Posted in Anna, history on Oct 1st, 2008 1 Comment »
We have a big hardcover book of facts about the 20th century that I got on sale somewhere. Yesterday I grabbed it off the front porch bookshelf and left it out in the living room. I heard once that there’s an unschooling term for that, strewing– leaving educational things out for kids to happen upon. […]
Posted in Anna, Funnies, personal on Sep 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
Anna and I have a long standing joke that I’m the second best mom in the world.
Years ago, we went and visited her little friend Mia at her house for the first time. Mia’s mom has 5 beautiful, perfectly behaved children and an immaculate house on a lake. Despite this, I really like her.
Anna […]
Posted in Anna, pictures on Sep 23rd, 2008 1 Comment »
Posted in Anna, Music on Sep 21st, 2008 No Comments »
Look what Anna’s got!
I got it for her a few weeks ago. She’s in love. :) She takes it everywhere.
It was fairly pricey but I wanted to get her a quality guitar and it’s an investment. She is such a musical child and she loves to play on the cheap Walmart children’s guitar we have, […]
Posted in Behavior, PE, Full Disclosure, Olympics, challenges, Anna, pictures, Victoria, Jack, history on Aug 13th, 2008 3 Comments »
We held our own Olympics yesterday!
The kids started by picking a country to represent and finding its flag on the “flags of the world” poster to copy. They carefully made flags and we taped them to the front of their shirts.
I helped them make 15 medals (gold, silver and bronze for 5 sports). We cut […]
Posted in plays, Anna, Victoria on Jul 27th, 2008 No Comments »
Tonight was the last performance of “Fragments of a Dream,” the outdoor play that Daryl and the girls are in based on Laura Ingalls Wilder’s time here in nearby Walnut Grove.
The night went well and Daryl bought each girl a souvenier T-shirt, like every year, and they went around with Sharpie pens and had the […]
Posted in plays, Anna, Victoria, pictures on Jul 19th, 2008 No Comments »
The boys and I went to the pageant last night with Grandma and Grandpa. I got some pics backstage before the show…
And some of the girls acting silly…
Grandma, Grandpa and the boys in the audience…
And some of the scenes… The arrival in Walnut Grove, Getting used to living in a dugout, and Anna’s […]
Posted in Anna, Jack, Victoria, Fun on Jun 19th, 2008 No Comments »
This week I started having assigned days when I spent about an hour doing something special with each child.
I’ve always made a point of doing one-on-one things daily with each of the kids, but it is often mundane tasks like fixing dinner, doing math or pulling weeds. Even those times do matter since it’s focused […]
Posted in Jack, Anna, Victoria, nature, reading, Daily log, math on Jun 13th, 2008 1 Comment »
We’re not officially doing school at the moment (do we ever? LOL) but it sneaks in anyway. Here’s a few ways the kids have managed to learn despite the (mostly) wonderful weather.
Jack announced yesterday that he could count to 400 by fifties. He did it for me and later counted all the way to 950 […]
Posted in challenges, magical moments, Anna, Jack, deep thoughts, Daily log on Jun 13th, 2008 1 Comment »
I’ve been making more of an effort to spend quality time regularly with each of the kids and it’s so tricky.
Ever since Alex’s arrival a year ago, I’ve been conscious of each of the kids needing more of me. We regularly spend a lot of time together as a family — almost all of […]
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.