Must be all that flan
Posted in Random Ramblings on Nov 12th, 2007 2 Comments »
Your Inner European is Spanish! Energetic and lively. You bring the party with you! Who’s Your Inner European?
Archive for November, 2007
Veteran’s Day plans
Posted in Catholicism, Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., history on Nov 11th, 2007 2 Comments »
I know, it is really TODAY, but we are going to observe it tomorrow since today is Sunday. To be honest, we don’t usually do anything special for Veterans day. Don’t get me wrong, I do appreciate veterans and soldiers and the enormous sacrifices they have made and continue to make to this day. But [...]
The party’s over
Posted in Random Ramblings on Nov 10th, 2007 2 Comments »
The pity party, that is. And today I am counting my blessings. The first dozen are easy: I love you so much, sweetheart! Thank you for knowing just exactly what I needed. ps: Elizabeth, tell St Therese thanks from me, too.
pity party post
Posted in Random Ramblings on Nov 9th, 2007 18 Comments »
You really shouldn’t even read this, it is THAT pathetic. But if you do, be forewarned, I am not in a great mood lately and for some reason I feel like being brutally honest about it. There is nothing in particular wrong, but for some reason I am feeling rather put-out and resentful lately about [...]
pre-school “art”
Posted in art, pre-school on Nov 9th, 2007 4 Comments »
When doing art with pre-schoolers, the product is not all that important. It’s all about the process, really. Here we are, spending a chilly afternoon creating some art. JackJack and Squirt each get a glob of tempera paint in a dish to spread around their paper. For JJ it is all about seeing the color [...]
Conference DVD’s and CDs available!
Posted in Random Ramblings on Nov 6th, 2007 2 Comments »
I don’t know why I forgot to mention it earlier… If you were unable to attend the First Annual Real Learning Conference, in Manassas, VA in August, but would like to see my talk on nature study, along with those of the other wonderful speakers (including Elizabeth Foss, author of the truly inspirational Real Learning: [...]
Freezing our buns!
Posted in Random Ramblings on Nov 5th, 2007 6 Comments »
We are stepping up to the eco-plate and joining in Crunchy Chicken’s Freeze your Buns Challenge! We’ve pledged a modest sacrifice of 65 degrees daytime and 60 nighttime. Nothing drastic, but still quite the sacrifice for these native Floridians! I am going to have to think of it as “training” for Alaska! And now I’m [...]
The NEA thinks I suck
Posted in Random Ramblings on Nov 3rd, 2007 13 Comments »
And the feeling is mutual. I took the liberty of cutting and pasting a fascinating section from the NEA 2007-2008 Resolutions Document. Just so you know what we are still up against as homeschoolers. (thanks, Mary, for the link) B-75. Home Schooling The National Education Association believes that home schooling programs based on parental choice [...]
Some recent notebook pages
Posted in art, Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., nature study, science, Superboy's projects on Nov 3rd, 2007 3 Comments »
I have been neglectful and not been posting many pictures of the notebooking Superboy has been doing lately. You might think he isn’t doing much (and at times that may be true), but actually he has several notebooks going right now, and though none of them are as elaborate as the ones he has done [...]
Pre-school trays for next week
Posted in montessori, pre-school on Nov 3rd, 2007 3 Comments »
I wont bore you with pictures of all of them, but if you are interested, follow this link to see a quick slideshow of the practical life trays I’ve prepared for the kiddos for next week. (Not pictured is this week’s collage tray which, in addition to the usual paper scraps, has google-eyes and pom-poms. [...]
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