Elementary
Apatite for Adventure
April 20, 2008
Nope, it's not misspelled, we hiked Mount Apatite Park this afternoon. Our first woods walk of the season. We saw some cool wildlife including a toad frog toad amphibian laying eggs in the middle of the path. Unfortunately I think I accidently stepped on her before we saw her. Thankfully ...
Hungry Planet Supper Night
April 15, 2008
Recently a friend loaned us a copy of Hungry Planet: What the World Eats. An essay and photo journal featuring a breakdown of what 30 families around the world eat in a week. The kids and I used the book as a world study curriculum for a couple weeks. Then ...
Doubts and Reassurances
April 14, 2008
Spring arrives suddenly the same way each year. The weather warms and everybody wants to be outside. The garden and yard are wanting attention NOW, the camping trips need to be planned, the garage cleaned out in time for yearly curbside pick up, laundry is being hung and indoor cleaning ...
Lots to Gardens greenhouse planting
April 9, 2008
The kids and I joined Lots to Gardens this afternoon to plant seedlings. We planted broccoli and cauliflower, two of the kid's favorite brassicas. The seedlings will grow in the greenhouse until later this spring/early summer when they will be planted in community gardens to help feed local folks.
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
March 17, 2008
As always, I'm reading too many books at one time but Animal, Vegetable, Miracle A Year of Food Life arrived from my reserve list at the library and I must take advantage of its availability and read it (its a hot library item). But that shouldn't be hard, this book ...
Egyptian studies
March 5, 2008
Celine (Laurent & Brienne also) recently crafted Eqyptian figures out of wooden pieces we picked up on our last visit to the Share Center. Making these figures expended hours of creative energy and then provided hours of dramatic play. This self directed activity of the kids is launching an Ancient ...
Free Range Children
March 4, 2008
This is fairly long post that someone else wrote but it expresses what I dream & hope for our children's education, minus the farm life & raising chickens. var addthis_pub="rtougas";
