Posted in alaska, nature study on Mar 24th, 2010 5 Comments »
A walk in the park… Wanna help me id this guy? C’mon all you birders, help me out! He was smaller than a red tail, but larger than a peregrine falcon, if that helps at all. Out of the woods and down to the shore…. Lemon nudibranch And this nasty looking fellow… is a sea [...]
Posted in alaska on Mar 23rd, 2010 4 Comments »
Barter Life has loveliness to sell, All beautiful and splendid things, Blue waves whitened on a cliff, Soaring fire that sways and sings, And children’s faces looking up Holding wonder like a cup. Life has loveliness to sell, Music like a curve of gold, Scent of pine trees in the rain, Eyes that love you, [...]
Posted in JBug, language arts, living math, montessori on Mar 20th, 2010 17 Comments »
I’ve had quite a few emails and such lately asking me about JBug and her Montessori work. Since I have been posting more about other things we’ve been up to lately, is Montessori still something we do? You bet it is!!! It’s just that we have had so many more interesting and photogenic things going [...]
Posted in alaska on Mar 16th, 2010 7 Comments »
Yep, that’s right, we finally got our first good dose of the fluffy white stuff this year. And since it will also most likely be our last, coming so late in the season, we decided to enjoy it! Here’s the proof: Snowballs small and large… A snow pirate? Then we decided to work together on [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Mar 11th, 2010 4 Comments »
I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day. EB White Here’s to tossing out the plans.
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., history on Mar 9th, 2010 8 Comments »
Our little homeschool, as you may have guessed from reading here, is unique. At least I like to think so. It isn’t that our “approach” to education is terribly unique. Lots of people are relaxed, eclectic, hands-on, unschoolish, whatever, home learners. I see it more and more every day, people loosening up, handing the educational [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Mar 1st, 2010 No Comments »
New post up over at my marine biology blog, Fieldwork. Go check it out, there’s lots to see!
