Elementary


"school stuff"

"school stuff"

So, this is what our kids have been up to today - their living classroom so to speak.

Friday morning school

Friday morning school

Thanks Mom Tougas for the domino game. This morning we played it for the first time and both the kids and I enjoyed it lots. It's a basic domino game, matching the ends. There's a 2nd part that involved collecting tokens, that are placed on the dominos, and then adding ...

One winter's day...

One winter's day...

Woke up around 6:00 as Damien was coming home from his walk and getting ready to go to Boston. Probably should of got up to have quiet time in my journal and bible reading but slept till 7:00am. Got up and started oatmeal, kissed Damien and bade him a safe ...

Election Day results

Election Day results

Today the kids and I had our own election. Although we don't watch TV the kids have picked up that "something" is going on, inspite the fact we haven't talked about it too much because as non-citizens we we can't vote. But the kids have seen all the posters on ...

Cafe Time

Cafe Time

This morning the kids & I were running errands and we stopped at Staples which is in the same complex as a book store/cafe. I decided it might be fun to have a little snack in the cafe. The kids and I ordered a cinnamon roll and and a cinnamon ...

Letter parties and playing store

Letter parties and playing store

Kids are so creative and it's a lot of fun to participate in the games they make up. Two recent activities at our house have been letter parties and kitchen store. A "letter party" is a game where you identify nouns that start with a certain letter. The kids don't ...

Fetal pigs, crawfish, perch....

Fetal pigs, crawfish, perch....

Last Thursday Celine, Laurent & I participated in a homeschool science lab so to speak. Another homeschooling family we know had invited some families over to do animal dissections together.