Elementary

Culture in your neighborhood

March 10, 2009

A Charlotte Mason Companion: Personal Reflections on the Gentle Art of Learning introduced me to the idea of classical music and art appreciation. I was intrigued and we tried a somewhat modified approach that first fall after I read the book. It hasn't seemed to stick. Maybe you remember this ...

String Games

March 2, 2009

My self imposed life-is-too-crazy-to-blog break is over. Yipee! I love writing and posting photos of all the fun in my back yard, or as these days would have it, fun in my living room. One of the fun activities the kids stumbled upon last week while I was cooking, cleaning, ...

February's garden

February 17, 2009

The kids let me know, late last week, in no uncertain terms that they wanted to start planning their gardens. I wasn't quite ready but my kids have a way of kicking my butt into gear. It's not vegetables these kiddos want to plan, just flowers and decorative plants thank ...

Math U See Giveaway

February 12, 2009

although the almonds were strictly for snacking they work really well for counting also! Our family really likes using Math-U-See. Maybe it's just that we like math but I think this material has something to do with it. The end of last month and the beginning of this have been ...

Gardening in January

January 23, 2009

Even in the dead of winter my garden is never far from my thoughts. But the smell of soil, dirty fingernails, aching back, gorgeous blossoms and sweet red berries are just a faint whisper during the snow hushed month of January. After last year's end of season confession I have ...

I earned my degree in Bed

January 14, 2009

As in a Bachelors of Education silly, what were you thinking? I'm fairly certain I saw that title as a bumper sticker way back when in the Education faculty student's union office. Because I'm not sure how else I'd get an idea like that in my head *wink*. What does ...