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  • Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella: Field Trip

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    A dear friend treated my family to an evening at the theater. I can not say enough nice things about Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Cinderella”. We all loved it!  Granted, there are very few musicals I don’t love. The first musical I ever saw was “Oklahoma”. I definitely have a soft spot for Richard Rodgers and…

  • Bernoulli

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    If you have taken a flight you have a scientist named Bernoulli to thank.  When you realize all the things Bernoulli did it’s kind of crazy he isn’t a household name. Besides the principle that led to flight he also made strides in medicine. He experimented with blood pressure. He was a mathematical genius and…

  • Field Trip:NOAA

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    A great mom in one of the home school groups I belong  put together this fantastic field trip to the National Weather Service today in Miami. It was particularly timely considering we just dodged a category 4 storm “Hurricane Matthew”.  In thematic form we had terrible weather driving down to Miami but miraculously managed to…

  • Field Trip: Stranahan House Ghost Tour

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    This time of the year many historical sights offer “ghost tours.” The Stranahan House in Fort Lauderdale has teamed up with the water taxi and offers a hauntingly historical ghost tour. What I liked about this tour was that it kept to the history, was spooky not scary, and included an evening boat ride. It…

  • Artist Study: Gustave Klimt

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    This summer my children fell in love with the movie “Woman In Gold”. It is the true story of Maria Altmann’s quest to recover a  Klimt painting taken from her family during the holocaust. The movie is truly excellent. I would not recommend it for young children. Part of the movie is set in Vienna…

  • “Slow and Steady Get Me Ready”

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    If you have very young children “Slow and Steady Get Me Ready” is a great resource. It has activities for your child planned for everyday from birth to age 5. It’s pretty incredible when you think about how many days that is. I really loved this book when my children were little. It has wonderful…

  • Field Trip: Stranahan House

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    Today we had to scurry to finish our school work because we had a field trip in the afternoon. We visited the Historic Stranahan House in our home town of Fort Lauderdale. I thought everyone in our family had been there. My daughter informed me that everyone had been except for her. I was more…

  • Our First Day Back 2016

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    The end of summer is always bittersweet for me. On one hand I’m sad to see summer go. This summer seemed to go by faster than usual too. On the other hand the start of a new school year is always so loaded with potential. I am really excited about what I have planned for…