Posted in Teens and high school on Aug 24th, 2011 1 Comment »
“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking, and don’t settle. As [...]
Posted in cool sites on Aug 24th, 2011 No Comments »
Here’s a few sites that I’ve bookmarked lately… 52 Days to Explore Outdoors features a new nature study idea (general) with links about once a week. Recent topics include stargazing, exploring tidepools, dragonflies and rocks. This would make a great site for weekly nature study ideas and resources. Painting on Salt: I’ve had this craft [...]
Posted in deep thoughts, support, Teens and high school on Aug 23rd, 2011 2 Comments »
A reader commented on my recent post about Victoria’s photography (“How are you going to teach XYZ?“) and made the excellent point that: I think the question behind the question ‘how you going to teach XYZ?’ is really ‘how are you going to teach XYZ when it is so boring nobody would *want* to learn [...]
Posted in deep thoughts, Photography, Teens and high school, Victoria on Aug 20th, 2011 13 Comments »
One of the most common questions homeschoolers hear from outsiders is “How are you going to teach ___”. You can fill in the blank — calculus, chemistry, algebra, physics, whatever. That question always perplexes me. It’s so easy for people (children, grown ups, teens, anybody) to learn things! There’s books, online videos, tutors, classes, web [...]
Posted in Anna, Book Recommendations, Middle school, reading, Teens and high school, Victoria on Aug 18th, 2011 6 Comments »
I’m not doing much homeschool planning right now because the baby will be coming in early October (October 10th is the official date!) and I’m not naive enough to think I’m going to stick to a rigorous homeschool schedule with an impending birth or new baby. That said, I’m doing up some general goals for [...]
Posted in Fun, games, geography, lesson plans, math, plans for the day, science, vocabulary on Aug 14th, 2011 3 Comments »
It’s been forever since I’ve done one of these posts so I thought I’d throw out some fun alternative HS ideas for the week… Play a homeschool version of Balderdash. Write up a list of vocabulary words and make up some fake and real definitions. Challenge the kids to name the right definition for each [...]
Posted in Daily log, Field trips & tours on Aug 11th, 2011 1 Comment »
We’re in Nebraska at Tiffany’s again, and have been joined by lots of fun homeschooling friends. We even got to meet up with some new ones, via the Unschool Bus, who were parked here with us for a few days. Some of the highlights so far… Going to the fair Hitting the candy store far [...]
Posted in cool sites on Aug 4th, 2011 No Comments »
Are you on Pinterest yet? I’m still having fun pinning pages that appeal to me with neat recipes, crafts and homeschooling ideas. Here’s a peek at some things that sparked my HS interest lately… Here’s my homeschool pins on Pinterest if you want to take a look. If you’re on Pinterest and haven’t left [...]
