Family Life & Kids
Through The Looking Glass
October 22, 2011
My parents have a floor-to-ceiling glass wall in the front of their house. You can see what that looks like from the outside in this post. From the inside it looks like this. And this. And on a rainy October morning it looks like this. After those chilly mornings earlier ...
Some People Bake ~ I Make Soap
October 17, 2011
Welcome to soap week at FIMBY. My first ever attempt at having a theme for an entire week of posts. The rest of soap week posts: Soap Making Supplies & Where to Find Them A Soapmaking Journey Soap Making Q & A ~ An Invitation The fun thing about what ...
The Glory of Everything (Canadian Thanksgiving Edition)
October 10, 2011
One of my favorite phrases from the many books I've read to my children comes from the last paragraph of Charlotte's Web. I've already written about that passage, two years, almost to this very day. Mr. Zuckerman took fine care of Wilbur all the rest of his days, and the ...
Changes in These Middle Years (Video) ~ Defining Structure
October 3, 2011
This video is the second part in a two part video series about our Middle Homeschool Years. I also answer the question - how does interest-led learning work within structure?
A Summer of Hiking
September 28, 2011
I'm still in denial about the end of summer. It doesn't help when fall is such a gorgeous season here in Nova Scotia (it makes up for the cold, wet, miserable spring). There are some days still hot enough for the beach. Who can think about autumn and the inevitable ...
Sweet Breaks
September 25, 2011
We took a little break this week from our usual school routine (I'll be talking more about that in my next video). Wanting to make the most of the very, very last bit of summer and nearing the end of our time in Nova Scotia we did more out and ...
In the Middle Years ~ Our Homeschool Philosophy (Video)
September 23, 2011
There's changes a foot in our homeschool routine. This is a natural progression as our children grow. But with our recent move the pot has really been stirred (we're talking major changes) and life looks quite different now than it did one year ago.
