Sharing with you our Leonardo da Vinco art projects. Took us a while to finish this unit as we have tons of Leonardo works to explore. Below, Vito offered to paint my portrait the Mona Lisa style.
Art History - Medieval Art
Saturday, May 29, 2021
For Medieval Art, we made illuminated manuscript. This art project was inspired by the Book of Kells (Ireland), a famous artefact on display in Dublin. Book of Kells is an illuminated manuscript Gospel book in Latin created around 800AD.
Beautiful Children's Biography Books
Saturday, May 22, 2021
I lately discovered a beautiful biography picture book series that captured the interest of my 7 years old. This is by far our favourite, the GENIUS series by Isabel Munoz. I am not a big fan of the Little People (too short and less info for my kids’ taste) so I continued looking for kid-friendly bio books and I came across this series.
The Best History Books for Early Childhood
Thursday, October 1, 2020
If you are looking for child-friendly books in introducing history to little children, I highly recommend this Usborne Beginner's History book set. I bought this entire box set recently and it contains 10 books and it is absolutely worth it!

Learning About the Philippines
Monday, June 8, 2020
Philippines is celebrating its Independence Day this week and in line with it, I'm publishing our Philippine Country Study Learning Pack. We worked on this last year before we went home for a vacation but I didn't get to post this in the blog. Just like in any of our country study packs, this set contains tons of reading and writing materials and extension activities for children eager to learn and explore the Philippines. In this learning material, the child will learn about the geography, flag, symbols, and icons of the Philippines, famous foods, and its culture and traditions.
Learning about the History of Telephones for Kids
Monday, February 24, 2020
World History: Ancient Times Learning Materials
Friday, May 24, 2019

The Nativity and Story Cards
Saturday, December 9, 2017
The Safari Ltd Ancient Rome
Wednesday, July 5, 2017
Anyway, we’ve been busy using these figures for weeks now. Here are some of the ways we’ve been using them.
Ancient Egypt Learning Materials for Kids
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
This holy week, Mavi decided to revisit ancient Egypt after rereading the story of Ten Commandments. We dug up our Egypt Picture Book materials so he can work on some readings and do some activities to go along with it. In this post, I will share the contents of our Egypt Picture Book learning pack which you might want to try. It contains: reading materials, activity pages, picture cards and outline cards for coloring.
Introducing the North American History
Thursday, November 10, 2016
So in this post, I’m sharing how we worked on understanding the history of North America through famous landmarks, figures and playsets that depict the life of the early people of North America.

How to Study The Story of the Universe and The Origin of Life
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Small World Play: Ancient China
Friday, February 5, 2016

Tried and Tested: Playmobil Native American Superset
Monday, December 21, 2015
I was able to get some really great deals during the Black Friday sale. One of which is the Playmobil Superset Native American Camp. As I mentioned earlier this month, Playmobil is one of the open-ended toys that we love and consider “educational” due to its historical figures and sets. This Playmobil set will be perfect for our American history study next year.
History Timeline Cards: Ancient Times
Monday, November 30, 2015

Up in the Shop is our World History: Ancient Times Timeline Cards and Booklet. The file includes the following:
- 40 timeline cards of the ancient times (occurred between the period of 5000BC to 500BC). The timeline cards has
- 40 definition cards for each timeline card
- 3 pages of timeline sheets that can be connected to form as a guide. The pages are in A4 paper size.
Hope you like it, enjoy!
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Learning the Timeline of European History
Monday, November 16, 2015

Learning History of Ancient Europe for Kids
Sunday, November 8, 2015
I wanted to share with you how we study world history at home. Aside from our previous lessons of Ancient Egypt, Mavi wanted to learn about the history of Europe. So this is where we are focusing as of the moment. These cards are included in my Europe in a Nutshell learning material.

Fossils for Kids
Tuesday, April 21, 2015



- Eurypterid. A sea scorpion called Mixopterus was discovered in Norway. They ranged from 5 inches to over 7 feet long.
- Fossilized Fish. This is a Diplomystus specimen, typical of a surface feeding fish. The Green River limestone deposits in Wyoming, USA have beautifully preserved all the fine details of these fossils.
- Tyrannosaurus Rex Tooth. This tooth was found in Montana, USA. The T-Rex, one of the greatest predator possess the largest single teeth of any dinosaur. They used these double edge, serrated blades to slice off huge pieces of flesh.
- Dinosaur Foot. The discoveries of dinosaur tracks and footprints are grouped into similar types and they are given generic names. Anchisauripus prints were from a small plant-eater found in the state of Connecticut, USA.
- Ammonite. This is an ancient mollusc with a spiral shell. These marine animals existed for more than 135 million years. This species is known as Peltoceratoides and was discovered in Russia.
- Giant Crabs. Did you know that crabs evolved from lobsters during the Jurassic Period? This original specimens from Washington state, USA are among the finest preserved crab fossils having been buried in sand, soon after their deaths.
- Trilobite. They are one of the most important groups of early animals and their unusual appearance and age, make them appealing to fossil collectors worldwide. They first appeared in the early Cambrian period and become extinct in the Permian, 320 million years ago.
- Fossilized Frog. This fossilized species of frog is fully articulated and possibly the ancestor of the modern spade foot toad. This was collected in Wyoming, USA.

- Oatmeal
- Random magnifier glass
- Paint brush

Book Review: Grandfather’s Journey
Thursday, March 19, 2015
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From Amazon: “Lyrical, breathtaking, splendid—words used to describe Allen Say’s Grandfather’s Journey when it was first published. At once deeply personal yet expressing universally held emotions, this tale of one man’s love for two countries and his constant desire to be in both places captured readers’ attention and hearts. Winner of the 1994 Caldecott Medal, it remains as historically relevant and emotionally engaging as ever.”
I was forced to read this book because this is the first book in the FIAR list that’s in our possession. Forced in a sense that, it doesn’t look interesting at all. The cover is lousy, with dull colours and doesn’t look like a children’s book at all.
But oh boy, I was wrong. It is true indeed that you should not judge the book by its cover. Once Mavi opened the book and started reading, we were glued! The story is so simple, yet it touched our hearts. Mavi and I immediately fell in love with story as we see ourselves in the character. We are expats, and we both love two countries. There’s depth and emotions in the story. After reading this book, we were so overwhelmed with emotions that we began missing the Philippines.
A very good book for kids. The book has large pictures with easy to read texts. I love the simplicity of it and how easily a child can read this. Now I understand why it received a Caldecott Medal :)
This book can also be purchased at Book Depository (free shipping!). Seen in the picture: Japan flag using LEGO, transport counters from Learning Resources and a bird origami.
Now listen to my 6 years old son, narrating the story:
A Continent Study of AFRICA for Kids
Monday, February 16, 2015
