Posted in Random Ramblings on May 18th, 2006 No Comments »
How does Danielle Bean manage to make you laugh, cry, and sigh with contentment in a single blog post? Although she is always a treat to read, this entry titled Mommy’s Hour especially hit it’s mark with me, considering the new additions I am trying to integrate right now. Do yourself a favor and take [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., nature study on May 17th, 2006 5 Comments »
This week is shroom week here at LapazFarm, as we are learning all about fungus. We went back to the wonderful nature site Backyard Nature that we had use for our flower study. This time we explored the fungus pages-WOW! So much to learn! After perusing the site and learning about the different types of [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on May 16th, 2006 10 Comments »
Sorry my blogging has been a bit sporadic lately-I’ve been a bit bogged down in the latest events around here. I wanted to introduce everyone to the newest additions to the Lapaz Farm household, my grandsons who have come to live with us this past weekend! And since they are now a part of the [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on May 14th, 2006 4 Comments »
A perfect cup of coffee is what I woke up to on Mother’s Day today. OK, maybe not perfect, but pretty darn good, for sure. For so many years I have had the honor of being served coffee in bed on Mother’s day. Made with love by little hands it is a treat I look [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., nature study on May 13th, 2006 4 Comments »
Last week for science/nature study, Superboy and I learned about flower anatomy. There is such such an amazing variety of flowers blooming right now in our very own back yard, that it seemed appropriate topic for study. At first glance, flowers seem fairly simple. They have the standard parts : Pistil consisting of stigma, style, [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., Superboy's projects on May 10th, 2006 9 Comments »
Just so you wont think all we do is nature study… Here is a picture of Superboy’s timeline book. See! We do history, too! RANDOM HISTORY!!! Actually, it has taken us quite a while to hit our groove on history. We started out doing Story of the World (Ancient) on Cd plus the activity book. [...]
Posted in nature study on May 7th, 2006 4 Comments »
I have been thinking a long while about a question asked at this thread on the 4real learning boards. How do you help someone get over their fear of insects? I did respond on the thread, but at the time I thought I was responding theoretically, having had no first-hand experience with this. After all, [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., nature study on May 6th, 2006 7 Comments »
Inspired by Dawn at By Sun and Candlelight, who shared a review of a recent book purchase by this same author, I’d like to share about a book I really like for nature study. A Field Guide to the Familiar, by Gale Lawrence This book is a series of essays about many commonly seen plants, [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on May 5th, 2006 4 Comments »
hat tip:The Happy Catholic You’re Anne of Green Gables! by L.M. Montgomery Bright, chipper, vivid, but with the emotional fortitude of cottage cheese, you make quite an impression on everyone you meet. You’re impulsive, rash, honest, and probably don’t have a great relationship with your parents. People hurt your feelings constantly, but your brazen honestly [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof... on May 5th, 2006 3 Comments »
I wrote last week about the end of our unschooling experiment and the return of our friend, the schedule. I call the schedule our friend because, far from being the brutal task-master that some schedules can be, our schedule is a gentle friend that happily reminds us of all the fun and interesting things we’d [...]
