Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., history, Superboy's projects on Mar 31st, 2007 12 Comments »
Where does he come up with this stuff? And who in her right mind would allow it!?! Encourage it, even?!!! Oh, yeah. Me! Here is the answer to yesterday’s puzzler: What is that boy up to now? His assignment was to research methods and then build a miniature wattle and daub cabin. And this is [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Mar 29th, 2007 5 Comments »
Give him a few days… And we will see!
Posted in Catholicism, pre-school, Random Ramblings on Mar 29th, 2007 10 Comments »
When he sees a baby, he knows just what to do: Here’s hoping that he always feels the same.
Posted in Random Ramblings on Mar 27th, 2007 8 Comments »
Superboy said to me last night: “Sometimes I’m afraid I’m not getting a good enough education.” Now, I could take this personally. After all, I am his teacher. I could get all offended, defend my teaching style and our curriculum (or lack thereof). I could get in a tizzy and re-evaluate everything we do, change [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Mar 25th, 2007 10 Comments »
Ingredients: one sunny day Three silly boys several plastic trucks one garden hose Directions: Turn on hose, add boys and trucks, mix well. Sit back and enjoy! Hint: This is especially delicious when it is your little one’s first time with water play.
Posted in Random Ramblings, Superboy's projects on Mar 24th, 2007 7 Comments »
Today we went toSuperboy’s Karate tournament. He sure does love karate and his teacher seems to think he has a real talent. It still seems odd to me, though to see my cuddly baby boy kicking butt!LOL! I wont worry, however, as long as his heart is still as tender as ever.
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., nature study on Mar 22nd, 2007 9 Comments »
All those little brown birds, that is. Specifically, sparrows. They annoy me. Now, don’t get me wrong. I LOVE ALL BIRDS with all of my little tree-huggingly green heart (and brain, apparently), and I have been a birdwatcher all my life. (Notice I said Birdwatcher, not “birder.” I am nowhere near serious enough about it [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Mar 21st, 2007 2 Comments »
Your Brain is Green Of all the brain types, yours has the most balance. You are able to see all sides to most problems and are a good problem solver. You need time to work out your thoughts, but you don’t get stuck in bad thinking patterns.You tend to spend a lot of time thinking [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., nature study, Random Ramblings on Mar 20th, 2007 6 Comments »
Today ended up being one of those days where you just have to choose what’s important and get that done and feel happy about it. The rest, well…you just have to let it go. Started off well with a few read-alouds. Read a couple of chapters from The American Story, which is turning out to [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Mar 19th, 2007 9 Comments »
I was tagged by Marjorie ages ago and have just gotten around to posting this! Some of my answers are a bit odd, but considering our family, that’s to be expected! Just Married! Here we are on the big day! 1. Where/How did you meet? He was taking a zoology lab I was teaching at [...]
