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?
A related question that occured to me more often was – how do I supervise the neighborhood kids playing in my courtyard while making dinner? (I think their mothers sent them all to me so they could make dinner). This Continue reading How do I cook, and homeschool?
Welcome to the Carnival of homeschooling. I’ve dug through my blog and photo archive to see what things were typically happening in our family in early December. Over a month since the change, and we were still not used to Continue reading The Carnival of Homeschooling: the Gingerbread Can Cure Poison Hour Edition.
M just stalked in from the courtyard where he’d taken the recycling. “Mom,” he informed me, “Dad threw out the broken vacuum, why didn’t he just buy a new fan blade?” Last night I went to prayer meeting with B, Continue reading Vacuum Math
DH and I have a have a lot of worship habits, mostly in a good way, not a mindless way – we keep a chronological Bible in the tea towel drawer handy for DH to grab and read a proverb Continue reading How do I spend time with God? (and homeschool)
This is the planned in bit of a week to plan the next chunk of homeschool and catch up on appointments and holidays things. So kitchen table work has been cut down to re-hearsing the stuff that must be maintained, Continue reading To Do, to do
I’m not good with the time change, in fact, yesterday the boys were ready for school before I’d showered. “Well,” the evil voice in my head said, “B can read, have him read to M.” They would pick the book Continue reading Smatterings of life around here
OK, what day is today again? If DH was at a business meeting at church last night, then this must be Thursday, yep, the upper right corner of my computer confirms this. So, tomorrow is co-op, I’d better make sure Continue reading Getting organized
Yesterday was bumpy deal. (I got cranky.) I didn’t have the new books I needed where I could find them, and I was unsure of what I was supposed to do in the new curriculum (Living Math). Today should be Continue reading Too many New Things at Once
The boys are easier to get out the door, so B often unicycles down our hill with M running behind. He waits at the corner to cross M. Once K has her shoes on, and I find my watch and Continue reading 11AM at the Park
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
B has long wanted to explore Bernie Zubrowski’s book about clocks. I’ve put it off because it starts out with shadow observations of a pole for several days spread throughout the year. The only pole around here that neither casts Continue reading Summer Solstice
So, did M have fun? And K? The living room is in the former hay loft for the horses that pulled the engines circa 1868 Yes, there were fire-poles, though, the younger guys take the stairs easier on the ankles. Continue reading Fire House Tour Photos