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 JBug, montessori, pre-school on Feb 12th, 2008 17 Comments »
Or…The magical power of elevator music. It doesn’t happen often (or, not nearly often enough) but today was like some kind of pre-school paradise, with all three little ones working happily and quietly together at the kitchen table. At the same time! Unbelievable, right? Well, just like a bigfoot sighting, here is the blurry, but [...]
Posted in JBug, montessori, pre-school on Feb 1st, 2008 16 Comments »
This picture isn’t anything special, really. Slightly out of focus, bad lighting, not at all well composed. But I love it just the same. Wanna know why? Because of what it says about our homeschool. Let me explain. Today I placed a piece of paper and a watercolor set on the shelf next to JBug’s [...]
Posted in art, Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., montessori, nature study, pre-school, Superboy's projects on Jan 21st, 2008 16 Comments »
Right, so posting frequency is down a bit, I know. But thats just because we’ve been so dadgum busy and productive around here. It’s as if a fire has been lit under us all! Even me! My decluttering is going gangbusters. I am keeping to my decluttering schedule (see sidebar) plus using this decluttering calendar. [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., montessori, pre-school, Random Ramblings on Jan 16th, 2008 10 Comments »
I often get asked what a “typical day” is like here at LaPaz. And while some days I might answer that every day is different, and other days I may feel like every day is the same, the truth lies somewhere in between. Though we have no rigid schedule, we do have a sort of [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., geography, JBug, pre-school on Jan 13th, 2008 15 Comments »
I wanted to expand upon something I mentioned in an earlier post. While Superboy is researching routes across the USA, the littles have been busy working on a project of their own: mapmaking!And they are doing such good work and having so much fun that even though they are not done yet, I just had [...]
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 [...]
