Posted in cool sites, writing on Sep 11th, 2008 No Comments »
You girls can register and play at this site. Afterwards, please write up a review for my blog and email it to me. It should have an intro sentence where you give an idea about whether you recommend it and what it is, a paragraph about what the site is about and what […]
Posted in Jack, magical moments, crafts, Fun, art, writing on Aug 14th, 2008 1 Comment »
Jack has been asking for kindergarten every day this week and so I’ve made time to do something special each day. We’ve made cakes, read books, done leaf rubbings and so on.
Yesterday he said he wanted to make paper dolls. We decided to do them freehand and I asked if he’d like alien or monster […]
Posted in Victoria, writing on Aug 12th, 2008 No Comments »
A few weeks ago, a woman who runs a Little House on the Prairie web site asked Victoria if she’d be willing to write up a guest blog entry about meeting the Greenbush Twins last month. Victoria jumped at the chance and finally got her entry written and emailed in yesterday. Here it is if […]
Posted in cool sites, contests, math, writing on Jul 14th, 2008 No Comments »
From Googol Learning…
Crazy 4 Math Contest Deadline July 30th
The Crazy 4 Math Contest is once again receiving entries from all over the world, showing that mathematics, the universal language, is enjoyed by children everywhere.
This annual contest was founded in 2005 to help students keep up their math skills over the summer. Research indicates that […]
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 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 Daily log, nature, PE, magical moments, social studies, art, math, reading, science, writing on Jun 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
Three random ways the kids learned in each subject the past few days….
Math
Jack was answering addition and subtraction questions for goldfish crackers in Guy and Val’s hotel room this morning.
Victoria did some math pages to earn extra computer time.
The kids’ computer is hooked up to the net now in the living room and Anna instant […]
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 Daily log, geography, PE, social studies, art, math, holidays, writing on May 20th, 2008 No Comments »
A little of what we’ve been up to lately…
Social Studies
Jack, Anna, Victoria and I watched “IMAX: The Eight Greatest Places on Earth” about the Amazon river, Tibet, Greenland and other amazing places. We learned a lot about everything from the rainforest to prayer flags to lemurs.
Anna and I are still reading “Pollyanna” at bedtime, which […]
Posted in writing on May 16th, 2008 No Comments »
I gave the girls this list of creative writing ideas to choose from and write a blog page about. Just thought I’d share it in case others were looking for new ideas….
Write a blog entry as a character from a historic fiction book like “Little House on the Prairie” or “Sadie Rose.” Talk about what […]
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.