Posted in Jack, Funnies on Jul 16th, 2008 2 Comments »
Two funnies from a walk Jack and I took during our “mom & me” time today….
1. We passed a dark lump that I absentmindedly noticed and shrugged off as burnt wood or some other bit of garbage. Jack stopped and squatted down for a better look. He explained, “I thought it was a frog or […]
Posted in Preschool, Lapbooks, Jack, reading on Jul 9th, 2008 No Comments »
Jack chose the letter A to do a lapbook on this week. I have to say it was much easier than usual — no web searches for images or handouts, no intricate cutting and arranging.
We made some letter A’s together, found some stickers of things that started with A, found and drew some other images […]
Posted in magical moments, Jack, pictures, crafts, art on Jul 7th, 2008 No Comments »
For Jack’s “Mom & Me” day last week, he said he wanted to make some sculptures.
I assembled some odds and ends from the garage and yard, some tape and scissors, and paint. Then we just sat in the front yard and he started to create.
He did such a good job! I love his […]
Posted in Jack, pictures, Fun on Jun 29th, 2008 No Comments »
This weekend our little town is having its annual festival and the kids and I headed out to walk to Main Street and watch the city parade.
It was raining a bit but we don’t melt so off we went!
Truth be told, I’m not a fan of small town parades because of their preoccupations with throwing […]
Posted in Anna, Jack, Victoria, Fun on Jun 19th, 2008 No Comments »
This week I started having assigned days when I spent about an hour doing something special with each child.
I’ve always made a point of doing one-on-one things daily with each of the kids, but it is often mundane tasks like fixing dinner, doing math or pulling weeds. Even those times do matter since it’s focused […]
Posted in magical moments, Jack, Victoria, pictures, Fun on Jun 18th, 2008 No Comments »
Jack, Victoria and I were blowing bubbles in the front yard last week when the newspaper editor went by in his van. He circled the block and a minute later I noticed him parked across the street taking pictures. He spelled my name wrong but he did pretty well for just going by memory. […]
Posted in Jack, Anna, Victoria, nature, reading, Daily log, math on Jun 13th, 2008 1 Comment »
We’re not officially doing school at the moment (do we ever? LOL) but it sneaks in anyway. Here’s a few ways the kids have managed to learn despite the (mostly) wonderful weather.
Jack announced yesterday that he could count to 400 by fifties. He did it for me and later counted all the way to 950 […]
Posted in challenges, magical moments, Anna, Jack, deep thoughts, Daily log on Jun 13th, 2008 1 Comment »
I’ve been making more of an effort to spend quality time regularly with each of the kids and it’s so tricky.
Ever since Alex’s arrival a year ago, I’ve been conscious of each of the kids needing more of me. We regularly spend a lot of time together as a family — almost all of […]
Posted in Preschool, Jack, pictures, reading on Jun 8th, 2008 No Comments »
Anna and I made up a set of cards for Jack to play reading games with the other day.
We drew simple pictures on half the cards and I wrote the words for the images on the other half. Then we gave them to Jack to spread out.
He spread them in a big heart shape on […]
Posted in Lapbooks, Jack, science on Jun 2nd, 2008 3 Comments »
It was Jack’s turn to do a lapbook so I asked him today what he’d like to do next. Since he’s working on a broad theme (”the universe and everything in it”), he’s pretty open to suggestions. He finally decided on giraffes.
I did some net searches and printed out an assortment of cool facts, basic […]
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.