Posted in geography, Music on Aug 18th, 2008 No Comments »
Our dear friend Polly lives in Scotland. She asked Daryl to teach the kids to sing “Flower of Scotland” since it’s considered one of their national songs and is so beloved.
Daryl printed the words out and we’ve been singing it together in the car. It is a lovely song and it gets stuck in your […]
Posted in cooking/home ec, magical moments, Victoria, pictures, Daily log, geography, Fun on Jun 24th, 2008 3 Comments »
Yesterday was Victoria’s “mom and me” day so Daryl took the other kids for a couple of hours in the afternoon.
She decided she wanted to spend it making cookies, playing Scrambled States of America, and doing a craft. We generally only get an hour so I explained we might not have time for […]
Posted in Daily log, geography, PE, social studies, art, math, holidays, writing on May 20th, 2008 No Comments »
A little of what we’ve been up to lately…
Social Studies
Jack, Anna, Victoria and I watched “IMAX: The Eight Greatest Places on Earth” about the Amazon river, Tibet, Greenland and other amazing places. We learned a lot about everything from the rainforest to prayer flags to lemurs.
Anna and I are still reading “Pollyanna” at bedtime, which […]
Posted in Lapbooks, pictures, geography, social studies on Apr 20th, 2008 5 Comments »
We’re finally finished! Victoria did most of the work, with a little help from me and and a few touches by Anna. I love the finished lapbook! There are multiple cardstock pages inserted with sections on art, history, maps, school, food and fun. We even included the slip of paper from the owner of the […]
Posted in geography, social studies on Apr 20th, 2008 No Comments »
We went to a local Ethiopian restaurant on Friday and it led to a wonderful unit study on Ethiopia!
Even though we live in a very rural area, we are lucky to have a diverse group of cultures nearby. A neighboring tiny town has a large Hmong population, another has a high Laotian population, and […]
Posted in geography, Fun on Mar 16th, 2008 No Comments »
I came up with a fun way for Anna to learn geography today. I gave her the world’s best book of countries and told her I wanted her to pretend to be my travel agent. After explaining what a travel agent was, I said that I wanted to go someplace different and wanted her to […]
Posted in Victoria, cool sites, geography, Jack, Anna, Japanese, PE, Daily log, social studies, math, writing, reading, science, art, history, Uncategorized on Mar 16th, 2008 No Comments »
Here’s a bit of what we’ve been up to lately in various subjects….
Literature–
Reading “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” together
Reading classic poetry to Jack and Anna at bedtime
Victoria just finished a novel (can’t remember which one) and has been reading old magazines.
We’ve been reading lots of books to Jack.
Daryl is reading another Sadie Rose novel to Anna.
Anna […]
Posted in Gold Rush, geography, games, history on Mar 2nd, 2008 No Comments »
There was a lot about the Gold Rush that I apparently didn’t know, and one thing is that many people made the trek to California via ship.
Daryl made a game up for the kids based on this fascinating voyage that many people made, and I asked him to put it online so I […]
Posted in geography on Feb 19th, 2008 1 Comment »
Our fabulous friend Tiffany is British and my kids and I love learning her lingo! If you want to play along, here’s a few words to work into your vocabulary.
Get cross! You’re no longer cranky, annoyed or anything beginning with B. You’re cross. Don’t you sound more sophisticated already?
Take the footpath. It’s not […]
Posted in geography, Victoria, Jack, Anna, Daily log, art, math, reading, science, history, writing on Jan 31st, 2008 1 Comment »
The latest for the kids….
Did 6 1/2 pages of math yesterday about fractions– reducing, adding, finding the GCF, etc. (Victoria, with Anna listening and trying to rush to answer questions first and annoy her sister! LOL)
Played the Gold Rush Game several times with the family. It covers lots of geography and history– not just of […]
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.