My musings on our homeschool, coop, figuring out what my educational philosophy is anyway, and will I ever make curtains for the rest of the appartment?
Ever since B’s first year of homeschool, I’ve manned a table at the LIFE Group’s Christmas Crafting Fair. I’ve always bitten off more than I could chew, picked crafts that were too expensive, and gotten a headache. B was not Continue reading The Christmas Crafting Fair
On of my Mother-in-law’s great strengths is her ability to incorporate children into her activities. K was curious about the biscuits Mom-Mom was kneeding, so she was folded right in. I have photos of each of the kids baking with Continue reading Mom-Mom in action (Thanksgiving 2010 vintage)
Today was get the groceries day. Good timing for M to tell me that he’d never had a s’more. Despite the season, we found plenty of marshmallows (for hot cocoa?). So, I made a whole bunch on a cookie sheet Continue reading No More S’mores
When my friend posed this question on Facebook, I thought at first, whatever do you mean? The kids never go away, how can I spend more time with them? Then her meaning sank in, you can be physically with someone, Continue reading How do I spend time with the Children (and homeschool?)
Maureen at Homeschool Mo awarded me the Versatile Blogger Award. Award Rules: 1. Thank the person who gave you this award 2. Share 7 things about yourself. 3. Pass the award along to 10 bloggers who you have recently discovered Continue reading Well, I was looking for another blogging project
A related question that occured to me more often was – how do I supervise the neighborhood kids playing in my courtyard while making dinner? (I think their mothers sent them all to me so they could make dinner). This Continue reading How do I cook, and homeschool?
Welcome to the Carnival of homeschooling. I’ve dug through my blog and photo archive to see what things were typically happening in our family in early December. Over a month since the change, and we were still not used to Continue reading The Carnival of Homeschooling: the Gingerbread Can Cure Poison Hour Edition.
I was filing blog carnival posts into Tuesday’s collection (have you submitted your post yet?) and listening to the guys play Carcasonne in the kitchen. B received the catapult expansion for his birthday, and M loves the randomness it adds. Continue reading The Fickle Knight and the Lego Tray
Taking turns in a game is one thing to learn But grammar is so tricky! K’s speech is at this cute phase where she mixes up is/are and doesn’t switch subject and verb. K, blocking my path, said, “Up! You Continue reading Taking Turns
M just stalked in from the courtyard where he’d taken the recycling. “Mom,” he informed me, “Dad threw out the broken vacuum, why didn’t he just buy a new fan blade?” Last night I went to prayer meeting with B, Continue reading Vacuum Math
The short answer to how do I keep the house clean is, “Not very well!” The long answer is, it is organized, but not tidy or decorated. I should get better at this, it’s important to DH and B, they Continue reading How do I keep the house clean (do I keep the house clean?) and homeschool