Posted in Random Ramblings on Dec 11th, 2007 11 Comments »
I just can’t help myself. We just now earned our Christmas break (my faithful readers have spoken!) and I am already thinking about what kind of fun things we will be doing once school cranks back up in January! Its a sickness, I know! I should be sitting back and relaxing, enjoying a hard-won opportunity [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Dec 9th, 2007 7 Comments »
Here are some questions I ask myself lately: 1. Is it wrong that I tell my children that candy=raisins? (I don’t think so.) 2. Is it wrong that I make JackJack eat spaghetti in nothing but his diaper? (I don’t think so.) 3. Is it wrong that I tell my kids when they are fighting [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., science on Dec 8th, 2007 16 Comments »
So, here it is! The final roundup of our 2 week chemistry blitz, and the day you get to vote to decide if we’ve earned our Christmas break! I’ll start off by showing you Superboy’s very last experiment, which I thought was the perfect ending, considering the season: making a crystal snowflake! You can find [...]
Posted in art, Catholicism, pre-school on Dec 7th, 2007 3 Comments »
Yesterday, being the feast of St. Nicholas we decided it was a great excuse an excellent reason to skip school celebrate by spending the day making Christmas decorations, eating cookies, listening to Christmas music, and drinking eggnog! Woo hoo! Let me tell you, it was a glittery, sugary, hyperactive glorious time! Here are the highlights! [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Dec 6th, 2007 8 Comments »
Anyone remember the movie Jagged Edge? Do I need to be worried? LOL!
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., science on Dec 5th, 2007 8 Comments »
Today was polymer day at LaPaz Home learning. Started off by exploring this excellent website(Kids Macrogalleria) which has great info, games and activities all about polymers. Superboy was able to spend about an hour or so on the site and came away with a pretty good understanding of what both natural and synthetic polymers are [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., science, Superboy's projects on Dec 4th, 2007 3 Comments »
Back to the business at hand:Chemistry! This is week two of our “chemistry blitz“, and despite the distraction of those homeschool blog awards, we are all business here at LaPaz. We want to earn our vacation, that’s for sure! So, without further adieu: MOLECULES! They are EVERYWHERE! Or, at least they are covering my kitchen [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings, science on Dec 4th, 2007 3 Comments »
Quite literally. This gives new meaning to the term “Periodic Table.” (p.s. Am I a total dweeb for admitting I’d love to have one of those things? Yea… thats what I thought, too.)
Posted in Random Ramblings on Dec 3rd, 2007 6 Comments »
Lots of wonderful nominees are waiting for you to go on over and vote! And I don’t know who you are, but whoever nominated me in the categories of Best Unschooling or Eclectic blog and Best Super Homeschooler, I thank you from the bottom of my bloggy little heart! I am thrilled to be included [...]
Posted in art on Dec 3rd, 2007 24 Comments »
This weekend I finally got around to doing something I have been wanting to try for years: making a wooden puzzle for the kiddos. I am so excited about how it turned out, especially for my first try, that I just had to share it with you! Here is what I did: I grabbed some [...]
