Over the weekend….. 6 year old: Independent Reading: The Unwilling Umpire by Ron Roy (A-Z mystery) Geronimo Stilton The Wild Wild West The Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip by Cole The Magic School Bus Chapter Book: Amazing Magnetism Reading Together: Inside Your Outside: All about the human body by Rabe (cat … [Read more…]
The kids learned so much in one day, and we only saw half the exhibits! The great thing is that they have special home schooler days, so we look forward to a more ‘closed’ center with fewer people! They still had a great time, music, hands on stuff, slides, water fun, bubbles, and much, much … [Read more…]
As a surprise we took the kids to a local visitor’s center, to see an eagle. I intend for them to study birds later on, but this was too good to pass up now, and we can always refer back to pictures if they ‘forget’ before then. Eagles tend to congregate at the conjunction of … [Read more…]
The kids have been learning about the human body as their second unit of study. When the first lines of the first book I read to them had to do with Robert Wadlow, I knew we had to finally visit the memorial. As luck would have it, one day we just happened to be driving … [Read more…]
I don’t have any awesome pictures this week, we did a lot more reading and other activities, not much to actually capture. The kids spent most of the weekend outside. We have had unseasonably warm weather this week (unlike last week, which was unseasonably cold, go figure.) Either way, they’ve enjoyed their freedom in … [Read more…]
Falling down on your resolutions already? Want a goal that makes you feel good? Make an easy pledge this year: Read more! It’s fun, it’s educational, portable, comes in an e-version if so desired, practically everyone can do it, and even if that means you are reading TO someone else, get the whole family … [Read more…]
A former schoolmate of mine shared this link on facebook… take a minute and read it… http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/fashion/modern-love-to-fall-in-love-with-anyone-do-this.html It reminds me of late night chats in college, where your friendships deepen and become life long bonds. It reminds me, too, of long nights talking with my husband pre-wedding, when we had nothing but time … [Read more…]
I take Friday as a day to try and catch up with things, but the kids still learn, anyway…. The cards that the kids made last week, they put in the mailbox on Friday, the day our (grown-up) friend was meant to have surgery, which was later postponed, but we received a thank … [Read more…]
In a way you could say we’ve always home schooled our kids. From birth we teach them how to eat, sleep, walk, talk, run, jump, play, and then the real fun begins. You realize that all along they’ve been teaching themselves. When we put our oldest in Kindergarten, we had become convinced that it was … [Read more…]
Linking to the WWU. To find out more click HERE. This weekend we all packed into the vehicle and took in the recycling to a neighboring town. We had 3 large containers of it (and recycle as much if not more than we send to the landfill each week.) After that we took the kids … [Read more…]