Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., nature study on Nov 16th, 2006 7 Comments »
Grab bag day was a huge success! (Superboy says “You have to tell everyone that I am LOVING it!”) Superboy went through his tasks like a giddy schoolchild (Oh, wait…isn’t that what he is supposed to be? Hmmm…). He loved all of his tasks and especially loved the fact that he never knew what he [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Nov 15th, 2006 3 Comments »
I am going to try this tomorrow (thursday). Thanks, Meredith, for a great idea! I’ll let you know how it goes. btw, yesterday’s list: 7 out of 10 things accomplished. Pretty darn good, I say!
Posted in Random Ramblings on Nov 15th, 2006 8 Comments »
HowManyOfMe.com There are: 675 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name? (hat tip: Momma mandy)
Posted in Random Ramblings on Nov 15th, 2006 5 Comments »
Today is just not going as planned. But this is NOT a whine post. Well… not entirely. First: we have a sick baby. JackJack has a fever. It’s only 101, so nothing major, but still enough to keep him glued to my hip and fussy all day. Therefore all the hands-on mom-intensive activities I had [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Nov 13th, 2006 11 Comments »
Interesting and fun webquiz from Beliefnet: (hat tip: Classically speaking) Belief-O-Matic : A personality Quiz about your religious and spirituality beliefs Even if YOU don’t know what faith you are, Belief-O-Matic™ knows. Answer 20 questions about your concept of God, the afterlife, human nature, and more, and Belief-O-Matic™ will tell you what religion (if any) [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Nov 13th, 2006 4 Comments »
I stumbled upon a new blog today, Blessed Among Men. Suzanne may be a new “aquaintance” to me, but her blog has already has found a place in my heart with writings like this: “November is nature’s advent. As her days diminish and her colors fade, as a frost veils her face, nature assumes a [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., nature study on Nov 12th, 2006 6 Comments »
I promised I would write a little review of our new microscope once we tried it out, for those interested. Let me give you a little background first. We already have an excellent binocular (dissecting) scope and a really nice 40X field scope, so what we needed was a good compound scope, powerful enough to [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., JBug, montessori on Nov 11th, 2006 3 Comments »
How many ways can we go over the numbers 1-5… until it finally sinks in? The world may never know…
Posted in Random Ramblings on Nov 10th, 2006 9 Comments »
The cost of a good time Three child-proof bottles: free One spoonful each of lentils, rice, and wooden beads: negligible 15 minutes of happily entertained baby: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYXIKjDl2BY PRICELESS!
Posted in Random Ramblings on Nov 9th, 2006 10 Comments »
I was having one of those days. Jack Jack was fussy and clingy, JBug and Squirt were arguing incessantly, the big kids were all out for the day, and I was at the end of my rope. I whined about it on the 4reallearning boards and got some wonderful advice: get outside, get muddy and [...]
