Posted in Charity & Community Good, cool sites, geography, math, vocabulary on Nov 4th, 2009 3 Comments »
Lately when the kids have been playing Webkinz I’ve asked them to do 50 questions in Quizzie’s Corner first, on various subjects. It’s an easy way to sneak in some math, science, language arts and other subjects.
Tonight when Victoria came to say goodnight, she told me, “Hey Mom, you know how you have us do [...]
Posted in Fun, spelling, vocabulary on Mar 1st, 2009 3 Comments »
We’re all in various stages of illness here, me and Alex especially. Tonight we had an easy supper of pizza and peas, and it seemed a little too alliterative to pass up. The kids and I declared it P night!
We….
Had Pepperoni Pizza and Peas for supper
Ate in Pink, Purple and Pajamas
Had Pink ice cream for [...]
Posted in Charity & Community Good, Field trips & tours, Fun, art, geography, math, nutrition, plans for the day, reading, science, social studies, vocabulary, writing on Feb 5th, 2009 3 Comments »
We’re firmly in the winter blahs around here so I’ve been brainstorming ways to perk up our HS days. We have HS swimming tomorrow and HS ice skating the next day, but here are some other things that seemed like fun…..
1. Write dictionary stories. Have kids open up the dictionary to random places, close their [...]
Posted in Fun, Kindergarten, art, crafts, games, history, holidays, lesson plans, math, plans for the day, reading, social studies, vocabulary on Nov 26th, 2008 4 Comments »
It’s another cozy day at home for us today, which I really enjoy. Here’s some thoughts I had for ways to fill it. Feel free to join in!
1. Silly similes. Teach the kids what similes are (sim-i-lees– comparison words that use “as” or “like,” as opposed to metaphors which say something is [...]
Posted in Fun, Kindergarten, Poetry, games, geography, history, lesson plans, math, nutrition, plans for the day, reading, social studies, vocabulary, writing on Nov 20th, 2008 2 Comments »
We had fun doing some of the 10 fun things to do that I posted the other day so I thought I’d brainstorm 10 more.
1. Make up polls and graph the results. We’ve done favorite ice cream flavors and colors in the past. We even graphed the favorite colors one in M&Ms (I bought Easter [...]
Posted in Daily log, Field trips & tours, Fun, PE, crafts, games, history, pictures, vocabulary on Nov 18th, 2008 1 Comment »
…We’ve done here lately:
1. Daryl and the kids stopped by the museum at Walnut Grove and talked to the new director of the summer festival about ideas for next year’s festivities.
2. Victoria started making her own earrings.
3. The kids played Kids’ Trivial Pursuit.
4. Alex did lots of art while the big kids and I did [...]
Posted in Fun, Preschool, Toddlers, Uncategorized, art, games, history, lesson plans, plans for the day, reading, science, vocabulary on Nov 12th, 2008 5 Comments »
It’s snowy and dreary here this morning. I desperately need to find the cleaning fairy and chain her to my kitchen, but I also have 4 mostly-darling children in dire need of some plain old fun.
Here’s 10 things that are on our list of possibles today.
1. Play hide the phone. This is [...]
Posted in Home ec, Victoria, math, vocabulary 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 Anna, Daily log, Jack, Lapbooks, Victoria, art, history, math, reading, social studies, vocabulary, 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 Daily log, Goals, art, history, math, reading, vocabulary on Jan 25th, 2008 No Comments »
We’ve been busy the last couple of days. Some of what the kids have been up to….
Math: Victoria did many pages in an algebra workbook. She has decided she loves algebra and geometry. Anna did an online math game. Jack asked me to get him a “learning book about math” [...]
