Posted in Clubs & Classes, German, Spanish on Sep 17th, 2010 2 Comments »
We got to take part in some free foreign language classes this semester and the first ones were on Monday. Victoria took German, and Victoria and Anna took Spanish. I am attending with the girls so I guess I’m taking them too. I’ve already taken both languages but that was many years ago! The [...]
Posted in Clubs & Classes, Daily log, Field trips & tours, personal on Apr 16th, 2010 2 Comments »
Yesterday was the last HS day at the Petroglyphs for the year and the theme was atlatls. In typical form, almost nobody showed up. In typical form, we had fun anyway. I don’t know how much longer the Petroglyphs will do HS days. We’ve been doing them for some crazy number of years like 7 [...]
Posted in art, Clubs & Classes, Field trips & tours, history, science on Oct 6th, 2009 No Comments »
Crystal asked for details about the conferences the kids are attending this month and I thought others might be interested. Here’s more info: The Fifth Annual SCSC Science & Nature Conference is being held at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter on Tuesday, October 27. It’s for students in grades 3-9 and they can pick [...]
Posted in Clubs & Classes, Field trips & tours, magical moments, nature, pictures on Jun 13th, 2009 5 Comments »
Victoria and Anna went to a three-day Survivor day camp hosted by the Prairie Ecology Bus Center this week. They had so much fun! The kids learned how to use a compass, build shelter, start a fire without matches (this was a real struggle!) and more. They made some new friends and had a really [...]
Posted in Anna, art, Clubs & Classes, computer & programs, Daily log, Field trips & tours, Grammar, Jack, Japanese, math, nature, science, testing, Victoria on Apr 2nd, 2008 No Comments »
Oh, we’ve been busy! I’m still sick but quite a lot is going on nonetheless. Here’s a bit of what we’ve been up to. Maple Syrup Tapping We took part in an annual tradition of having a big community breakfast and then learning about tapping maple trees at a nearby camp. The girls know it [...]
Posted in art, Clubs & Classes, Fun, games, holidays, lesson plans, pictures on Mar 19th, 2008 No Comments »
Jack’s Head Start teacher asked me to host a family fun night for the local Head Start families in our town and the next. I picked March 17, with the themes of St. Patrick’s Day, Spring and green. We had the program on Monday and it was lots of fun! The agenda included: [...]
Posted in Clubs & Classes, Japanese on Feb 8th, 2008 No Comments »
Today the kids start their new Japanese lessons. We’re so excited. A homeschooling dad set the class up at a college about an hour from us. The teacher is a Japanese student at the college and she’ll be teaching the kids not only the language but also culture. It’s a small class of just 5 [...]
