Elementary

Celebrate Winter

January 31, 2011

I love having four seasons but winter has been the most challenging for me to embrace with my whole heart. Not as a child mind you. Aside from the "inevitable" colds and flus I experienced, winter as a child was fun. (An aside about colds and flus - my own ...

Saturday Morning Inspiration

January 29, 2011

Every Saturday morning (or Sundays if we hike on Saturday) during winter and fall I prepare baked Maine apples for breakfast. Sometimes I add frozen blueberries or raspberries also. We are still eating the raspberries from our marathon picking in early July. Saturday mornings start slow around our home. We ...

Our Homeschool Day in The Life

January 28, 2011

If you've been following along at Simple Homeschool you know that during this month the various contributors have been sharing what their homeschool days look like. Today is my turn. You can read all about my homeschool day in the life with a 8, 9 & 11 year old. I've ...

Creativity in our Homeschool ~ A Little Background

January 24, 2011

I could see from the very beginning that my children wanted to make and do and I determined to give them the freedom to do that. And then a realization dawned on me, the same freedom I gave them I wanted to give myself.

holiday un-school

December 1, 2010

I loved so many of the unschooling methologies but couldn't totally buy into the philosophy. There were things I wanted my kids to learn, definite goals we had for their education. They also needed to learn to contribute to our home life, not because they were intrinsically motivated to but ...

Ya'll Have a Good Time Now, Ya' Hear!

November 18, 2010

No, I'm not trying to be The Pioneer Woman. I am definitely a Canadian expat living in the northeastern United States. But I couldn't resist that little bit of slang after looking at these photos. This week the kiddos attended a cowboy/cowgirl birthday dress-up party. We love dress up parties ...