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?
I’ve started K on “Run around the clock” and “Glue the Sounds Together” games from Spell to Write and Read. She can glue the sounds into words, but oddly, she doesn’t hear initial consonants, just as she often omits initial Continue reading Progress Notes
The unknown does not scare me so much if I put it on my to-do list. Several members of my family are traveling this way today, and I’m feeding them – at my Mom’s house so they all have room Continue reading Planning to be Flexible
The Jr F.I.R.S.T Lego League in RI has it’s expo at the R.I School of the Future, with several robotic contests and demonstrations at the same time. Our kids get participation medals, the judge’s feed back on their model, their Continue reading M’s Jr F.I.R.S.T. Lego League Expo- a week ago Saturday
Dan had the week off from work. We’d put 6 passes on reserve from the library. But by Friday, we were tired, the laundry was piled up, and no one had bought groceries. So, we stayed home and did chores Continue reading Last Friday…We stayed home.
The New England Aquarium in one of the more pricey day trips, but the library pass whacked $40 off our admission. It’s been the boys’ favorite day trip ever since B’s Jr. F.I.R.S.T. Lego Team came here to research their Continue reading The New England Aquarium last Thursday
We just buy an annual pass plus one – because it’s about the same price for the 5 of us to get in once anyway. Anyone want to go to Old Sturbridge Village with us? As long as we are Continue reading Old Sturbrige Village last Wednesday
We were on vacation last week. I’d claim internet savey caution that I didn’t post about it until now, but really, I was too busy to post about it, so it’s more like fortuitous ditziness. The bridge into Fall River Continue reading Last Monday at Battleship Cove
The guys made their needle finding apparatus Sunday evening. K made one too, but hers was non-functioning as she strung her new hairbrush on a piece of yarn. Dan’s was the most impressive with 4 former hard drive magnets mounted Continue reading They actually found the needle in the lawn (haystacks are made of grass, right?)
Phew! That was fun, what day is it now? Co-op ran smoothly, no more tears in Temari class, just sitting in the living room stitching. The helper ladies stationed themselves near the young students to keep them on track and Continue reading Catching up on the Weekend
Sometimes you practice the same tune for weeks. And your fingers don’t understand what the music notes mean. And you peek at your Mom’s fingers and loose your place in the music. For weeks. And she says dumb things like, Continue reading Celebrating a Recorder Breakthrough
What else have I forgotten to do? I wondered at breakfast. Today is one of my last preparation days before the birthday/first day of co-op/Lego Club/birthday block starts. So of course, I was goofing off on the computer but fretting Continue reading Two ways to sum up the weekend.
We just do. Sunday we realized that date was the 11th. That meant that M’s birthday is Tuesday. Somehow I thought it was after co-op started – oh wait, if co-op had started on the 9th instead of the 16th, Continue reading Why do we have to clean house for my birthday Mom?