Posted in Daily log, Goals, pictures on Feb 26th, 2013 2 Comments »
We’re plugging on here. It’s been 3 1/2 weeks now since Daryl’s hip replacement surgery and he’s still on bedrest. He’s recovering well, all things considered. I keep saying that if you have to be stuck inside for six weeks in Minnesota, you might as well do it in February when there’s not much to [...]
Posted in Goals, personal on Jan 2nd, 2013 1 Comment »
I’m liking 2013 already. Yesterday was such a fun day! We had our friends Nancy and Logan over for a New Year’s feast, and it was the perfect way to start off a new year. We had masses of food, all of it gluten free and almost all of it dairy free, and still (if [...]
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 Anna, Book Recommendations, Goals, Middle school, reading on Jul 30th, 2012 2 Comments »
I’ve just started on a suggested reading list for Anna’s 7th grade year. Here’s what we have on it so far. Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgenson Understood Betsy, by Dorothy Canfield Fisher Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain Adam of the Road, By Elizabeth Janet Gray Across [...]
Posted in Book Recommendations, Goals, reading, Teens and high school, Victoria on Jul 10th, 2012 2 Comments »
We’ve finished up our 9th grade suggested reading list for Victoria for next year, with input from various friends online, web sites, my own suggestions and Victoria’s requests. She does not plan to read all of these, just a good portion. We’ll discuss them as she goes and she may write reviews for sites like [...]
Posted in Goals on Feb 18th, 2010 4 Comments »
I want to: 1. Make this… 2. Read a billion new wonderful library books with the kids. 3. Watercolor paint indoor snowmen. Then put them outside again. 4. Make homemade ricotta cheese. 5. Finish cleaning the whole downstairs. It’s looking so pretty. How did that happen? 6. Start a new Dear America book with the [...]
Posted in cool sites, Daily log, geography, Goals, writing on Jan 14th, 2010 3 Comments »
Done today: Read fun books with Jack Read science/body book with Jack Played HyperDash with Jack Victoria wrote a letter, I proofed it Vitamins and supplements to all the kids Victoria researched patents and inventions Anna read (she’s sick today) Jack read on his own Various people read to Alex Daryl taught Anna to play [...]
Posted in Goals on Jan 10th, 2010 4 Comments »
We’re finally back home. We got back yesterday and the roads were mostly fine. Something is wrong with the furnace and we now have one very warm floor and one very cold floor (guess which one I’m staying on!) until we can get someone to look at it tomorrow. It’s good to be home nonetheless, [...]
Posted in Goals, holidays, personal on Dec 31st, 2009 15 Comments »
Y’all know how I feel about resolutions. I keep them about as well as I keep my house clean, which I do almost as well as I speak Gaelic. And nope, I don’t speak Gaelic! If I were going to make some resolutions, I’d go all out though. In my dream life, this is what [...]
Posted in Goals, personal on Dec 7th, 2009 6 Comments »
Some big, some little… Find the hydrogen peroxide page again so I can write up that experiment and explain it properly. Do this craft with the kiddos. Get the ingredients to make sugar plums. Do lots of these. Finish at least one educational DVD we have out and either The Witch of Blackbird Pond or [...]
