Posted in history, pictures on May 29th, 2011 No Comments »
I’m working on getting pics of our museum and log cabin, but in the meantime I snitched this from a list of 10 ways we played and learned last summer. Here’s Daryl and the kids helping out at the museum last year, along with what I wrote at the time… We had our town’s Fun [...]
Posted in Charity & Community Good, Daddy, Daily log, Gardening, history, magical moments on May 29th, 2011 3 Comments »
Okay, I have to admit that Daryl’s volunteerism has led to some pretty cool opportunities. This is definitely one of them. Last year, Daryl joined our little town’s historic society and was nominated as Vice President. This year, he was automatically bumped up to president. When he asked who wanted to take charge of the [...]
Posted in cooking/home ec, Frugal living, Gardening, Home ec, Montessori on May 27th, 2011 8 Comments »
A while ago, a friend asked me if I knew anything about homeschooling older kids with the Montessori method. I had no clue but I promised I’d look into it for her. I still had it on the back burner (being 5 months pregnant with 4 kids, too many gardens and an affinity for the [...]
Posted in cooking/home ec, freebies, Frugal living, history on May 27th, 2011 2 Comments »
Well here’s a fun and interesting “little” freebie. The American Frugal Housewife was offered by the Homeschool Freebie of the Day and still seems to be available. Download the PDF file and take a look at this 109 page manual that teaches homemaking, cooking, how to raise daughters (now there’s some talk-generating reading!), lectures about [...]
Posted in Book Recommendations, freebies, math, pictures, writing on May 24th, 2011 No Comments »
We’ve been so busy! Here’s 10 words and phrases to describe life here lately: Gardens Old friends Test prep Hiking Math discoveries Cleaning Photography Laughter Playing outside Reading And 10 pics… And a few links… 25 Free math sites for games, challenges, worksheets and more 25 Free writing sites for prompts, exercises, lesson plans and [...]
Posted in cool sites, freebies, nature, science on May 18th, 2011 No Comments »
Sorry for being quiet for so long! Life has been busy here and I’m slowly getting my energy back in the 5th month and am anxious to catch up on everything that fell by the wayside while I was so sick. We’re also super busy with garden planting and other spring activities. Here’s a few [...]
Posted in Frugal living, geography, Green, history, In the news, Japanese, Links, nature, science on May 9th, 2011 2 Comments »
There’s some news stories and web pages that have caught my interest lately. Here’s a few of them… Who Stole Homeschooling? This article talks about the history of the homeschooling movement in the US and how some groups have claimed ownership, made exclusionary rules and changed the spirit of the movement over the years. I [...]
Posted in Funnies, Grammar, holidays on May 8th, 2011 3 Comments »
(via The New Yorker — cartoon by Willian Haefeli) Happy Mother’s Day (or Mothers’ Day) to all the mamas out there.
Posted in freebies, science on May 5th, 2011 No Comments »
Here’s a good science freebie to check out. Supercharged Science is offering a set of science experiment videos and the accompanying manual for free right now. The experiments look simple, fun and educational. I signed up and downloaded the manual and there doesn’t seem to be any catch (other than ending up on the newsletter [...]
Posted in Alex, Anna, cooking/home ec, Daily log, Frugal living, games, Jack, math, nature, nutrition, personal, pictures, Victoria on May 4th, 2011 2 Comments »
Oh what a busy week! Jack is now 8, Victoria is now 13, Alex is now 4 and I am now really tired! Here’s a few ways we’ve been learning and playing lately… 1. We had a joint birthday party for the boys in Mankato. The kids were in charge of most of the cake [...]
