Posted in Grammar, plans for the day on Apr 29th, 2010 1 Comment »
We’re off in a couple of hours to the Mankato area to spend the night with the grandparents and buy a new (to us) van. Tomorrow is Jack’s birthday, the next day is Victoria’s birthday and Monday is Alex’s birthday. I’m baking cakes from scratch for all three. There are at least 2 parties. I [...]
Posted in Anna, writing on Apr 28th, 2010 4 Comments »
Anna has started writing a new book and she gave me permission to share the first paragraph here… Lightning Strikes the Innocent There I stood, only twelve, yet alone. The storms happened what seemed like every day but this one had been different. My family was having a family barbecue when the sky turned gray. [...]
Posted in Anna, Charity & Community Good, Field trips & tours, In the news, Jack, Victoria, video on Apr 27th, 2010 3 Comments »
If you want to see my chickadees! Click here. Victoria (Tacy) was wearing a white dress with a big white bow in her hair. Anna (Tib) was in the long blue sailor-like dress with curly blondish brown hair just past her shoulders. Jack was also in one scene listening to the stories, wearing a red [...]
Posted in Anna, Charity & Community Good, Field trips & tours, Fun, pictures, Victoria on Apr 26th, 2010 5 Comments »
We headed to Maud Hart Lovelace’s birthday party celebration in Mankato yesterday and the girls dressed up as Tacy and Tib to help out. We had a lovely time but even better was the fact that a news crew was there and the kids were on the evening news! Here’s a few samples… The girls [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 24th, 2010 1 Comment »
We’re off to Mankato to take part in a Betsy-Tacy birthday party. Victoria will be playing Tacy and Annalee will be Tib in this. If you want to see more pictures from past Betsy-Tacy events, I put some here too. By the way, if you haven’t read the Betsy-Tacy series and you like books like [...]
Posted in Poetry, Victoria on Apr 23rd, 2010 4 Comments »
There once was a young girl called Anna She wanted to go to Montana She whined and she groaned She sobbed and she moaned But next vacation, they went to see Nana! ***************** We once had a cute dog called Spot. And he loved when it got very hot He could splash in the pond (Of [...]
Posted in Curriculum, Links, Montessori, nature on Apr 22nd, 2010 4 Comments »
I just finished a series of articles for the Examiner that really solidified for me why our homeschool style here is so eclectic. I wrote about five great lessons to take from all different types of homeschooling, including Montessori, Waldorf, Charlotte Mason and Unschooling. They are all parts of what we do here, and why [...]
Posted in Anna, Home ec on Apr 21st, 2010 1 Comment »
Today’s post comes courtesy of Annalee! She made up this dish and then blogged the recipe. It’s delicious and oh-so-pretty too. oeuf et ciboulette “Oeuf et ciboulette”is french for egg & chive. Oeuf et ciboulette is the name of my egg dish. Here’s how to make it. Ingredients: Fresh chives cut into small chunks, Salt [...]
Posted in Book Recommendations, cool sites, freebies, science on Apr 20th, 2010 1 Comment »
Have you seen this site/book? Book one in a three part series, “BANG!” explains the scientific theories regarding the origin of the universe using captivating illustrations and whimsical rhymes. From the beginning of existence to the birth of stars and galaxies, you’ll learn how matter was created, why stars shine and where where we fit [...]
Posted in In the news on Apr 19th, 2010 1 Comment »
Just saw this on PatForenga.com: ABC TV did a segment about Radical Unschooling on its news show, Good Morning America, and it was pretty negative. However, since response was so strong the producers decided to do more on the topic tomorrow. They have invited the Biegler/Yablonski family featured in the story to be interviewed live [...]
