Posted in Random Ramblings on Jun 13th, 2006 5 Comments »
tell Him your plans. “ Or at least that is how the old saying goes. I am busily, happily planning away for next year-no moss growing on me, let me tell you. And in the spirit of planning, I am sharing these interesting (at least to me) quotes on planning. Some of them really strike [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof... on Jun 12th, 2006 5 Comments »
I WISH this title meant that we are planning a trip around the world. Sadly, that is not the case. We are, however, planning an “Around the World” notebook project for the next year! Superboy decided that next year he would like to combine all his geography, history, etc into a notebook project in which [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Jun 10th, 2006 6 Comments »
The end of another school year… This year has been such a wonderful experience. Seeing it come to an end is such a bittersweet thing. Although for the most part I am feeling good about this year being done and really glad to be getting a break, a large part of me just wants to [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., Superboy's projects on Jun 10th, 2006 8 Comments »
There is now a link on my sidebar (and here) to pictures of Superboy’s fairy notebook. Click on over to see what’s inside!
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., Superboy's projects on Jun 9th, 2006 8 Comments »
Here at long last are the fairie houses we’ve been making. This was such a fun project! The first house is a garden cottage. I made this one in hopes this pleasant little home will soon attract a fairy to keep watch over our flowers. The second is a woodland dwelling. Superboy felt our trees [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., Superboy's projects on Jun 8th, 2006 3 Comments »
Here are a couple of fairies we did using the idea from Art Attack called Fairy Dust. Ours don’t look quite as good as the example on the website, but at least we got a little of the glowing effect. I think this is an idea we will work a bit more with, as it [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Jun 8th, 2006 3 Comments »
Blog update: I added a few pages to my sidebar. They are pages of pictures of previous notebooks Superboy has done: Dragons, Pirates, and Christmas. When the fairy notebook is done I will add a page for it, too. I figure it would be easier for folks interested in notebooking if the links were right [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., Superboy's projects on Jun 7th, 2006 5 Comments »
We are wrapping up the fairy unit. Only a few things to finish up-the fairy houses included. But meanwhile we are gathering everything together into a notebook. Superboy put the finishing touches on the cover today, so here it is… He was trying to make it similar in style to the Spiderwick Field Guide and [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., Superboy's projects on Jun 7th, 2006 10 Comments »
As promised… This was a fun little craft project that simply involved some cardstock cut into quarters, some thinned acrylic paint (tempera might work even better) and a straw. Blob the paint on and blow until you’re dizzy! Then after it dries you simply pick out the patterns that look humanoid and highlight them with [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., Superboy's projects on Jun 6th, 2006 4 Comments »
As one of the literature tie-ins to the fairy-tale unit we are doing, Superboy chose the poem Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll to have a little fun with. He began by using the poem as copywork. Boy, was that a challenge, with all those nonsense words! Then he wrote out his own definitions for all the [...]
