Posted in Goals on Aug 26th, 2008 5 Comments »
I’m still bemoaning the end of summer, but my kids are impatient to get back to homeschool. Weird little people.
Jack has been pushing me to do kindergarten every day with him, and he wants way more than what he’s getting. Last night I explained again that we would officially start […]
Posted in Goals on Jul 27th, 2008 No Comments »
Now that the play is over, I’m itching to make some changes and get more of our usual homeschool fun going.
Life will still be chaotic enough. Tomorrow the girls are auditioning for “Beauty and the Beast” here in town. Rehearsals run all week with the performance on Friday night, so it will be a very […]
Posted in magical moments, Goals on Jun 27th, 2008 No Comments »
When I am less busy and less of a deadbeat, I put out a newsletter to go along with my web site, A Magical Childhood. One of the traditions I’ve developed is to end it with 10 ways to make the day magical.
I’m swiping a list from an old newsletter and am going […]
Posted in Goals on May 25th, 2008 1 Comment »
We’re planning to get together with another HS family at a nearby state park today. There’s a lot to explore and some fun places there, so it should be a nice day. The weather is a bit surly right now so hopefully it won’t storm!
Other plans for the day…
Working on the gardens with the kids […]
Posted in Daily log, Goals, PE, plays, social studies, art, math, reading, science, history, writing on May 6th, 2008 No Comments »
I haven’t posted a HS log lately so I thought I’d jot down some of what we’ve been doing. All the birthdays took up most of last week but a lot of neat stuff has gone on…
Science:
We’ve seen “our” beaver several more times since that first visit and now we slow down the […]
Posted in cool sites, Goals, nature on Apr 5th, 2008 No Comments »
From The Great Sunflower Project:
Help our Bees! Plant a Sunflower in your Garden!
By watching and recording the bees at sunflowers in your garden, you can help us understand the challenges that bees are facing.
It takes less than 30 minutes.
It’s easy.
Free Sunflower seeds for planting.
No knowledge of bees required!
Enter your bee counts online or send us […]
Posted in cool sites, Goals, nature on Feb 6th, 2008 1 Comment »
The Great Backyard Bird Count is coming up in a little over a week. We’ve taken part for a few years and the kids really enjoy it. Here’s some info if you want to join in…
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
11th Annual Great Backyard Bird Count
February 15 – 18, 2008
Count for Fun, Count for the […]
Posted in cool sites, Goals, science on Feb 3rd, 2008 1 Comment »
The kids have been playing today but are getting antsy. They’re using their Heelies outside at the moment but I’ve gathered up some stuff to do together. Plans include….
Painting the pots they made on their new pottery wheel yesterday.
Playing the hundred grid math game I posted that we didn’t get to yet.
Making banana bread.
Doing the […]
Posted in Goals, Fun on Jan 29th, 2008 No Comments »
I try to have my kids have at least one memorable/magical thing happen every day. It certainly doesn’t always happen but I like the idea of making every day count (for us grown ups too) and I want them to look back on their childhoods and remember more than just a blur of days. It […]
Posted in Goals, art on Jan 29th, 2008 No Comments »
I stumbled onto this fun project at floridamom’s blog this morning and plan to take part in it with the kids. Project Spectrum is an art challenge where each set of months is associated with a color and an element, and participants create art corresponding to those. You can knit, photograph, paint, bead, grow, sew, […]
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.