Elementary
Viking history
January 17, 2008
On Thursday afternoons I pay bills, balance the checkbook and attend to financial matters. It is the one time during the week that the kids can watch TV (not including family movie nights). I've been renting educational DVDs from Netflix for this weekly TV time. Right now we're studying Vikings ...
Tree Study
December 8, 2007
The tree is up, Christmas season has officially started! Since Thanksgiving we have been taking a school break. Instead we're spending our usual school time on Christmas & seasonal related stuff - making gifts, extra errands, projects, decorating, playing in the snow etc... So, the kids aren't practicing their handwriting ...
Classical Music Education
November 11, 2007
I'm ashamed to admit we don't own any of Beethoven's music. I discovered this fact yesterday when Laurent asked to listen to Beethoven. The kids and I have been listening to some of his symphonies and piano concertos (borrowed from the library ) as part of our music education. I ...
Bubblology
November 6, 2007
Friday afternoons are my personal time. A scheduled time for me to do whatever I want, NOT related to school planning, menu planning, e-mail correspondence, bill paying and everything else that I manage at home. Last week on Friday afternoon, another crisp and clear fall day, I "worked" in the ...
Socialization is why we DON'T send our kids to school
November 3, 2007
My friend Rich posted a blog today that got me thinking about this topic. Click on the link on his blog for the background for what I'm talking about. It's a great little read on what homeschool socialization is really like. To be honest we've rarely been asked the "what ...
Last farm day
October 27, 2007
Today was the last work share day at the farm and the last summer share weekly pick up. I'm glad to be done my weekly obligation but I'll miss the fresh air and "whatever nature sends" aspect of being at the farm every week. Having a work share also affords ...
A little more structure
October 14, 2007
I've wanted to write for some time now about a few changes we've made in our educational approach. Celine is in grade three this year. I'm not going to spend a lot of time explaining how we've done things up till now since I've blogged about that over the past ...
