Elementary
Fun and Games
December 4, 2008
For the most part our daily activities have moved indoors, especially in the late, dark afternoons. I miss the garden, but not the work. I like this season of cozy rest. I can only handle so much though, come February I'll be anxious to plan the garden that will still ...
Nature Study, FIMBY Style
November 18, 2008
Picture this: a child in the woods, with a drawing pad and pencil. Diligently sketching a leaf, stone, tree, flower or butterfly. Our reality: three kiddos running through the woods, building forts and fairy houses, pretending to be drunken pirates. Welcome to my world of Nature Study.
Time to Vote
November 13, 2008
And you thought the elections were over?! You may have noticed that I was rather silent on the whole subject of elections. As a disenfranchised legal alien (fancy speak for Canadian living in the US) with good friends on all sides of the political spectrum it's best to keep my ...
Vienna Vegetable Orchestra
October 25, 2008
Who says you can't play with your food? The kids and I were totally amazed and inspired today watching these vegetable musicians. In Laurent's opinion, "that is super cool!" As I type this my younger two are digging carrots out of the garden (doing my end of season garden chore ...
Homeschooling Highschoolers
October 23, 2008
We are not home educating our kiddos so they can re-enter "the system" in high school and whoop some academic butt. We're not home educating them so they can win spelling bees. We're not home educating them so they can get into the local community college or a prestigious liberal ...
Confessions of an errant homeschooler
September 23, 2008
Since starting my fall school schedule 2 weeks ago, I've managed to follow it for exactly 1.75 days, or something like that. Life happened instead.
Supposed to be working, photo wandering instead
September 9, 2008
Ok, I'm supposed to be working right now (self imposed) on learning objectives for this year. By the way, none of the planning stuff, schedules and such I'm doing is required by the state. I do it because I love planning, I love charts, I love organization. I'm a little ...
