Posted in freebies, Funnies, Links, plans for the day, science, Teens and high school on Oct 25th, 2012 No Comments »
Happy Thursday! We woke today to find some of that pretty white stuff all over. I’m not sure I’m ready for winter but at least it waited until after September. On the agenda today: Have Victoria take her online CAT. Do algebra with Victoria. Start poetry lessons with Anna. Have the boys do math on [...]
Posted in plans for the day on May 14th, 2012 1 Comment »
Various members of our family are currently sick as dogs. Or sicker, actually, since Layla is perfectly fine. I’m still battling it and it’s a proud moment that I’m even blogging at the computer right now. I’m off to the couch again presently (after making food for Toria, who’s also still recovering from surgery). We’re [...]
Posted in Daily log, personal, pictures, plans for the day, Victoria on May 7th, 2012 2 Comments »
Egads, we’ve been busy! Here’s how last week looked for us… Monday — Jack turned 9, Victoria graduated from archery class. We had a small birthday party, I baked a gluten free chocolate cake and made a special meal, Victoria had horse class and we all watched her archery tournament (she came in second in [...]
Posted in Middle school, plans for the day, science, Teens and high school, writing on Apr 11th, 2012 2 Comments »
I emailed this to Victoria and Anna this morning… Today’s assignment (due by Thursday midnight): Go to this web site on genetics. Look around and learn a lot. Play games and interact with it. Write me a paper about genetics with a minimum of 500 words (you can cut and paste it here to get [...]
Posted in Fun, games, geography, lesson plans, math, plans for the day, science, vocabulary on Aug 14th, 2011 3 Comments »
It’s been forever since I’ve done one of these posts so I thought I’d throw out some fun alternative HS ideas for the week… Play a homeschool version of Balderdash. Write up a list of vocabulary words and make up some fake and real definitions. Challenge the kids to name the right definition for each [...]
Posted in Daily log, Frugal living, Home ec, pictures, plans for the day on Jun 11th, 2011 3 Comments »
Life has been busy here lately! Here’s a bit of how we’ve been learning and playing… Playing element bingo (Anna won the prize — wacky glasses!) Visiting the railroad museum Getting Victoria back from visiting friends in the Cities Experimenting with our new telegraph machine Gardening Hanging out with fun friends Finishing testing for the [...]
Posted in Attachment Parenting, games, Gardening, nature, personal, plans for the day on Apr 26th, 2011 6 Comments »
On my agenda for the next week: Plan Jack, Alex and Victoria’s birthdays (Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday), throw one party, host one soiree, make three cakes, buy presents, survive. Take the kids to see the CSI director, who’s in our little town again, and perhaps fight with him again. Last time, he told me I shouldn’t [...]
Posted in Field trips & tours, personal, plans for the day on Feb 15th, 2011 4 Comments »
We’re leaving tomorrow for Florida. It will be me, two family friends and my four kids, packed in our minivan. It should be a wonderful trip but I imagine there will be more than a few moments that will age me a few years. I’m going to desperately miss Daryl, and I so wish he [...]
Posted in Fun, geography, math, plans for the day, science, social studies on Dec 2nd, 2010 2 Comments »
(Annalee reporting the news at the Lincoln Children’s Museum, age 6) It’s been a while since I posted one of these lists so here goes…. 1. Play “Where’s it from?”. Grab some pantry staples and put them in a box. Gather the kids and ask them, game-show style, to guess where various items are from. [...]
Posted in Daily log, plans for the day on Aug 13th, 2010 2 Comments »
We’re still insanely busy here. We took Annalee to the doctor today, since she’s had an ear infection since Nebraska that just will not quit. She was at the ER with a high fever and terrible pain down there, and 10 days and two prescriptions later she still can’t sleep well at night. Anna is [...]
