Posted in challenges, cooking/home ec, nature, science, spelling on Mar 12th, 2013 No Comments »
Here’s a few assorted links I’ve found lately that I thought were worth keeping. I’m posting these here in case they help others and also so I can find the sites later when I need them! I’d pin them but in most cases, they don’t have pinnable images. 4th Grade Spelling lists… We don’t [...]
Posted in Attachment Parenting, Book Recommendations, Children's health, College and College Prep, cooking/home ec, cool sites, Daily log, freebies, Frugal living, Gardening, geography, Green, In the news, Links, Montessori, nature, nutrition, personal, recipes, science, social studies, support, Teens and high school on Jun 5th, 2011 1 Comment »
Here’s a round-up of stuff I’ve been meaning to share… Fairy Tales, Folktales, Fables, and Folklore This great web site contains hundreds of stories from mythologies around the world. From Finnish folk tales to Anderson fairy tales to parables of Buddhism, there’s something for everyone. This would be great to combine with studies of countries [...]
Posted in cooking/home ec, Frugal living, Gardening, Home ec, Montessori on May 27th, 2011 8 Comments »
A while ago, a friend asked me if I knew anything about homeschooling older kids with the Montessori method. I had no clue but I promised I’d look into it for her. I still had it on the back burner (being 5 months pregnant with 4 kids, too many gardens and an affinity for the [...]
Posted in cooking/home ec, freebies, Frugal living, history on May 27th, 2011 2 Comments »
Well here’s a fun and interesting “little” freebie. The American Frugal Housewife was offered by the Homeschool Freebie of the Day and still seems to be available. Download the PDF file and take a look at this 109 page manual that teaches homemaking, cooking, how to raise daughters (now there’s some talk-generating reading!), lectures about [...]
Posted in Alex, Anna, cooking/home ec, Daily log, Frugal living, games, Jack, math, nature, nutrition, personal, pictures, Victoria on May 4th, 2011 2 Comments »
Oh what a busy week! Jack is now 8, Victoria is now 13, Alex is now 4 and I am now really tired! Here’s a few ways we’ve been learning and playing lately… 1. We had a joint birthday party for the boys in Mankato. The kids were in charge of most of the cake [...]
Posted in art, cooking/home ec, Daily log, geography, history, Home ec, math, PE, 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 [...]
Posted in cooking/home ec, Daddy, Daily log, Fun, Grammar, personal, pictures, spelling, writing on Dec 9th, 2009 5 Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Anna, Book Recommendations, cooking/home ec, Daddy, Daily log, Jack, Victoria, writing on Dec 2nd, 2009 1 Comment »
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, [...]
Posted in cooking/home ec, Daily log, pictures on Oct 25th, 2009 2 Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in cooking/home ec, cool sites, history on Oct 21st, 2009 6 Comments »
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 [...]
