Posted in Lapbooks, deep thoughts, Victoria, nature on Jun 6th, 2008 No Comments »
I was thinking today that our type of homeschooling works a bit like a virus!
Two days ago, Daryl took the kids down to a local lake and they saw carp thrashing about. They made such a scene that the kids were delighted and stayed to watch.
When we got home, we had to look up […]
Posted in Victoria, nature, science on Jun 2nd, 2008 No Comments »
Victoria discovered this mutated dandelion in our lawn last week.
It’s hard to see from the picture, but the stems have grown together, so they are sort of conjoined twins. The stems are separate down near the ground but they are one thick stem up by the flowers.
She has informed Daddy that he is not allowed […]
Posted in Lapbooks, Anna, nature on May 31st, 2008 1 Comment »
Here’s pics of Anna’s finished lapbook. I think it’s beautiful! We learned a ton too. She taught the family lots about roses and presented it to us this afternoon, too.
Posted in Lapbooks, Anna, nature on May 31st, 2008 No Comments »
Anna chose roses for the theme for her new lapbook so I’ve been printing her out information and handouts.
If anybody is looking for neat stuff to include in their own rose lapbooks, here’s some of what we used…
I cut and pasted info from this page and put it in a fancy font to glue various […]
Posted in magical moments, Field trips & tours, pictures, nature, Daily log on May 26th, 2008 1 Comment »
We had a wonderful day at a nearby state park with some homeschool friends yesterday!
We started out walking on a causeway to Loon Island (misnamed by the locals years ago when they thought the nesting cormorants were loons). Daryl dropped me and the kids off and went bird watching, since he has (as Jack […]
Posted in magical moments, Field trips & tours, nature on May 21st, 2008 No Comments »
We had a fun day with some HS friends today and on the way home we stopped at a nearby lake. The kids all went exploring while Daryl looked for artifacts. I sat in the van with the sleeping baby and read my homeschooling association newsletter and listened to the waves.
The kids found […]
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 magical moments, Field trips & tours, pictures, nature on May 3rd, 2008 No Comments »
Every year, our family takes part in a swan release program through the DNR. They have been doing this in our area for 7 years and I think we’ve taken part every year. The swans are bred in a zoo and then released at a local lake. Their wings are clipped so they stay in […]
Posted in magical moments, pictures, nature on Apr 28th, 2008 No Comments »
Daryl took the kids to run errands this morning and a few minutes later Anna came back in the house to inform me that there was something magical and I had to come! As much as I like putzing online and doing laundry, that sounded even better so off we all went.
We drove a […]
Posted in Field trips & tours, nature on Apr 26th, 2008 1 Comment »
We had a few errands to run in a nearby “big city” (they have traffic lights!) so we drove the 30 miles over there today. We dropped off homemade cards for a HS friend who’s had her tonsils out, picked up some groceries and let the kids play at some parks. I even […]
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.