Posted in Behavior, um... not much! on Sep 10th, 2008 4 Comments »
Attention Mothers:
A certain child who wishes to remain anonymous would like to know if your children bicker. She is quite certain that other brothers and sisters don’t.
Please weigh in with your comments.
Thank you!
Posted in Full Disclosure, Behavior, challenges, Victoria on Aug 30th, 2008 1 Comment »
Oh my goodness. It’s Victoria’s day to make my brain explode. She is not a happy camper today.
I suppose she had it coming. She’s spent her life being a very responsible, level-headed, easy child. It’s not like it could go on forever and it probably wouldn’t even be healthy if […]
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 plans for the day, Behavior, Fun on Jul 13th, 2008 No Comments »
We’re still going strong with “Mom & Me” days here. Each child gets one on one time with me one day a week and we decide together what we’ll do with our time. It’s tentatively scheduled:
Victoria– Monday
Jack– Wednesday
Anna– Friday
If we have a busy day planned we do it the next possible day. Today I have […]
Posted in Lapbooks, Behavior, Daily log on Apr 19th, 2008 No Comments »
Anna has been talking about how unfair her life is a lot lately and I got fed up last night. I decided that I wanted her to live a “typical” HS life (as if there is such a thing) for a while and see how little she has to do compared to many kids. […]
Posted in Behavior on Mar 18th, 2008 No Comments »
Behaviorism is as American as rewarding children with apple pie. We’re a busy people, with fortunes to make and lands to conquer. We don’t have time for theories or complications: Just give us techniques that work. If firing thousands of employees succeeds in boosting the company’s stock price; if imposing […]
Posted in Behavior, Anna, Jack, Victoria, housekeeping on Jan 28th, 2008 No Comments »
Yesterday the kids spent a long time outside since the weather had warmed up a bit. At one point I saw Annalee outside shoveling the drive and otherwise I figured the kids were just making snowmen and playing. I was busy with the baby and a new mystery novel so I really didn’t […]
Posted in Behavior, Jack on Jan 26th, 2008 2 Comments »
Lately Jack (age 4) has been really pushing my buttons! He’s been argumentative, angry, bossy, defiant and just plain trying. He’s told me he hated me (which neither of his big sisters have ever done!), threatened me, made mean faces, you name it.
I have read enough parenting books and been through enough parenting […]
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.