Elementary
Monarch Tagging
September 20, 2007
One of our learning projects this fall is monarch tagging. We studied monarch larvae and butterflies last year but this year we are also tagging them. This is one of those learning opportunities that presents itself and can't be passed up. I love homeschooling for this very reason - you ...
Real life science and school
August 31, 2007
Monarch just emerging I'm trying to take a blogging break to plan the upcoming school year. Yes, I'm being more intentional this year about our children's education. Following the same basic philosophy but providing more direction in our children's learning through defined reading lists and building certain habits and skills ...
Stuffed Tomatoes
August 14, 2007
I'm a pretty proud mama this evening. My eight year old wanted to "make something" today. So we put her creative energies to work in the kitchen, and what fun we had. She choose a recipe for cottage cheese stuffed cherry tomatoes but seeing as we don't eat cottage cheese ...
Summer School
June 30, 2007
You could say we "school" year round but in reality we don't do school at all but are constantly using everyday life and our children's interests as springboards for learning. This week was no different. In between strawberry picking, going to the beach and working at the farm (our field ...
Entomologist & Artist
April 27, 2007
Entomologist and Artist In Laurent's hands are 2 millipedes, part of his living insect collection that he houses in glass jars all over the house. Except when they escape as 2 critters did today. Behind his head on the wall is a piece of artwork from his art class, exploring ...
creative mess
February 2, 2007
What does homeschooling look like today? In a word, messy. It started this morning with finding flat plastic trays to catch the mess and water under our seedling trays. Celine and I took an adult ed course last night on starting seedlings indoors and came home with some seeds carefully ...
Monarchs
August 21, 2006
The kids and I have been studying monarch butterflies this month. There is an abundance of monarch larvae to be found at the farm, berry picking and generally anywhere milkweed grows. Apparently this is a good year for monarchs as they haven't always been so abundant. The children are thoroughly ...
