A little change of scenery
Posted in alaska on Nov 28th, 2009 6 Comments »
Ever felt the need to get away for a little while? Yea, me too. So I did. I’ll be back soon. Maybe.
Archive for November, 2009
just fyi
Posted in Random Ramblings on Nov 25th, 2009 No Comments »
I’ll be taking a brief blog break as we are going to be out of town for just a little while. In the meantime, I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
What a difference a year makes…
Posted in Random Ramblings on Nov 21st, 2009 17 Comments »
I was looking through my blog archives a bit and stumbled across a couple of posts from precisely one year ago. I found it almost startling to see the difference a single year can make. Here are some pics from one year ago this week: And these are pics from this week: As different as [...]
Everglades escapades
Posted in nature study on Nov 17th, 2009 19 Comments »
Today we decided to take a little trip up to Everglades National Park–just to see what we could see. Which is kinda ever why we do anything much, really. Anyhow, as one would expect from the name EVER glades, the thing is humongous. I think they invented the word “vast” just for this place. I’m [...]
lovely golden days
Posted in Florida Keys, nature study on Nov 16th, 2009 2 Comments »
It has finally cooled off a bit here and we are enjoying some really lovely days. Sunny, low 70′s with a light breeze…ahhhh! Feels so nice to be outdoors! Perfect weather for picnics and tree climbing. The water has gotten a bit chilly as well. Too chilly for me to swim (I like it bath-tub [...]
Embracing my inner 2-year-old
Posted in Random Ramblings on Nov 13th, 2009 15 Comments »
I know you’ve seen them because they are UBIQUITOUS. NaNoWriMo (and it’s spawn, NaNoBloMo, NaNoJoMo, MumBoJumBo, HunGryHipPo, etc, etc) Art Everyday Tuesday Teatime Wordless Wednesday Thankful Thursday Fun Friday Simple Saturday? Sinful Sunday? No, that can’t be right… etc, etc, etc. There are challenges! and themes! for every day of the week and every month [...]
The play’s the thing…
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof... on Nov 12th, 2009 15 Comments »
Because I don’t want to leave that last post up and look like I am begging for votes (I’m really not) and because the blog has been relatively quiet lately, I thought I’d post a little about what we are up to. Mostly we have been on a Shakespeare kick. WHY??? No idea really, but [...]
Say what?
Posted in Random Ramblings on Nov 11th, 2009 4 Comments »
I was over at my friend Stephanie’s , happily reading along as usual, when I came across this surprising little piece of news: Along with Steph and a bunch of my other fav blogs, I’ve been nominated for an award in the Best Unschooling Blog category. *blink blink* I have to admit I am pretty [...]
I should have known better
Posted in Random Ramblings on Nov 10th, 2009 7 Comments »
You’d think by now I’d have learned. But even after I don’t know how many years of doing this home learning thing I still forget sometimes. I forget that children are naturally curious. I forget that creativity seeks an outlet like a seedling seeks the sun. I forget that sometimes it is the simplest things [...]
like white on rice
Posted in JBug, living math, montessori on Nov 2nd, 2009 15 Comments »
JBug was all over this activity last week. I dug into our Asia continent box and put together a tray to reinforce the concepts of place value and exchanging, which JBug still struggles with from time to time. The enameled dragon tray contains a small bowl of rice grains, a pair of chopsticks, some Chinese [...]
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