Elementary
Education and Doll Making
July 25, 2008
Celine's childhood, all three kiddos in fact, is not about acquiring school subject knowledge. It's about the freedom to learn, grow, explore, experience, play, create, fail and succeed in the safety of a family's unconditional love and support.
Spring School
June 6, 2008
A couple months ago, when the first warmish days of spring arrived, we unceremoniously* dropped the more formal aspects of our homeschooling. Our idea of formal meaning setting aside time for scripture memory, math, spelling and handwriting practice, about an hour a few days a week. We have kept up ...
Cookin' in the kitchen
May 30, 2008
The kids and I spent the morning at the Nutrition Center Kitchen cooking with the Lots To Gardens crew, preparing food for a supper & live music fund raiser at the Franco-American Heritage Center tonight. Nutrition Center Kitchen We love what Lots to Gardens does, "challeng(ing) the cycles of poverty ...
Farm Appreciation
May 28, 2008
I love being an urban family, with a 5 minute walk to work for Daddy, yet 15 minutes from real, honest-to-goodness farms. The kind with horses, cows, chickens, llamas, organic vegetables, pastures and occasionally pea fowl. Not gazillion acre soybean or corn "operations". I love Maine. This morning Celine started ...
Biologist Cowboy - Cleanliness Optional
May 7, 2008
My youngest two decided to be cowboys today. But even cowboys need to take a break from the open range now and then to investigate microscopic pond life. In this photo Laurent is using a pipette to "suck up" minute wiggling animals from the water. He can stare at last ...
Early Spring Education on Mount Will
April 28, 2008
The kids are learning perseverance, patience, leading, following, contentment, nature appreciation and how to leave the woods and the world as you found it.
Creativity Part II
April 26, 2008
My first post on this subject was about accepting myself as a creative individual. Now I'd like to turn the attention to my kids, which as you know are the most creative, brilliant and darn good looking kids around! Seriously though they are very creative and I believe all kids ...
