by Melissa Droegemueller | Nov 4, 2017 | Fall Activities
Growing up in Texas, cooler weather and changing leaves usually arrived at the same time as Christmas. Now that we have moved to the Midwest, our girls get to experience a TRUE fall: harvest, apple-picking, pumpkin patches, and jumping in HUGE piles of leaves in the...
by Melissa Droegemueller | Oct 28, 2017 | Fall Activities, Great Books
Cooler temperatures are arriving all across the country! (If you’re still suffering from “fall heat” in Texas or California, I sympathize.) It won’t be long before we’ll all curled up on couches under cozy blankets, and if you’re...
by Melissa Droegemueller | Oct 14, 2017 | Fall Activities, Great Books
October is a wonderful time to curl up on the couch and read the best pumpkin books with your children! Before we kick off any unit of study, I always like to begin with a big stack of picture books. I place them all in a basket in the living room, near the couch. The...
by Melissa Droegemueller | Oct 3, 2017 | Fall Activities, FREE Learning Activities
October has arrived, and so have the pumpkins! When we went apple-picking, the farm was full of families heading to the pumpkin patch. We’re also seeing grocery stores, farm stands, and home improvement warehouses setting up their fall displays. Meanwhile, in...
by Melissa Droegemueller | Sep 29, 2017 | Fall Activities
Fall is officially here! Pumpkins are everywhere, which is the perfect opportunity to learn about the life cycle of plants with your little ones. I want to share some of our favorite FREE (or almost-free) pumpkin activity ideas with all of you today. I’d love to...
by Melissa Droegemueller | Sep 8, 2017 | Fall Activities
When the calendar switches to September, I immediately begin planning our fall family outings: apple-picking, visiting the pumpkin patch, hiking local nature trails, driving to see the changing leaves, and more! One of my intentions here at Rolling Prairie Readers is...
