Posted in alaska, Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., Superboy's projects on Sep 12th, 2008 17 Comments »
Ok, so here is the promised update on Superboy. Be sure to read to the end-there’s some exciting news there! Most of Superboy’s time is taken up on his choice of studies: the Natural History of Alaska. I think it is a brilliant way for him to incorporate his love of the outdoors with science, [...]
Posted in language arts, Superboy's projects on May 13th, 2008 5 Comments »
Superboy wrote this review of the movie Iron Man and wanted me to post it here. So…here it is! Iron Man. Pretty much the coolest movie ever. Cooler than Spiderman 3, Fantastic Four 1&2, Ghost Rider, and X-men 1, 2, and 3, all put together. Robert Downey Jr. plays Tony Stark, a wild-mannered man who [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings, Superboy's projects on Apr 19th, 2008 3 Comments »
Just in case you thought Superboy’s obsession with wilderness survival was confined to after school matters. Here is the result of an assignment in collage… and in his poetry journal, a “diamonte” poem… Survival difficult, challenging work, hunt, cook giving, rewarding, taking, unforgiving slip, trip, fall shocking, failure death Now, if he could only [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., language arts, Superboy's projects on Mar 29th, 2008 5 Comments »
I mentioned in my post on our new schedule that we are doing poetry. I thought I’d share the super-easy resource we are using. 30 Days of Poetry Who would have thought it could be so easy? Just pull up the site and do the next assignment. Superboy and I are doing them together and [...]
Posted in art, Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., Superboy's projects on Mar 25th, 2008 9 Comments »
Today was day one of our art unit. Hooray! Superboy and I decided we would do all of the art lessons together, to make it more fun. For drawing, we are using the book “Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain” and the accompanying “Workbook” (see sidebar for link). The first lesson was to [...]
Posted in Superboy's projects on Feb 7th, 2008 10 Comments »
Today I welcome a guest poster to my blog-12yo Superboy. He has a book he would like to recommend, so without further ado, here is what Superboy has to say: The Invention of Hugo Cabret The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznik, is a great book about a 12yo boy who lives in Paris [...]
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..., science, Superboy's projects on Jan 7th, 2008 9 Comments »
Superboy is all about tools right now. One of the top items on his Christmas list was a tool belt. Big surprise, right? After all, he is a 12yo boy. I am a big fan of allowing kids to use the tools with which they have proven themselves competent and safe. Superboy has long been [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., science, Superboy's projects on Dec 4th, 2007 3 Comments »
Back to the business at hand:Chemistry! This is week two of our “chemistry blitz“, and despite the distraction of those homeschool blog awards, we are all business here at LaPaz. We want to earn our vacation, that’s for sure! So, without further adieu: MOLECULES! They are EVERYWHERE! Or, at least they are covering my kitchen [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., science, Superboy's projects on Nov 30th, 2007 3 Comments »
More science going on here! In fact, we’ve three different experiments going on at once, and for some reason, they all involve vinegar! Well, it is just such a handy little acid to use! Yesterday’s experiment involved heating milk and then adding vinegar to denature the casein (milk protein). Looks really gross, and I expected [...]
