Like many families with young children, we have a plethora of standard pancake recipes: apple pancakes, banana-chocolate chip pancakes, coconut pancakes, blueberry pancakes, etc. One of our favourite is a simple Fluffy Pancakes recipes, adapted from allrecipes. Fluffy Pancakes 3/4 c. milk (we use almond) 2 Tbsp white vinegar 1 3/4 c unbleached (white) flour [...]
Over the past few weeks, the boys and I have been popping into Michael’s with our 40% off coupon whenever we’ve been running errands nearby, to pick up some good, non-drying, modelling clay. Daegan has been busy creating dinosaurs (no surprise there!). Here’s a few of his creations. I am finding it interesting that his [...]
Here’s some of the books we’ve been enjoying over this Christmas/Hanukkah/Solstice season. Hover the mouse of the book image for title and author details. Olive, the Other Reindeer is a cute story (also available in DVD) of a dog named Olive who mishears the lyrics to ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’: All of the other reindeer…was [...]
Welcome to my new blog, Educating Risa. This blog will be focused on homeschooling and family life—you can expect book reviews, art projects, recipes, suggestions for DVDs and movies, and more. And lots of pics! I will be blogging Monday to Friday, with breaks on weekends and holidays. Hope you find it useful for sparking [...]