Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., Random Ramblings on Oct 22nd, 2010 10 Comments »
I can’t believe we are finishing our tenth week of the school year! Wow! Time is flying by! I think it must be because things are going soooooo smoothly that the days just sort of flow on by, one after the other in a happy little chain. Which also must explain why I haven’t been [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., science, Superboy's projects on Sep 23rd, 2010 11 Comments »
A couple of weeks ago Superboy’s project for Caveman Chemistry was to make mead. Since this is a long-term project, I thought I’d share a little bit of the process so far. Mead is an ancient wine made not from grape juice, but honey. The first step was to make what is called the “wort,” [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof... on Sep 12th, 2010 4 Comments »
It happens, doesn’t it? Even the best laid plans, after a few weeks of *actual implementation* inevitably have some rough spots that need smoothing. It is week 5 for us and luckily this year things are going so well that Superboy’s schedule needs no changing at all and only minor adjustments are needed to JBug’s [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., JBug, science on Sep 6th, 2010 7 Comments »
For science, JBug is using a really nifty book : Science Smart: Cool Projects for Exploring The Marvels of the Planet Earth As the title implies, it is chock full of some pretty cool projects, and it is forming the basis of JBug’s science studies this year. The projects range from ultra-simple to more complex, [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof... on Sep 3rd, 2010 4 Comments »
Three weeks down! Wahoo! And everything is going GREAT! JBug’s world history timeline is taking shape: So far she has made posters for the Stone age, the Sumerians and their cuneiform writing, ancient Egypt, and King David. We are moving right along! Math is going well. JBug is working the problems out of a simple [...]
Posted in art, Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., science, Superboy's projects on Aug 26th, 2010 7 Comments »
Aren’t we all? Works in progress, I mean? I could probably title EVERY post “works in progress” and remain accurate!LOL! That being said, this year has started off more smoothly than perhaps any year before and we are really hitting a groove here. I am beginning to feel like all of the plans I stressed [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., high school, JBug on Aug 21st, 2010 12 Comments »
I posted last about Superboy’s Charlotte Mason-inspired schedule because , as I pointed out, there just isn’t much out there about CM at the high school level and I want to encourage sharing about that if I can. And though there is a LOT more available about CM at the elementary level, I thought I’d [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., high school on Aug 19th, 2010 18 Comments »
Because descriptions of Charlotte Mason style education at the high school level are few and far between, I wanted to take a moment to describe what our Charlotte Mason-inspired high school experience is like. Keep in mind this is a reflection of MY interpretation of CM methods and in no way should be interpreted as [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., high school, nature study on Aug 1st, 2010 21 Comments »
You know, nature study is the one subject we have done really consistently for many years. It’s probably what we do best. Heck, the kids can pick up a field guide and identify an insect or wildflower before they can read. Their nature journals are stuffed full of bird sketches, tree rubbings, pressed flowers, mushroom [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., high school, history on Jul 29th, 2010 26 Comments »
How do you like that title? Pretty “epic” right? LOL! Well, this post is long enough to nearly qualify for epic status, but I hope you’ll bear with me. Anyway, today I share my plans for Superboy’s history studies for this coming year. He chose to study Greek and Roman history (excellent choice I must [...]
