We love our birds and enjoy watching them. So, for our spring time nature study, each of the children chose a favorite bird that we are seeing frequent our yard. We talked about the seasons and which birds we see more of when. We all look forward to seeing some gold finches soon, hopefully. Cardinal […]
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We interrupt this regular schedule
Slide pile up photo taken on Monday for our family homeschool yearbook page. This week, following our play house spring break, I made a decision. We’d concentrate on the basic routine. Three habits help our day run smoothly. Mainly our: Before 8:45 “One more thing after lunch” (usually nature or a science lesson we all […]
Balancing the Needs of the Age Range
Today we started Spring Break early because Hodgepodgedad took the day off! So this weekly wrap is posted a bit early too. We are enjoying our Friday! This was our first week back into the regularly scheduled programming after Homeschool Expo projects. Those are the ribbons from the science fair! Seventh grader (3rd place), sixth […]
Homeschool Expo, Science Fair, Talent Show
So, for weeks I’ve been talking about how we have been aiming for Homeschool Expo. How our days are just the basics. Math and then work on display boards and projects. Well, and a few other benefits of homeschooling. This week, it all came together. 7th grade science project – check! 6th grade science project […]
The Easter Season – A Compilation of Favorites
For this Easter season, several of our family favorites… Amon’s Adventure: A Family Story for Easter I marked the date on the calendar. Back on that January day we received the much anticipated Amon’s Adventure. I marked the spring date we were to start reading the book. Amon’s Adventure is a family storybook for Easter […]
The Easter Season – A Compilation of Favorites
For this Easter season, several of our family favorites… Amon’s Adventure: A Family Story for Easter I had marked the date on the calendar back in January. That day we received the much anticipated Amon’s Adventure. I marked the date we were to start reading the book. This is a family storybook for Easter written […]
A Glorious Morning
Often times while our two eldest girls enjoy Drama Troupe, the rest of us troop over to Mama Ann’s for a visit. We are already out and half way there. So the van just somehow finds its way. Mama Ann’s is a magical place for me. See, she’s my grandmother. I house many a childhood […]
Weekly Wrap: Sick of sickness?
They fell. One after the other. The first ones fell the hardest. Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday. Two on Thursday. Despite all my best disinfecting efforts. Fortunately, though, the last three have had the lesser version of the stomach sickness. Needless to say, we didn’t get much school work accomplished. But as with all homeschooling there was […]
Hodgepodge Curricula 2010-2011
2010-2011: 7th, 6th and 3rd grades plus two preschoolers Tapestry of Grace Year 4 “From Teddy Roosevelt to Sept 11th” everyone participates in this unit study approach which includes History, Writing, Vocabulary, Geography, Bible, Worldview, Arts and Activities, Literature and Music. We use workboxes with Tapestry. Read about how I am the Tapestry cheerleader here […]
Press the Easy Button on Your Homeschool Approach for a New Semester
Enjoy January as a nice time to refocus, reevaluate and renew your homeschool approach. That’s what a new year is all about, right? Here are some examples on how to press the easy button on a new semester of learning for multiple ages. Press the Easy Button on Your Homeschool Approach for a New Semester […]
AiG Science
Answers in Genesis: God’s Design for Science – my review on The Curriculum Choice Science Using Answers In Genesis’ God’s Design Series We also use these science texts to compliment our Outdoor Hour studies AiG Science: Our Universe – Astronomy Study AiG Science: God’s Design for Life: Plants AiG Science: Examining Grass AiG Science: The […]
Science: AiG God’s Design for Life – Plants
It’s the Tapestry of Science. For me, this science curriculum presents a lovely smorgasbord of learning to choose from. Answers in Genesis offers this unit study approach for grade 1-8. Titles include: God’s Design for Science Curriculum – – the full set God’s Design for Chemistry and Ecology God’s Design for the Physical World God’s […]
Labor of Love
I was reading through the August Recap over on The Homeschool Classroom and thought – what a great idea! We are very grateful for our readers and referrers. So, on this Labor Day, we are giving thanks for the labor of love shown to us by our… Top Ten Referrers for August 2010 1.Weird, Unsocialized […]