also the strings attached to one of his toys. I … [Read more...]
Easter Story Stones: A Gift For Your Family
In my recent post about the Resurrection Eggs, I mentioned that we are doing another Lenten activity this year. This time, it was inspired by a post from Equipping Catholic Families. Tweaking the Stepping Stones Through Jesus' Life a bit, I used bigger stones and made it into decoupaged Lenten Story Stones, with one stone representing an event in Jesus' life and ministry. We … [Read more...]
A Morning at the National Museum
As the culminating activity to our week long study of various artists, our little family of three trooped to the Art Gallery of the National Museum. I am ashamed to admit that I have never been to this museum, so I jumped at the chance to finally see it when the Energizer Bunny mentioned that she wanted to learn about artists. We went on a Saturday morning and I was quite … [Read more...]
Resurrection Eggs for A Meaningful Easter Egg Hunt
Part of our being intentional in imparting our family's values and beliefs to our daughter is looking for hands-on activities to make occasions and celebrations more meaningful and real. We have Jesse Tree for Christmas, our annual homeschool group's All Saints' Party, and lots of read-alouds about feasts and saints. For the past two years, we've been using A Sense of the … [Read more...]
Bahay Tsinoy: Museum of Chinese in Filipino Life
Last year, we went to Bahay Tsinoy, a museum in Intramuros about the Chinese in the Philippines. I didn't know about it at all before I got an invitation to their temporary exhibit about the Chinese New Year celebration, which the kids and I were learning about then. The exhibit was full of information about the different elements of the holiday. We did not expect … [Read more...]
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