I don’t know about you but I love buttons. No, it’s not some weird fetish. It’s just a warm memory of my Grandma. She had humongous jar of buttons. Actually it probably wasn’t that big but everything seems bigger when your a kid. I used to love to look at the buttons when I visited her. I would pour then out and sort them. You can do a lot with buttons. There are different shapes, sizes , colors and textures.
I now have have my own button collection although not as …

We use a great curricula by Pandia Press called “History Odyssey”. This year we are studying the middle ages. One of the books we use is called “Days of Knights and Damsels” . It has all kinds of projects to go with our lessons.
We used plastic milk cartons to make armor and helmets. We also made some falcons for hunting. The kids really enjoy history especially the projects.