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?
Those first few months of being home with my baby were weird; Science fiction weird,”Woman wakes up in uninhabited suburbia weird.” Who was I? What was I doing but holding a disconsolate child; I was certainly not getting any dishes Continue reading Colic and Kant: That Chapter in Nancy Piercy’s book
I just noticed that there are 699 posts in this blog, as I was logging into Homeschoolblogger. Wish I had something really profound to write about besides, wow, it feels like I started this thing yesterday, but getting organized will Continue reading Post 700 – How Time Flies
Ayn Rand, Libertarianism in general, and what ideas were in the Little House books? Nietzsche (can’t even spell his name without Googling it, not that that means a lot coming from me) Marx I still haven’t finished reading the Koran Continue reading People and Ideas I need to Research…cause I just don’t know much about them
How tricky this is varies from household to household – and if you still have toddlers in the house, and if your family is two incomes – one and a half incomes, what sort of homeschool you run, if you Continue reading How DO you get exercise?
SeventhHeaven tagged me, I hope I’m doing this right 1 My son is even now stalking me with a foam missile launcher, because I haven’t come to play Carcasonne yet. 2 I’m getting up the courage to read more heavy Continue reading 35 things about me – because I’ve been tagged
“Momma, I terrify!” she announced cheerily. “You are scared?” I asked. “No Momma, I wantifly.” Hmmm, she’d just been watching Peter Pan, Disney version…”You want to fly?” I asked. “Yes Momma, I want to fly!” she said. Then she jumped Continue reading Translating K
We are reviewing how to form numerals this week – next week we refresh cursive lower case letters, that takes longer. I got out our 10 sided die and the review sheet of numerals, and told M to write whichever Continue reading Temporary Cheerfulness about Handwriting Practice and organization strategies
1 Ask Momma, “Momma, I color?” 2 Dump crayons on table. 3 Ignore crayons. 4 Ask Momma, “Momma, I cut?” 5 Smile broadly when Momma hands you your brother’s special pair of fiskars, because she hasn’t bought you your own Continue reading K’s Collage Workflow
When I was carrying B, DH and I were living in Zion IL, and commuting respectively to Buffalo Grove and Grey’s Lake for work. We had one car, and were trying to get a few classes in at Trinity Seminary Continue reading The Lady with the Umbrella
It’s still raining, K is still sick, M is congested, but the pink eye has cleared up, making me think it was a temporary irritation, not a call Dr Mayer thing. The indoor life is beginning to wear thin. K Continue reading So, how is the pattern coming?
We declared school done a week ago. Last week I planned the big picture for the first 6th of everything, make a weekly calender book to write plans in, printed maps and worksheets to interleave…studied up on the Illustrated Wordless Continue reading Summer Vacation – this week.
I love this board, the lay out, the well designed tin box (that things actually fit in when you are done playing), the way it helped M get more comfortable with counting, and that my neighbors bought it for my Continue reading Why the Darling, Retro Shoots and Ladders game is going to the Salvation Army or at least camping out in the back hall closet for now