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 […]
Posted in Lapbooks, Anna, pictures on Jun 12th, 2008 1 Comment »
Anna’s latest lapbook is about her name, Rhiannon (ree-ANN-on), which she rarely uses but really likes.
(The back story for her name… When we were expecting our first child and discussed names, Daryl voted for Rhiannon because he liked the Fleetwood Mac song by the same name. I proclaimed that […]
Posted in Lapbooks, Anna, nature on May 31st, 2008 1 Comment »
Here’s pics of Anna’s finished lapbook. I think it’s beautiful! We learned a ton too. She taught the family lots about roses and presented it to us this afternoon, too.
Posted in Lapbooks, Anna, deep thoughts on May 31st, 2008 No Comments »
Anna and I are taking a break from her lapbook. She is having an ice cream bar outside and I’m having caffeine upstairs! Daddy took the other kids to the lake to give us some one-on-one time.
The lapbook is turning into a really neat project. We’ve talked lots about everything […]
Posted in Lapbooks, Anna, nature on May 31st, 2008 No Comments »
Anna chose roses for the theme for her new lapbook so I’ve been printing her out information and handouts.
If anybody is looking for neat stuff to include in their own rose lapbooks, here’s some of what we used…
I cut and pasted info from this page and put it in a fancy font to glue various […]
Posted in Full Disclosure, Anna, pictures, Alex on May 15th, 2008 No Comments »
A few pictures of mess and mayhem from around here this week!
Posted in Lapbooks, Anna, pictures on Apr 29th, 2008 1 Comment »
Anna did a horse lapbook the other night, all in one night. She really had fun and we both learned a lot.
I printed out various things that I found online doing google searches for horse images and horse facts for kids. I found some really neat stuff that […]
Posted in challenges, Anna on Apr 27th, 2008 2 Comments »
Annalee is my little fairy child. She flits about, writing songs, drawing pictures, singing, dancing, pretending. She loves to do math only because her big sister hates to do math and she can do it better. :) Otherwise, she’s pretty much against anything that looks, tastes or smells like school. Luckily, […]
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.