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 Home ec, vocabulary, Victoria, math on May 18th, 2008 1 Comment »
Victoria asked permission to run her own lemonade stand tomorrow and I told her okay. She’s been planning it for a few days now and today we walked downtown to the grocery store for her to buy her supplies.
Things learned so far….
Math: She kept a running total of how much she had spent in the […]
Posted in cool sites, math on May 10th, 2008 1 Comment »
This fabulous web site has tons of colorful, creative games to help kids learn and reinforce math concepts. It’s broken down by grade and subject (geometry, algebra, etc.). Best of all, it’s fun!
Posted in math on May 7th, 2008 No Comments »
These are supposedly from an algebra newsletter, which I’m going to try to track down. Thought they were worth passing on…
a) To multiply an even number by 5, first take half, then add a zero.
Ex: 18 x 5
Half of 18 is 9.
Adding a zero gives 90.
b) To multiply a number by 25, just divide the […]
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 lesson plans, Preschool, nature, social studies, math, science, writing on May 5th, 2008 No Comments »
A mom on one of my homeschool lists asked for help designing a curriculum for her four year old and it got me thinking about what “curriculum” we do here. I thought I’d post it in case it’s helpful for anybody else out there.
The most important thing to remember is that you should not try […]
Posted in cool sites, nature, math, writing on Apr 9th, 2008 No Comments »
This fun math site has a number of fun ways to combine poetry and math for April (national poetry month). There are also Earth Day math activities and tons more. Fun!
Posted in freebies, math on Apr 7th, 2008 No Comments »
Here is a complete math curriculum you can print out for free, courtesy of The Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching. It covers years 1-6 and includes lesson plans, practice books, number lines, posters, full instructions and more. It’s broken down into manageable bits by year and area, so you can check it out before […]
Posted in Anna, Jack, Clubs & Classes, Japanese, computer & programs, Field trips & tours, Grammar, Victoria, art, science, Daily log, nature, testing, math on Apr 2nd, 2008 No Comments »
Oh, we’ve been busy! I’m still sick but quite a lot is going on nonetheless. Here’s a bit of what we’ve been up to.
Maple Syrup Tapping
We took part in an annual tradition of having a big community breakfast and then learning about tapping maple trees at a nearby camp. The girls know it by heart […]
Posted in cool sites, math on Mar 31st, 2008 No Comments »
Here’s a wonderful little printable store kit for kids that I found online. There’s a cover, receipts, coupons, price tags and more. Neat! I’m printing it out now for Jack and Anna, who have been making money and selling things all morning. I also printed out this money from Donna Young. The million dollar bills […]
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.