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?
B is beginning to really “get,” organisation. Which in some ways is more important than the subject matter we’re organising. Last night he listed the things coming up this week, and asked for a re-set day, which, as you will Continue reading Reset Day
Yes, scrapbooked objects can get too busy and gaudy. But sometimes, the question is not, “Is this tasteful?” but, “Can I find it in a crowded room?” So, with that caveat, here is my pretty picture: Last Spring, with my Continue reading {pfhr} The Co-op Clipboard
Sometimes my kids learn things because I planned a careful lesson, taught it regularly and they made predictable progress. But most of the time, nothing happens for a long time, then BAM. When they are ready, they get obsessed, and Continue reading {pfhr} Bikes and Wheel
Beowulf has been a hit. We’ve drawn dragons (mine) (M’s) K asked Daddy to draw her a pet monster, named Tinky, They’ve decorated Saxon axes and K is wearing a dragon broach today. It’s hard to hold still when you Continue reading Educational Monsters.
So how does the teenager get to stretch his legs, the 3rd grader get to walk with his admired older brother and the 3 year old get to play and hold a hand when the woods in broad daylight get Continue reading Walk at Oak Knoll
Thursday afternoon I looked at our calendar, and noticed that Friday said “Do something.” I asked Dan when he got home if that meant he had off from work. After he walked back to work, it turned out that he Continue reading Surprise Sturbrige Visit
And they were still alive at supper, so I did it. We took recess at Capron Park today too. The kids were more interested in playing under the weeping fig tree than in the sunny playground. (do all fig trees Continue reading My Job is to Keep the Children from Melting
DH spent most of his boyhood vacations on the Bruce Peninsula, so whenever we have a high pressure, sunny, warm but not too hot day, he wants to do something adventurous if at all possible. After lunch on Sunday, we Continue reading A Canada Day
This morning we took a lesson at Simon Says in Rehoboth. I only got lost twice on the way. If more than half of the roads had a label, it might have been more. K was not at all sure Continue reading {pretty, funny, happy, real}
B is always ready to unicycle, even if he is visiting a swamp. Playing in the new play space off the trail. Their shoes have not dried yet.
B just gave me his weekly recitation – what concepts he studied in pre-algebra, his art project, a summary of the history he read, the story he wrote, his grammar exercises. When we had the cards for his pocket chart, Continue reading Checklist – the way to go for us … for now
It took me a little longer to clean K up than I thought it would, so when I returned to the porch for school, my boys had turned into gargoyles. The nice thing about having your children turned into stone, Continue reading Gargoyles