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 […]
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 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 Victoria, writing on May 27th, 2008 No Comments »
Victoria happily brought this poem up to show me last night. Thought I’d share it here (the original was very multi-colored too).
Summer
I wake up. It’s today!
Summer’s here! Hip hooray!
Summer means lots of fun!
Swimming under the summer sun!
Splash in the pool! Catch that ball!
Roller skate! Don’t fall!
Be happy! […]
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 Victoria, Daily log, holidays on May 2nd, 2008 No Comments »
We’re halfway through the birthday marathon. Two down!
Victoria’s birthday yesterday was a big success. She had a lot of plans and we were able to pretty much do everything. We went to homeschool swimming, libraries in two towns, her favorite Mexican restaurant and the park, among other things.
She originally wanted to meet friends […]
Posted in Victoria, pictures, holidays on May 2nd, 2008 1 Comment »
The many moods of Victoria on her tenth birthday (with Mom giving directions like “Okay, now sweet! Now mysterious! Now like a super spy!”…..
Posted in Jack, Victoria, holidays on Apr 30th, 2008 No Comments »
Jack had a really good birthday today. He got some neat gifts, saw some neat people and did some neat things! There was lunch with Grandma and Grandpa, playing in the park with friends, a cake made to his specs (a green cake with his name and a little version of him on it!) and […]
Posted in Anna, Victoria, testing on Apr 25th, 2008 1 Comment »
We got our CAT results back for the girls today. This was Anna’s first time with the test and Victoria’s third. Overall, the results were wonderful. Each girl had one area out of the ten where she scored below average, but the other nine were all well over average.
The basic results were…
Anna (2nd grade)
Overall scored […]
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.