Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 24th, 2008 No Comments »
We spent the morning with Jack’s Head Start here, which included planting a lilac tree, playing Crazy Eights, reading “It Looked Like Spilled Milk,” playing a matching file folder game and getting to know Jan’s hermit crab. We will miss Jan and Head Start when it’s over in 3 weeks. He has so much fun […]
Posted in Funnies, Alex on Apr 23rd, 2008 1 Comment »
Daryl and I were talking today with all the kids in the room and he wanted to tell me something. He told them to cover their ears and go “la la la,” which resulted in a deafening chorus. He told me his secret and then we hollered at the kids that they could stop. I […]
Posted in PE, pictures, nature, Daily log, holidays on Apr 22nd, 2008 2 Comments »
We started today cleaning up the wetland we adopted. Daryl took the kids out there for about an hour before they came back for more garbage bags and a quick snack. I joined them at that point and we cleaned for the next 2 hours. All total, we covered about 3/4 of […]
Posted in Victoria on Apr 22nd, 2008 No Comments »
After our experiment with a structured, all day homeschool on Saturday, Anna has been happy to have her old life back and Victoria has been nagging me to make up a schedule for her. She wants a “typical HS schedule for a 9 year old,” she says. She reminded me several hundred times […]
Posted in nature, holidays on Apr 22nd, 2008 No Comments »
Happy Earth Day! We’re spending part of today cleaning up a wetland that we adopted. They did a controlled burn of the area this week so it’ll be easier than usual to spot the stray trash. We’ll probably do a clean-up walk around town and an hour without electricity sometime today too. I’m going to […]
Posted in pictures, Alex on Apr 21st, 2008 1 Comment »
Just had to share a few pics of Alex from this past week and a little update. He is 11 1/2 months old and I’m not ready for him to turn a year old! He started tentatively walking this month and can take 6 or so steps before falling down. He loves […]
Posted in Lapbooks, pictures, geography, social studies on Apr 20th, 2008 5 Comments »
We’re finally finished! Victoria did most of the work, with a little help from me and and a few touches by Anna. I love the finished lapbook! There are multiple cardstock pages inserted with sections on art, history, maps, school, food and fun. We even included the slip of paper from the owner of the […]
Posted in geography, social studies on Apr 20th, 2008 No Comments »
We went to a local Ethiopian restaurant on Friday and it led to a wonderful unit study on Ethiopia!
Even though we live in a very rural area, we are lucky to have a diverse group of cultures nearby. A neighboring tiny town has a large Hmong population, another has a high Laotian population, and […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 20th, 2008 No Comments »
Yesterday we followed a school-at-home schedule that I found online, as part of an experiment to show Anna that her life as she leads it is actually pretty darn good. As expected, she ended up hating it and begging for her old life back. As suspected, Victoria loved it by the end of […]
Posted in Lapbooks, Behavior, Daily log on Apr 19th, 2008 No Comments »
Anna has been talking about how unfair her life is a lot lately and I got fed up last night. I decided that I wanted her to live a “typical” HS life (as if there is such a thing) for a while and see how little she has to do compared to many kids. […]
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.