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 challenges, crafts, nature, art, science on Aug 28th, 2008 2 Comments »
Here’s the craft we came up with for Unplug Your Kids‘ Insect theme (see here for all our resources). It was quite fun!
I printed out some of the basic insect info first, along with the handout about how different types of legs, mouths and such did different jobs. We talked about what all insects had […]
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 challenges, cool sites, crafts, Fun, art on Aug 6th, 2008 No Comments »
There are a bunch of really fun creative challenges out there in cyberspace right now. I’m really hoping to get to some of these with the kids in the next week or two. A few of my favorites…
KidMade just ran a challenge “to engineer the longest marble ramp you can using only cardboard and duct tape.” […]
Posted in Charity & Community Good, challenges on Jul 31st, 2008 1 Comment »
Mary at Everyday Baby Steps posted about the 29 Day Giving Challenge and I have decided to see if the kids want to join me in making it a family challenge.
The basic premise is to give something away every day for 29 days…
Why? Because to see the world change, we have to do something to […]
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 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, […]
Posted in vocabulary, challenges, Goals, art, history, math on Jan 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
I’d like to work on the same sorts of things as yesterday (SOTW, math worksheets, Valentines, etc.) and make sure we do dance and exercise today. Here’s today’s challenges for the kids to choose from:
Research a year and make a card for the Gorgeous family timeline.
Make a poster to teach people the eights times tables.
Look […]
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.