Outside my window… Lots of rain expected today and then much lower temperatures for the rest of the week. Love it! I am thankful…for family who opens their home and welcomes you over to play. Spent time with Mimi and Uncle Mike and the twins yesterday. Their house is always low-key and welcoming. I love that….
Yay! Back for day three. This endeavor really is one day at a time. I remember this day like it was yesterday — in fact I didn’t even have to look up the date to put it on the page. We were eating a snack we had made to go with our Snowy Day unit…
Why yes, I am participating in the Mother LOAD class at Big Picture Scrapbooking. Why no, I have done absolutely none of the class work from the previous eight weeks, have not participated in the forums, and have not made a layout until yesterday. But this is when the rubber hits the road and we…
Dear friends, I am going to unplug a bit over the next few weeks. I will still be checking email some in the evenings, so you can reach me there if you need to. The blog will likely be pretty quiet, but you never know. I am giving myself an hour a day online. It…
Outside my window… Hot. Hot. Hot. Not abnormally hot like the rest of the country is experiencing, but the same old stinking 100-degrees-hot we get every single year. Only thing I dislike about living here. And it’s about this time of year that my dislike reaches its peak, and I just moan about it until we…
The Quotidian Reader: The Housewife’s Prayer Love this poem and prayer that Willa posted. I may make this my first memory piece of the school year.
Outside my window… It’s dark and still hot. Can’t wait for Fall, but I know it is going to be a long time coming. I am thankful…for information out there that causes me to constantly question why I do things like I do them and make changes for the better. I am a better person because…
This is where I discuss specific curriculum 🙂 Math – Math on the Level was my big purchase at the homeschool convention last spring. MOTL includes all the math you need to know from preschool to Pre-Algebra. That is quite a chunk. This will likely be my most planning intensive curriculum this year, though I…
Ordering our bug parade by size This is the part in which I discuss educational philosophy. I have spent the better part of the past three months exploring unschooling (again). I read some fantastic books — A Little Way of Homeschooling, Teach Your Own, and Better Than School. I have spent time daily reading and…
Olivia took two art classes at the Cultural Arts Center. She loved both and had a great time. Gymnastics class for Olivia and John. Listening to audio version of Mr. Popper’s Penquins. The Michael’s craft on Saturday was about Eqypt which led to the kids wanting an Ancient Egypt Toob which led to reading about…
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