My musings on our homeschool, coop, figuring out what my educational philosophy is anyway, and will I ever make curtains for the rest of the appartment?
K tried to persuade me at breakfast that she was dead, by answering every question with “I dead Momma.” We just read about the crucifiction this week in her Beginner’s Bible (I read on to the resurrection that night, I’m Continue reading Random Ambitions
Instructional Scope and Sequence for B: Bible B will be assigned portions of both the Old and New Testaments to read. Art B will work through several lessons from Feed My Sheep by Barry Stebbing. He may also take an Continue reading Scope and Sequence for B and M – if you are interested
M really came into his own with lots of cousins to play with. His favorite game was “War” on the lawn, with improvised weaponry, but the boys closest in his age were great favorites for other things too Some days Continue reading Cousins at the family reunion in Canada
“We homeschool; so we are flexible.” I say that when I want a doctor’s appointment quickly; when people wonder why B is doing his PE at the park, “during school hours,” when we are “still,” doing kitchen table school in Continue reading Not Mainstream, but feeling Eddies anyway
K wants to ‘help’ of course. B is quite good at knowing when his syrup is almost to hard crack stage – but he still wants a candy thermometer for his birthday.
Last week I buckled down to the kitchen table. I got an hour of school in with M, then one with B, each day. I didn’t update the blog while they did chores, look to see if anyone had downloaded Continue reading Annalysing the Annalysis week – B’s surprising take
B’s Summer Band is playing a medley of Celtic songs. To help him learn the music, I searched for performances on U-Tube. (It’s just so much easier to learn sheet music if you’ve heard the tune before!) Our favorite version Continue reading Orthodox Celts