Posted in Fun, games, Preschool, reading on Mar 3rd, 2013 No Comments »
Here’s an example of how we play with words to help our kids learn to read. This is a game Alex and I played yesterday. I’ve done something similar with all of the kids and it always works well and is fun. I wrote and illustrated 15 sets of words (drawings on blue, words on [...]
Posted in Fun, games, Goals, Links, math, nature, science on Aug 1st, 2012 No Comments »
Happy August! Here’s a round-up of ideas I’ve written for ways to work some hands-on, educational fun (and just plain old fun!) into homeschooling this time of year… Living math ideas for August Water balloon math, tracking and graphing temperatures, comparing apples and oranges, nature angles… Sunflower sun dials to campfire science: Science and nature [...]
Posted in Fun, games, geography, lesson plans, math, plans for the day, science, vocabulary on Aug 14th, 2011 3 Comments »
It’s been forever since I’ve done one of these posts so I thought I’d throw out some fun alternative HS ideas for the week… Play a homeschool version of Balderdash. Write up a list of vocabulary words and make up some fake and real definitions. Challenge the kids to name the right definition for each [...]
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 Attachment Parenting, games, Gardening, nature, personal, plans for the day on Apr 26th, 2011 6 Comments »
On my agenda for the next week: Plan Jack, Alex and Victoria’s birthdays (Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday), throw one party, host one soiree, make three cakes, buy presents, survive. Take the kids to see the CSI director, who’s in our little town again, and perhaps fight with him again. Last time, he told me I shouldn’t [...]
Posted in Daily log, Funnies, games on Dec 9th, 2010 1 Comment »
Sometimes things just seem a little stranger than usual, which always tickles me. Here’s 7 strange things that have come up in our homeschool lately! Victoria researched how to build catacombs under your house, after seeing a TV show where a Spanish house had tunnels leading down to the sea. She informed us that radon [...]
Posted in Fun, Funnies, games, Jack on Nov 21st, 2010 2 Comments »
We bought the board game Cranium at Good Will last week (for $1.50 and it was like new!) and played it last night. You need four players, which can be tricky with Anna away. Jack (7) is technically younger than the recommended age (12, I believe) but he and I made a pretty good team. [...]
Posted in Charity & Community Good, cool sites, games, math, science on Aug 23rd, 2010 No Comments »
Have you heard of Foldit? How does my game playing contribute to curing diseases? With all the things proteins do to keep our bodies functioning and healthy, they can be involved in disease in many different ways. The more we know about how certain proteins fold, the better new proteins we can design to combat [...]
Posted in art, cool sites, games, math on Jul 15th, 2010 1 Comment »
Here’s a few nifties I’ve been meaning to share…. Right now you can download Dan’s Doodles for free from CurrClick. They look like some really neat designs for coloring with the kiddos! Freely Educate (which you should follow if you don’t!) has their favorite freebies for elementary ages here. Manga High’s math games look pretty [...]
Posted in cool sites, Fun, games, geography, math, science on Jun 1st, 2010 1 Comment »
My fabulous HS friend Claire passed on a link to Always Ice Cream, a paid web site for girls that’s supposed to be safe and educational. Has anybody else tried it out there? What do you think? And why are so many web sites set up for girls only? We need something like New Moon [...]
