Posted in Catholicism, Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., montessori, pre-school on Dec 14th, 2007 4 Comments »
I’d like to introduce you to Isaiah and Micah. Now that these two prophets of old have joined us, I am finally ready to begin the Advent presentations from Moira Farrell’s Home Catechesis 3-6 albums. I know I am a bit late, but you know what they say: better late than never. It’s not a [...]
Posted in art, Catholicism, pre-school on Dec 7th, 2007 3 Comments »
Yesterday, being the feast of St. Nicholas we decided it was a great excuse an excellent reason to skip school celebrate by spending the day making Christmas decorations, eating cookies, listening to Christmas music, and drinking eggnog! Woo hoo! Let me tell you, it was a glittery, sugary, hyperactive glorious time! Here are the highlights! [...]
Posted in art, Catholicism, montessori, pre-school on Dec 2nd, 2007 6 Comments »
well…you know! At least it is around the LaPaz arts and crafts center! This weekend marks the official beginning of Advent, and so the beginning of Christmas preparation. Inspired by the always-inspiring Meg at Montessori By Hand, I decided to spruce up the art center and replace all of the usual arts and crafts trays [...]
Posted in Catholicism, Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., history on Nov 11th, 2007 2 Comments »
I know, it is really TODAY, but we are going to observe it tomorrow since today is Sunday. To be honest, we don’t usually do anything special for Veterans day. Don’t get me wrong, I do appreciate veterans and soldiers and the enormous sacrifices they have made and continue to make to this day. But [...]
Posted in Catholicism on Nov 1st, 2007 7 Comments »
You’re never too young… to show Mama Mary some love… And I’m sure Our Lady loves those sweet baby kisses as much as I do!
Posted in Catholicism on Oct 4th, 2007 6 Comments »
Today is the feast day of St Francis of Assisi, beloved saint and patron of our home and school. I’d like to share with you his most famous and beautiful prayer, from which we draw the name of our homeschool. I know there many folks out there that could use a bit of the [...]
Posted in Catholicism on Sep 8th, 2007 1 Comment »
Today we celebrate the birth of the Mother of God. May she watch over us and protect us, all those for whom we pray.
Posted in Catholicism, montessori on Aug 31st, 2007 1 Comment »
For quite some time I’ve been wanting to do the Good Shepherd presentation from Moira Farrel’s Home Catechesis album. It’s a beautiful presentation and just perfect to kick off the school year. But I have been putting off doing it until I had everything just right. Well, I finally decided that I was not going [...]
Posted in Catholicism, JBug, montessori on May 17th, 2007 2 Comments »
JBug got out the Cenacle set early yesterday and set it up. It was so touching to see her carefully setting the table, making the Jesus figure wash the “feet” of the apostle figures, and repeating “This is my body…” Today she was doing her altar work, carefully and deliberately unfolding and refolding the altar [...]
Posted in Catholicism, JBug on Apr 8th, 2007 8 Comments »
JBug’s baptism on Easter Sunday took place amongst a whirlwind of activity! She was delighted to be at the center of it all!
