Growing too fast? Last weekend, Miss I suddenly asked her dad, as I was putting the little one to bed, if she had hairy legs. My husband was a bit dumbfounded by the question, so he asked her to explain where she had heard that. She said that last week,… Continue reading
Last Sunday I finally had the chance to go see Tomm Moore’s Song of the Sea, the Irish hand-drawn animation who was nominated for the 2015 Academy Awards for Best Animated film. Tomm Moore is also known as the director of The Secret of Kells , an animated film about… Continue reading
What is a Storyboard? This past Movie Class, I told the kids they were ready for the next step: storyboarding. Once they had their scripts finished with action and dialogue, we moved on to the visualizing of the film, and working out the details of their stories. In order to… Continue reading
This week in movie class, I only had two kids, because our third guy was sick. After last week’s class on Writing Action, JS and Miss I brought their scripts, now with actions included. As I knew I was only going to have two kids, I decided to do something… Continue reading
What is Writing Action? Last week, on our Movie Class, we read the kids first approach to their stories. Their stories had a lot of the elements we had talked about before, such as a conflict, a somewhat clear story, and a beginning, middle and end. However, almost none of… Continue reading
After our last class, our little filmmakers came ready with their first drafts of their scripts, ready for a table read. Miss I’s was actually a rewrite, as she made some changes after the suggestions given to her last week. So today we have the kids reading scripts they’ve been… Continue reading
What would a Frozen party be without Olaf? Here’s an idea on how to do a Cheese Olaf as appetizer. I think it turned out really cute, and it was very yummy too! As we used baby carrots to eat it, it was also a healthy treat for both children… Continue reading
My 6 year-old has been in love with all things Egyptian for several years now. I previously wrote how her love for history and the Egyptians helped me steer her away from Disney Princesses and onto new interests. A few weeks back I found National Geographic’s Treasury of Egyptian Mythology,… Continue reading
Last year, we took Fancy Nancy’s It’s Beauty Day out of the library. It was a perfect match, as my daughter is the girliest girly girl AND she loves Fancy Nancy too. The story is about Fancy Nancy preparing a Spa Day for her and her Mom, to get her… Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago, the Influenza A epidemic going on in SoCal got us… at least, it got my eldest daughter — and fortunately no one else! And believe me, it wasn’t easy, as you’ll now see. From one second to the next, Little Miss I started feeling achy… Continue reading
