Posted in art on Sep 9th, 2009 9 Comments »
Some of you may recall how I like to set up little art prompts for the kids so that they will see them first thing in the morning. Here is what the kids woke up to this morning: I call it 3 objects 4 ways. The title is pretty self-explanatory, but the idea was for [...]
Posted in Catholicism, food on Sep 8th, 2009 9 Comments »
Today was the day our church celebrates the birth of Mary, the mother of God. Since we are using the fabulous book, Mondays with Mary, as a guide for our religious celebrations this year, we celebrated yesterday (monday). What’s a birthday without a cake, right? Well, when it comes to my kids and baking, I [...]
Posted in art, Curriculum or Lack Thereof... on Sep 7th, 2009 13 Comments »
Superboy and I have been having so much fun with our new journals!!! I bought a pair of these on a whim: Wreck This Journal and they have turned out to be a whole lot of fun! With prompts such as “Burn this Page,” “Crack the spine,” “Fill this page with Circles” and “Collect Fruit [...]
Posted in montessori, pre-school on Sep 6th, 2009 6 Comments »
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Or so the saying goes. I took this picture of JackJack a few days ago. (JackJack age ~4) He was quietly and methodically putting tiny apple pegs into little holes all over a tree. Taking them off again. Happy and content in his own little [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Sep 5th, 2009 2 Comments »
Posted in Random Ramblings on Sep 2nd, 2009 6 Comments »
We’ve got what you might call a “relaxed” homeschool around here. In every sense of the word.
