Posted in art, geography, JBug on Feb 10th, 2012 1 Comment »
JBug has been studying Europe this semester and it has been a lot of fun.She just finished up learning about France, so I guided her through a little art project where she could show off some of the things she learned about: Notre Dame, the Eiffel tower, and the river Seine. To learn about Europe [...]
Posted in art, geography on Jan 27th, 2009 12 Comments »
The kids had so much fun at a local Australia day celebration last night. Meeting some real Aussies and trying Australian food (including the infamous Vegemite) was so much fun that they were excited to learn all about Australia today. We had a great time exploring the goodies in our Australia continent box, reading about [...]
Posted in art, geography, Superboy's projects on Nov 25th, 2008 10 Comments »
We are currently working on several things here. I don’t have any final products to show you, but I just wanted to give you a glimpse of our days when we are deep in the thick of things—a middle-view, so to speak, rather than always showing the ends. This is the latest part of Superboy’s [...]
Posted in art, geography on Nov 20th, 2008 7 Comments »
…the Petronas towers … and an itty bitty city is complete! Yes, we’ve been having fun with architecture around here.
Posted in geography on Nov 17th, 2008 21 Comments »
We like to listen to music while we work here at LaPaz. The kids and I have a special fondness for listening to music from other cultures. Since we cannot afford to actually visit these places, listening to their music is a way to, in some small part, get to know other cultures. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/4hk13Dn7ePY" [...]
Posted in alaska, Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., geography, pre-school on Mar 8th, 2008 4 Comments »
JackJack with his husky pup and musher hat (just like Jeff King’s!) watching the latest race update, while JBug races to move our markers along the trail to the next checkpoint on our Alaska map.
Posted in alaska, cross-coutry trip, geography on Mar 7th, 2008 3 Comments »
Superboy and dad are really moving. Bye-bye Alberta, hello… British Columbia ! Only about 1500 miles to go, guys! And while they are busy making tracks across Canada… …back here at the home front we are busy tracking our mushers in the Iditarod. What fun! We’ve also been watching Balto (thanks, Netflix!), and the kids [...]
Posted in alaska, cross-coutry trip, geography, pre-school on Mar 3rd, 2008 5 Comments »
Glued to the computer screen, that is. For the past few days we have been totally focused on what’s on the computer. Two reasons: Watching streaming video of the Iditarod start and cheering on our mushers (Go Lance, Martin, Rohn, and Jeff!!!) Vicariously keeping up with Superboy and dad’s travels. They spent a good bit [...]
Posted in alaska, geography, pre-school on Feb 29th, 2008 3 Comments »
The Iditarod ceremonial start is tomorrow, so today the littles and I took the opportunity to get into the arctic spirit! First, Mama bear cooked up a big pot of “Polar Bear Porridge,” ( which was actually grits with white cheese) but when it was scooped into the baby bears’ bowls, we found it to [...]
Posted in alaska, Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., geography on Feb 5th, 2008 11 Comments »
Our educational pursuits have taken a decidedly northern turn here at LaPaz homeschool. We are beginning our in-depth Alaska study in preparation for the Iditarod and our upcoming move to that great state. To set the stage for our northern adventure I got a bit of white oil pastel and sketched out a great big [...]
