Posted in art, Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., JBug on Nov 13th, 2008 15 Comments »
Both Superboy and JBug have absolutely gone construction mad! It’s not exactly what I had imagined when I “strewed” all those architecture books the other day… it’s better! First up is JBug’s work in progress, “Itty bitty city”: using some halloween candy boxes and a few odds and ends… she is creating… and building… and [...]
Posted in art, Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., living math, montessori on Nov 11th, 2008 19 Comments »
I promised I’d post some more ideas today, so here are a few. I am running a little behind (we have been busy with all this fun stuff!!!) but I’ll have the rest up tomorrow, hopefully. These are pretty simple today. Just a few ideas I gathered from things I’ve seen around the internets: This [...]
Posted in art, Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., montessori on Nov 10th, 2008 36 Comments »
Are your well-layed out shelves collecting dust? Are cobwebs growing on your manipulatives for lack of, well…manipulation? Are you tempted to describe your school as “Montes-snore-i” ??? Time for a shake-up, I say! In an effort to fight the ho-hums around here, this morning I temporarily stashed away some of our stand-by’s and put together [...]
Posted in alaska on Nov 10th, 2008 12 Comments »
Just to show there’s no hard feelings, at least on my side…. We drove the 650 miles (round-trip) south to Wasilla, home-town of our illustrious governor and former vice-presidential candidate, Sarah Palin, just to take this photo in show of our support for all of our republican friends: See! We can be bi-partisan unifiers!You can [...]
Posted in art on Nov 7th, 2008 13 Comments »
We spent a lovely day today learning about and doing art. We read about the amazing John James Audubon and we watched a DVD all about his work from the National Gallery of Art. Then, in keeping with our current read-aloud, Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates, we studied a bit of the Dutch Artist [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Nov 6th, 2008 19 Comments »
Here are a few scenes from election night, LaPaz style! Decoration making: cookie cutting… (while JBug listens to “I’m gonna take your vote to college”…) lovin’ from the oven: sprinkling and frosting: some friends came to join in the fun: Listening for the results and coloring the maps, one state at a time… and rejoicing [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Nov 4th, 2008 17 Comments »
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Posted in Random Ramblings on Nov 3rd, 2008 13 Comments »
So… I am looking for ideas. What are you all doing to celebrate/drown your sorrows on election night? Here’s what I’ve got… I’ve got a roast to simmer in the crock pot while we all get out and vote… I’ve got cookies to decorate with white frosting and red and blue sprinkles… I’ve got my [...]
