Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., JBug, montessori on Jan 31st, 2007 6 Comments »
Perhaps one of the greatest challenges homeschooling Moms face is dealing with littles while trying to school the olders. I am trying very hard not to go insane to keep things running smoothly around here and some days I am more successful than others. The successful days are turning out to be the days where [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Jan 30th, 2007 4 Comments »
Just one small reason why school is a little light this week! But if you want to read about some amazing plans that actually have a snowball’s chance of getting accomplished, go here. As usual, Dawn, you put us all to shame!LOL!
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., JBug, montessori, nature study on Jan 29th, 2007 8 Comments »
I am very pleased with the way this Montessori-ish material turned out. Background: A couple of years ago when we went to Alaska I picked up a bag of fur scraps at a souvenier shop. Though they were a beautiful and interesting mix of Alaskan wildlife furs, I was not sure what I would do [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., Random Ramblings on Jan 27th, 2007 2 Comments »
Time to get a little bit philosophical. It doesn’t happen often, so I hope you will stick with me on this one. I value your input. A couple of things coincided to get me thinking about the idea of quality vs. quantity in our homeschool. First, I was reading Amy’s Charlotte Mason blog (as I [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., geography, Superboy's projects on Jan 26th, 2007 11 Comments »
Ok, I think I have enough time to blog about one project!LOL! Boy, things are pretty hectic around here lately! Anyway, Superboy is embarking on his “Around the World” study. Since we are studying the US in history, we thought we’d start geography with North America. His first project is a salt-dough map of the [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Jan 25th, 2007 11 Comments »
Could not resist a matching set of jammies for Christmas. Makes you just want to scoop them up and hug them to pieces!
Posted in Random Ramblings on Jan 23rd, 2007 5 Comments »
I had promised a little while back to blog about the latest projects Superboy is into… Well, things have been a bit chaotic here lately due to some issues with my grandchildren, so that’s why I have been such a lousy blogger. Plus, dh took the camera with him when he went out of town, [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Jan 20th, 2007 7 Comments »
Last Sunday’s Gospel reading was about Jesus’s first miracle where He changed water into wine at the wedding in Cana. I was talking to dh yesterday and commenting that I wish he had heard our priest’s homily, as it had been particularly interesting (dh had been flying back from a job interview in Montana and [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Jan 20th, 2007 1 Comment »
Could this be why? My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is: Lady Madame Theresa the Lackadaisical of Kirkby Overblow Get your Peculiar Aristocratic Title hat tip: Mommy Brain
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., Random Ramblings on Jan 18th, 2007 8 Comments »
We have made a few changes in how our school is set up since the move. At first I lamented that although the house is bigger than our old place, there was no unoccupied room big enough to dedicate as a school room. There was only a tiny spare room and the rest of the [...]
