Posted in um... not much! on Mar 22nd, 2008 No Comments »
We’re heading out of town to stay with Grandma and Grandpa for Easter. We’ve been assigned egg-dyeing duty as soon as we get there so Grandma can bring a bunch of eggs to a get together. That’s the sort of assignment the kids can get into! Actually, truth be told I can get into it […]
Posted in Lapbooks, cool sites on Mar 22nd, 2008 No Comments »
Here’s a neat little site with lots of ideas from other HS moms on all different themes. Much of it is for lapbooking but there are tons of resources, book suggestions, printouts and such that you could use in other ways.
Posted in Victoria, Daily log, science on Mar 20th, 2008 1 Comment »
Last night I was making tea and Victoria noticed the steam coming out of the tea kettle. She wondered out loud if you added food coloring to the water, if it would make colored steam. I decided there was only one way for her to find out, so we added a bunch of blue food […]
Posted in Lapbooks, cool sites, art on Mar 20th, 2008 No Comments »
Here a lots of wonderful little books you can make with your kids for lapbooks or just for fun.
Posted in Lapbooks, cool sites, lesson plans, science on Mar 19th, 2008 No Comments »
Here’s a wonderful page of physics activities, children’s books, ideas and more. It’s all designed to be used for lapbooking but could also be used on its own. Fun!
Posted in pictures, Clubs & Classes, games, lesson plans, art, Fun, holidays on Mar 19th, 2008 No Comments »
Jack’s Head Start teacher asked me to host a family fun night for the local Head Start families in our town and the next. I picked March 17, with the themes of St. Patrick’s Day, Spring and green. We had the program on Monday and it was lots of […]
Posted in computer & programs, Victoria, art, writing on Mar 18th, 2008 No Comments »
Victoria asked me today if she could use the computer to make a letter for a pen pal she hadn’t written to in a long time. I said sure and she created it today. I told her where I kept our photos in the computer and she used NeoPaint and ACDSee to cut and paste, […]
Posted in Behavior on Mar 18th, 2008 No Comments »
Behaviorism is as American as rewarding children with apple pie. We’re a busy people, with fortunes to make and lands to conquer. We don’t have time for theories or complications: Just give us techniques that work. If firing thousands of employees succeeds in boosting the company’s stock price; if imposing […]
Each of the kids did an acrylic painting last month and I finally got them all hung up yesterday. I love the way they look! Even baby Alex has a painting. I put a paintbrush in his hand and let him beat the canvas with it. I also painted […]
Posted in geography, Fun on Mar 16th, 2008 No Comments »
I came up with a fun way for Anna to learn geography today. I gave her the world’s best book of countries and told her I wanted her to pretend to be my travel agent. After explaining what a travel agent was, I said that I wanted to go someplace different and wanted her to […]
I'm a frazzled AP mom to 4 fabulous kids in rural Minnesota. Homeschooling here tends to be child-led and focused on fun. We do lots of crafts, reading and exploring. I'm madly in love with my brilliant, goofy lug of a husband and I don't get nearly enough sleep.