Posted in plans for the day, Field trips & tours, history, reading on Jun 14th, 2008 2 Comments »
We’re attending a Victorian lawn party at Tacy’s house from the Betsy-Tacy book series today.
Daryl is a volunteer for the Betsy-Tacy society and he has created reader theater plays, scanned books, made coloring pages and more for them. We have visited Tacy’s house several times before for various events and it is always fun.
The Betsy-Tacy […]
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 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 Victoria, deep thoughts, Field trips & tours, magical moments, cool sites, pictures, science, history, social studies, Fun, reading on May 30th, 2008 2 Comments »
Here’s Victoria’s answers for the best list.
Best books read: Molly Moon series
Best math game or activity: Running the lemonade stand
Best reading/spelling/grammar game or activity: Blogging and emailing (with spell check)
Best field trip: Maine
Best science experiment: The mold comparison experiment
Best science activity: Collecting different kinds of seaweed at the ocean, pouring seawater on the acorn barnacles […]
Posted in Preschool, Jack, pictures, reading on May 24th, 2008 No Comments »
Jack and I played this reading game this morning. It was quick and easy and he enjoyed it.
All I did was rip some scrap paper in half and write labels on each for common objects: ball, spoon, book, paper, block, frog, hippo, feather, glue, pen and so on.
We laid them out in […]
Posted in freebies, science, reading on May 7th, 2008 No Comments »
The EPA is giving away copies of The Magic School Bus Gets Cleaned Up!
Click here to find out how to order. No strings attached!
Incidentally, the EPA is a good place to search for free resources to round out studies about climate, pollution, water and other science topics. Just do a search and use key words […]
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 reading on Apr 18th, 2008 1 Comment »
The one subject that comes up most in every homeschooling group is teaching kids to read. It seems to be the challenge that instills the most fear in otherwise confident parents. There are several billion experts on the matter, and almost as many ways of teaching kids to read. Parents cycle through […]
Posted in Jack, Victoria, Anna, vocabulary, Lapbooks, Daily log, social studies, math, reading, history, art, writing on Mar 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
Just logging for our records….
Victoria~
Has been doing 10 minute math book pages for fun
Started researching freedom quilts and the underground railroad with Daddy
Still working on Amelia Earhardt lapbook (vocabulary, timeline, more)
Japanese class
Made paper quilts in traditional styles from construction paper shapes
Dyed eggs with a variety of dye techniques
Reading a variety of children’s magazines
Preparing interview […]
Posted in Victoria, cool sites, geography, Jack, Anna, Japanese, PE, Daily log, social studies, math, writing, reading, science, art, history, Uncategorized on Mar 16th, 2008 No Comments »
Here’s a bit of what we’ve been up to lately in various subjects….
Literature–
Reading “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” together
Reading classic poetry to Jack and Anna at bedtime
Victoria just finished a novel (can’t remember which one) and has been reading old magazines.
We’ve been reading lots of books to Jack.
Daryl is reading another Sadie Rose novel to Anna.
Anna […]
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.