Posted in Daily log, Home ec, PE, art, cooking/home ec, geography, history, math, pictures, reading, social studies on Dec 29th, 2009 2 Comments »
We’re getting back in the swing of homeschooling around here. Here’s a bit of what we’ve been up to…
1. We’re reading book two (Utah) of the “Wright on Time” homeschool series. (Geography, social studies, reading)
2. We’ve been sledding, taking walks and playing in the snow. (PE)
3. The girls have been taking photographs like crazy. They’ve [...]
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It’s that time again. I should be sleeping, or failing that I should be cleaning, and instead I’m up too late on the internet. We’re buried in snow and not going anywhere for a while though, so I’m up with the snow and the wind and the moonlight.
Here’s a bit of what we’ve been up [...]
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It’s the wee hours and I have a sleeping toddler in my arms. I am an idiot to be blogging, and if Daryl wakes up he’ll growl something to that extent. But you know how I am!
So here’s 5 random things I’ll post and then I really will go to bed….
1. Nonie, I’ll [...]
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Despite the flu, we got a bit of fun in last week. Here’s some of the ways we’ve learned around here lately….
1. Played Personal Bingo. I printed personalized bingo cards here and filled the squares with 5 kinds of tasks (chores like dust the downstairs or gather the recycling, educational like write a haiku or [...]
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A friend recently recommended this fascinating website — Four Pounds Flour: rethinking historic cuisine. It combines two of our favorite subjects, cooking and history!
I passed the site on to Daryl and he just found this intriguing recipe for doughnuts from the 1830 cookbook The Frugal Housewife, Dedicated to Those Who Are Not Ashamed of Economy.
The [...]
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We recently got a chance to go to a local vineyard and pick our own grapes. It was such a great experience! The vineyard was right on a lake and just beautiful, but the owner explained that the soil was terrible and not suited for much besides grapes. I didn’t know grapes thrive in lousy [...]
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Posted in Daily log, Field trips & tours, Frugal living, Fun, cooking/home ec, nature, nutrition, pictures, recipes, science on Sep 11th, 2009 5 Comments »
We’ve been so busy lately that I haven’t had time to post half the fun stuff we’ve done. Here’s a bit of it though…
1. We hand fed some kittens at Nancy’s. Their mother had abandoned them and Nancy has been taking care of them. She taught us her recipe (evaporated milk, corn syrup and an [...]
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Last week I stumbled upon this article about all of the ways you can eat milkweed and I must say it has my interest piqued! The author claims there are 5 different parts of the plant you can eat, and what he does with the insides of the pods to make a cheese sauce substitute [...]
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Posted in Daily log, Field trips & tours, Fun, Home ec, PE, cooking/home ec, history, magical moments, math, nature, pictures, science, social studies on Aug 9th, 2009 7 Comments »
Here’s a bit of what we’ve been up to in between illnesses, arguments, emergency room visits and general craziness. This will be a very camping-intensive entry!
Home-Ec: We made homemade ice cream with all different recipes and inclusions. We used whole milk, whipping cream and half and half to compare the differences in [...]
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One thing I love about this time of year is the abundance of strawberries!
A few weeks ago we went strawberry picking…
Twenty pounds and twenty dollars later, we did a bit of strawberry prepping!
(I love this picture of Annalee! It shows her style so perfectly!)
Then we did some strawberry cooking with the rest. We made strawberry [...]
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