Posted in art on Oct 10th, 2008 4 Comments »
I am buoyed by the success of my beanbag making and ready to take on a new crafty challenge. The trouble is there are so many great ideas out there it is tough to choose! But when I saw this project :Felt Jungle, featured at The Crafty Crow, I knew I had found my next [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., language arts on Oct 8th, 2008 9 Comments »
Maybe it’s the weather. The snow or something. I don’t know what it is, but something is in the air here and I certainly hope it sticks around. Because it is causing a sudden flurry of writing activity! After a long writing slump, both Superboy and JBug are suddenly hard at work on new stories. [...]
Posted in alaska, food on Oct 6th, 2008 19 Comments »
Ok, maybe not quite, but perhaps a shivering mass of flesh? Take a look at the inside of our freezer: We were gifted with 50 lbs of moose burger (plus a few assorted steaks and roasts) for only the cost of processing (= cheap!). I am thankful, but a bit daunted. I know what to [...]
Posted in Catholicism on Oct 5th, 2008 13 Comments »
In honor of the feast of St Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of our homeschool, the kiddos made some gifts for our dear pets. Here Superboy is using this pattern to whip up some snow booties for our dog, Cassie: Tell me, ladies, you don’t think less of him just because he can operate [...]
Posted in alaska, nature study on Oct 3rd, 2008 8 Comments »
Thursday was animal tracks day here at LaPaz, and we explored them in several different ways. First off, JBug filled some latex molds of farm animal tracks with plaster of Paris to cast her own replicas: And Superboy used some high-quality latex casts of actual Alaskan wildlife tracks to make replica tracks in wet plaster. [...]
Posted in alaska, nature study on Oct 1st, 2008 5 Comments »
Yesterday was hair/fur day here at LaPaz. We spent the day examining pelts of a wide assortment of Alaskan animals. Here are a bunch of foxes, showing off the variation in coat colors: These are a summer arctic fox, two red foxes, two winter arctics, and a silver fox. Here JBug shows off pelts from [...]
