“Push me high! Push me high and we’ll fly all the way up to the moon,” …he says through giggles on a sunny Saturday before his birthday number four. Just Wednesday he rode on a train around a mountain. The boy has to go. Loves things that move. It’s pure boy joy. Build a road. […]
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The ABCs of Thanksgiving
A – All things bright and beautiful. B – Birds at the feeder. Boys and trains. C – Cranberry sauce! Cornbread. D – desks in our homeschool room. E – Each of these! F – Family. Friends. Freedom. Faux Pecan Pie. Football this weekend. G – God’s Goodness. H – Home. Hand print turkeys. I […]
You and Your Blog
My new friend, Rachel, at Finding Joy, posted a photo of herself with her blog. She challenged her readers to do the same. I, like Rachel, feel Hodgepodge is “an extension of (my) life…a place to celebrate life – an authentic, intentional and joy seeking life.” And the photo is not for glory or fame […]
Science Fair and Art Show Results – Kindergartener
Four Science Projects to compliment our studies. As we started into working on each of these projects I suggested to the children that they not only pick something they were particularly interested in but also something that would help them dig deeper into something we were already studying. Over the next week, here on Hodgepodge, […]
Helpful Habit: Chasing An Answer
Photo credit ~Luci, my eldest daughter I’ve been thinking on the helpful habit to share with you this week. The one that stands out for me in watching the children work on their science projects is the habit of carving out time for them to chase after an answer. Switching up the day to allow […]
Blessed Beach
pure pleasure from the archives… I can almost smell the salt air… “Something deep in all of us yearns for God’s beauty, and we can find it no matter where we are.” ~Sue Monk Kidd A last minute decision to move up our vacation. Clothes thrown in a bag and we dashed south. Gratitude jotted […]
Lily Pad: A Pastels Tutorial
Stunning results on a black sheet of construction paper! That describes Nana’s latest pastel tutorial. After our wonderful trip to Lily Pad Pond, we really wanted to make some lily pads with pastels. So… We cut sheets of black construction paper in half and gathered our colors. Remember that in most of Nana’s tutorials, we […]
Sugary Sweet Saturday
It’s not something we regularly buy to enjoy at home. But it’s a sugary treat now and then when we’re out. For this family birthday, Middle Girl requested a trip downtown to the museum. See, since she was just a little girl she’s been drawn to sweetness. Sweet tea, Dr. Pepper, Coca-Cola. Then, last year, […]
Weather: A Pastels Tutorial
“Beauty puts a face on God. When we gaze at nature, at a loved one, at a work of art, our soul immediately recognizes and is drawn to the face of God.” ~ Margaret Brownley This pastel lesson was inspired by the above photo. That tiny figure out on the beach is my brother. A […]
All Things Chalkboard
From last year’s school planning archives because these basics still work well with rising 8th, 7th, 4th, K and soon-he’ll-be-a-four-year-old… I love chalkboards. I love chalkboards. I love chalkboards. And even though right after our school year ended, we went through a rather reluctant classroom revamp, the classroom still needed attention. Before getting any further […]
Backyard Beauties
I borrowed my mother’s camera. In our backyard, my sister and I found…blue morning glory dandelion mimosa seed pod insects on mimosa. Bumblebee and… ladybug My sister with all the flowers she found. My maple tree. It was planted when I was born. Mimosa buds and leaves. grass mimosa flower a leaf something had chewed […]
Helpful Habit – Morning Room Time
Continuing to share the basic habits that bless our homeschool. Last week, I shared our Before 8:45 Checklist habit. Morning Room Time is the habit that blesses all ages. It’s how I can be in two places at once! Both helping our littlest ones and helping the older ones with math. It’s the answer to […]
Tornado: A Pastels Tutorial
I’m continuing to post past pastel tutorials. This one is an all-time favorite! Nana’s second lesson is rich in color. Plus, the original photos were lost in some type of transfer. So I’m very thankful I still had them on our original Hodgepodge site. In honor of spring weather, a tornado in pastels… Nana said […]