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?
K needed something to do, preferably snow related, because her bedtime book on Sunday was Snowflake Bently, and then I let her look through our copy of Ken Libbrecht’s Field Guide to Snowflakes as she got sleepy. I had Continue reading {pfhr} random recent photos
Last year when I was moaning about the time change throwing me, my friend Annie said she’d put her kids to bed 6 minutes later each night to get them used to it the week before. I thought I’d try Continue reading Time change Ameliorations
B is beginning to really “get,” organisation. Which in some ways is more important than the subject matter we’re organising. Last night he listed the things coming up this week, and asked for a re-set day, which, as you will Continue reading Reset Day
Organise me: sounds like a pastry Alice should have found in Wonderland. I have tidied my cabinets, ordered curricula, written my long term goals for the year, today is the “organise one sixth,” day. But I feel like I’m forgetting Continue reading Organise Me
Funny: I knew the power would go out, I didn’t expect it to take so long for it to come back. Fortunately, my Mom lives only a mile away, and has a freezer chest and grill. We “helped” Continue reading {pretty, funny, happy, real} Hurricane Irene
My family finished up last year’s homeschool two weeks ago. Saturday was the Family Fun Fair at church, and a week ago yesterday the kids and I started organising the house. I have all my homeschool paper work filed with Continue reading Carnival of Homeschooling, the Tell Me Summer isn’t Almost Over Edition
It was such a festive weekend; my In laws drove up from New York and my Cousin Ben came down from Cambridge. The boys had enough energetic extra grown-ups available to play games with them, and K got lots of Continue reading Organizing Day
This is the peaceful time of day, when it’s easy to drift. I’ve read my e-mail, checked facebook, had breakfast, B has checked our library accounts (I have one overdue, I’m two steps nearer to getting a movie, he has Continue reading Ambitions of the Day (with interruptions)
This is one of those questions I don’t get asked, but should. It used to be a lot harder, and the bathroom door couldn’t close. In fact, I usually would bathe after they were all in bed. But now I’ve Continue reading How Do I Homeschool and…Take a Shower?
My landlord lent me some of his super-duper scary de-greasing cleaner for the dusty/greasy spots near the stove and up the cabinets. I’ll be able to do one side at a time – can’t fit all the over and under Continue reading I’m goofing off before Deep Cleaning
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?)
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?