Posted in montessori, nature study on Aug 19th, 2007 18 Comments »
Ok, I promised a glimpse at our science room and I guess it is as ready as it is going to be for now. Just please understand it is a “work in progress”. Some of it I am very happy with, some of it only slightly. So, things may change. What? That doesn’t surprise you? [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Aug 19th, 2007 20 Comments »
For those of you reading on bloglines or Google reader, click on over. I want you to see this. A new school year warrants at least a few minor changes here. I’ve changed the look of the blog to something that I think looks fresher, more modern. What do you think? I moved the Kodiak [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof... on Aug 17th, 2007 7 Comments »
Ok, so maybe it’s not as dramatic as that, but I do feel like I am holding my breath, waiting to dive in homeschool-wise around here. I have a great feeling about this year. It’s going to be the best yet, I am sure. I just need to put on my big girl swimming suit, [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Aug 15th, 2007 11 Comments »
Oh, I am a busy girl lately. But a good busy. A happy, active, energetic, getting-the-job-done busy. Making big plans, rearranging big furniture… And because of that I find myself having less time to read and comment at other folks blogs. As the song says: “I been one poor correspondent, and I been too, too [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., living math, montessori on Aug 14th, 2007 21 Comments »
Well I have finally had a chance to be home for a bit and start setting up things for school. I’ve decided to combine working areas for JBug and Superboy as much as possible this year. First on the list was the math centers. Here is our main math center all set up for the [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Aug 13th, 2007 4 Comments »
After 2 months away… I call this one “St Francis of the Jungle”. Looks like I will have to go in Stanley-and-Livingstone-style with my machete and rescue him. If you don’t hear from me in a few days, please send out a search party. Heart of Darkness here I come…
Posted in Random Ramblings on Aug 13th, 2007 8 Comments »
Me and my new BFF’s. (back row: Me, Mary Chris, Elizabeth and little sweetie, Meredith) (Front row: Janette, Dawn ) This was taken post-conference. We were a bit tired after a long day, but happy to enjoy each other’s company a bit longer before going our separate ways once again.
Posted in Random Ramblings on Aug 13th, 2007 5 Comments »
What a trip! The conference was wonderful! It was great fun to meet so many awesome Moms (and a few dads) finally face-to-face! I think my talk went well, despite my tendency to prattle on like a ditz when I am nervous (which I was). While I was busy prattling there were a few things [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Aug 9th, 2007 8 Comments »
I’m on my way to the Real Learning home education conference in Manassas, Virginia. If you are within driving distance please consider coming to see me and a bunch of other wonderful speakers for a day of fun and fellowship! Learn all about it. Conference blog. Hope to see you there!
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., JBug, montessori on Aug 7th, 2007 14 Comments »
For JBug this year we are going full Montessori (can I call it full Monty, for short? No, probably not best). In language arts she is at the pink level, which basically means she is learning to sound out simple phonetic words. (The M. method uses, among other things, sets of various kinds of cards [...]
