Posted in art, Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., geography, JBug, Superboy's projects on Oct 4th, 2007 4 Comments »
This week has been a week of starting, continuing, or finishing several different projects. And we LOVE it! JBug has been working on this hand puppet for her sister all week: She did all of the stitching and gluing herself! Superboy finally put the finishing touches on this Chinese Dragon watercolor today. It took 2 [...]
Posted in Catholicism on Oct 4th, 2007 6 Comments »
Today is the feast day of St Francis of Assisi, beloved saint and patron of our home and school. I’d like to share with you his most famous and beautiful prayer, from which we draw the name of our homeschool. I know there many folks out there that could use a bit of the [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Oct 2nd, 2007 8 Comments »
Why is it, that when I ask Superboy to “write a paragraph about Manticores” I get glazed eyes and groans of protest. But when I tell him “give me 6 inches of parchment by lunchtime” on the same subject, he just smiles and picks up his pencil?
Posted in Random Ramblings on Oct 2nd, 2007 2 Comments »
Take The Mothering Styles Quiz and find out! I found it amazingly accurate for only having 4 questions. Your type is: intp —The “Love of Learning” Mother “I keep the encyclopedia in the kitchen so we can look up things together while we eat.” Intellectually curious and patient, the INTP mother relishes those times with [...]
Posted in art, Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., geography, montessori, science, Superboy's projects on Oct 1st, 2007 12 Comments »
I had posted this already on the 4real board, but I also wanted to share here in case anyone is interested. We have transitioned into a block-schedule, theme-day sort of schedule for now. I wrote up this poem to help the kiddos remember( my apologies to any real poets out there. I cranked it out [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Oct 1st, 2007 3 Comments »
The sorting hat says that I belong in Ravenclaw! Said Ravenclaw, “We’ll teach those whose intelligence is surest.” Ravenclaw students tend to be clever, witty, intelligent, and knowledgeable. Notable residents include Cho Chang and Padma Patil (objects of Harry and Ron’s affections), and Luna Lovegood (daughter of The Quibbler magazine’s editor). Take the most scientific [...]
