August is here. Small footprint living,

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School supplies, if you need any.
Made in the USA
Looking for at home schooling or back to school items to fill your pencil case?
Look for products made in the USA

General’s Pencils
https://youtu.be/qrgPTLErM5s

Crayon d’ache, masse from recycled Nespresso Pod containers.

Ticonderoga, These pencils were Made in Ticonderoga, New York for many years, sadly their production has been "offshored" to China.

 off·shore| ËŒÃ´fˈSHôr, ËŒÃ¤fˈSHôr | adjective 1 situated at sea some distance from the shore: this huge stretch of coastline is dominated by offshore barrier islands. • (of a wind) blowing toward the sea from the land: offshore winds. • relating to the business of extracting oil or gas from the seabed: a safety regime for the offshore industry. 2 made, situated, or registered abroad, especially in order to take advantage of lower taxes or costs or less stringent regulation: deposits in offshore accounts. • of or derived from a foreign country: offshore politics. adverb 1 at sea some distance from the shore: we dropped anchor offshore. • toward the sea from the land: weather forecasters say the cyclone should move offshore. • in the business of extracting oil or gas from the seabed: the trainees will eventually work offshore. 2 in a foreign country, especially in order to take advantage of lower taxes or costs or less stringent regulation: big businesses in most cases pay little or no tax if they are registered offshore. verb [with object] relocate (a business or department) to a foreign country to take advantage of lower taxes or costs: firms had offshored some activities by early 2004.


Earlier posts. 
Historic, yet racism seems to be coming to a historic place of learning and being left as we move into a future of learning and leaving the past behind
This article speaks to the removal of the Roosevelt statue in Ny at the Natural History museum and really explains the reasons for moving int the future. 
It is very well thought out and written.
Removing the statue is not about “canceling” Roosevelt’s legacy, as The Wall Street Journal argues, but, rather, an effort to honor it. “The world does not need statues, relics of another age, that reflect neither the values of the person they intend to honor nor the values of equality and justice,” wrote Teddy’s great-grandson, Theodore Roosevelt IV, in a statement supporting the removal. “The composition of the Equestrian Statue does not reflect Theodore Roosevelt’s legacy. It is time to move the statue and move forward.”

 This happened July 3, but I wasn't near wifi so I have yet to see its. I have heard it is good from people who saw it on Broadway. 


Lots of information to found here. So many activities and alternatives t screen time. 
Don’t bug out, but …. This activity will give kids some much-needed exercise (and you a much-needed break), plus help them use math and observation skills. With just a Hula-Hoop, some string, or a box, children can take a bug count in their yards, just like entomologists do.

Also check put this Story of a girl, Maria Merian's Art, changed Science.

 I will add the photos when back to wifi, or you can look up on Google images. 

The Girl Who Drew Butterflies. 
She lived in the 1600's in Frankfurt Germany. 
The History lesson here is amazing.
A young girl, fascinated by, 
et·y·mol·o·gy| ËŒedəˈmälÉ™jÄ“ | noun (plural etymologies) the study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history: the decline of etymology as a linguistic discipline. • the origin of a word and the historical development of its meaning: the etymology of the word “devil”. DERIVATIVES etymologist | ËŒedəˈmälÉ™jÉ™st | noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French ethimologie, via Latin from Greek etumologia, from etumologos ‘student of etymology’, from etumon, neuter singular of etumos ‘true’.Maria Merian learns the skill of drawing and etching from her father, then her stepfather. She is the women's version of Darwin, in a time she could have been charged with witchcraft. 1650.She observed and found understanding to the four life cycles of bugs. She shared this understanding with future generations in beautiful drawings, she recorded on her travels. In a time when women were primarily mothers and uneducated for many reasons. The current belief was that bugs originated from "spontaneous generation" a concept Aristotle devised, (384-322 B.C.)Below is a you tube review with many "Um's" but she notes that this book may receive the Newbury Award, 2019. Because of its content, story and The illustrations and history. I am amazed by this book and a whole science, Stem curriculum could be developed on it. 

Nat Geo Family Camp. Summer’s looking a little different this year, and that likely means no camp—or a very limited version of it. That’s why we came up with Nat Geo Family Camp, an eight-part series of activities for parents and kids to have “camp” at home. Check out Week One ideas for doing some ice breakers and creating your family camp logo, then come back Wednesday for activities that will make kids feel like they’re at a “lake.” (Maybe this soft, fluffy “play sand” will help!) You can also join our Facebook event to see what other at-home campers are doing.

Who is Alexander Hamilton? Ahead of Friday's streaming of the play-turned-movie Hamilton, Nat Geo Kids has put together quick facts on the audacious orphan, hard-working immigrant, aide to George Washington, and America's first Treasury Secretary, the person whose face graces the $10 bill. Here's a trailer from the movie.

https://email.nationalgeographic.com/T/v400000172fb5635b0997f556e96189988/a02396e9948049380000021ef3a0bce1/a02396e9-9480-4938-ac29-73f134d7e506?__dU__=v0G4RBKTXg2GtTHJDsy7ii3waBSrIwMXGZJ7x_OARFKFQAIe3mwx22JG_r9Sy1LWLGyMVrrFIdudbYjwKGAKz6iTAgyV5XAM3SbSN-FzJU9XXpFWtSFRxbGw4nHcgLdnvWYAVcbDlQyQtE1-NmUBscmA==&__F__=v0fUYvjHMDjRPMSh3tviDHXIoXcPxvDgUUCCPvXMWoX_3ZTjSAgRZ-jxtcrHDRhu9lBoFKsjAxcZknvH84BEUoVH2DdSRXrI3pu2_O1WVAHJV41RM-g2yFKmuTntmPSvkrRUonVCC1i3cylrkq0ZkjivEdXJeFEd3vrz3KumDvt5gwA0ay43Vsj-YLzpyu0sIXQPhZH8nrq0ENsgfPXzOB0sX9c-pm2G3mRyVDSInCU8YSdezgMmtON9XVnNal9V555V5Vdej-W7iHedOL75ci0wUuaPA1sO81cP6buEdoitn8CjcCi42d-Ns-iHSTuj3O3vDZmmNSUdXU07t3EYkZHo-3awbreRjGlpP23WTJaFfLWztKdCLkt7SJ19tRPm2OJiPUe5gOTv_CG74dD7DC9K2yEmJX7dBjG8XXtgVdPSPilCoBUTgaWjkhCUTGOdaP27Fgz-IPd3ilg1l5OiT1uNuhEXi12nRR_dR0ElydpxcINsXX4xQ6vw==

Also check put this Story of a girl, Maria Merian's Art, changed Science.
The Girl Who Drew Butterflies. 
She lived in the 1600's in Frankfurt Germany. 
The History lesson here is amazing.



From American Quilters

How to make a fishing lure out of an old spoon



This is a really interesting and cool piece of music.
Leroy Anderson
The Typewriter

Tasmania, Australia. Saving the forest



Clouds, Cirrocumulous

Millions Garden Movement, Modern Farmer.

Garden Learning beats distance learning.
You can make a garden in a recycled cup, paper rolls from bath tissue, and have it on your front stoop, fire escape, or in containers or the ground. Sign up and start growing

Thanks for stopping by. 
Eliza

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