Posted in Victoria, writing on Jul 8th, 2008 No Comments »
Victoria and Daryl joined the Greenbush Twins’ (the girls who played Carrie on the Little House TV series) fan list online together last year when Victoria played Carrie in the local Wilder pageant. Victoria got chatting with them and sent them information about the pageant, and they contacted Walnut Grove and will be coming […]
Posted in Victoria, nature on Jul 1st, 2008 No Comments »
Oh my.
Daryl and the girls just got back from play rehearsal and Victoria is quite upset. It seems that Daddy knocked down a hornets’ nest from the set and put it in a jar. He had the grand idea to have it be a bit of a science experiment and watch to see […]
Posted in computer & programs, Victoria, writing on Jun 25th, 2008 2 Comments »
Victoria decided yesterday that she wanted to write a “web report” on marbles.
Daryl helped her google images and information on how they were made, the history, etc. She used Neopaint to make an animated GIF that flipped through pages of pictures, information and trivia.
The whole thing was about 15 “pages” and included a typed introduction […]
Posted in cooking/home ec, magical moments, Victoria, pictures, Daily log, geography, Fun on Jun 24th, 2008 3 Comments »
Yesterday was Victoria’s “mom and me” day so Daryl took the other kids for a couple of hours in the afternoon.
She decided she wanted to spend it making cookies, playing Scrambled States of America, and doing a craft. We generally only get an hour so I explained we might not have time for […]
Posted in plays, Victoria, pictures on Jun 21st, 2008 No Comments »
It was picture day for Victoria’s “family” in the Wilder Pageant on Thursday so she had to get in full costume. I took a picture before she left for the set. Here’s my little girl as Lydia Beetle.
Her lines, from the grasshopper plague scene:
“Mama, Mama, I can’t sleep.”
(Mama hushes her and tells her […]
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 Victoria, science on Jun 11th, 2008 1 Comment »
Victoria has wanted to be a doctor since she was two years old and has always been fascinated by the human body. When the “Body Worlds” exhibit (a traveling exhibit of preserved human bodies) came to our area a couple of years ago, she really wanted to see it. We were unable to […]
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 […]
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.