I found out I was subbing for a homeschool class five days in advance. But that doesn’t help much when you procrastinate in hopes that you will somehow be delivered from the task you know you must face. So, as I scrambled to come up with a review time activity for class last week, I […]
A Simple Week
Today was the first day we’ve participated in the Lowe’s Build-and-Grow Clinic since our move to Tennessee, primarily because we live WAY OUT in the boonies now. But, every time we visited our nearest Lowe’s, the boys stared longingly at the upcoming clinic announcements, so… we went to Build-a-Saurus today. Though I FORGOT our camera, […]
Tycoons, Bridges, and Silly Sentences
After completing a small project on the “Indian Wars” and recalling some of the activities we did over the summer in studying Native Americans (and especially Geronimo), we took a look at advertising at the turn of the 20th century through Homeschool in the Woods (HSITW) Industrial Revolution through the Great Depression activities. We created […]
Re-starting Our Semester
It has been a time of renewal for us, and we’ve enjoyed bringing a few simple and pleasant things into our homeschool this week, like… drawing on the chalkboard, and starting our day with a new science discovery, and …Listening to Classical Music We enjoyed listening to Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky on Musopen: Free Tchaikovsky MP3s (and info) […]
Classical Conversations Planning
We are simplifying quite a bit now – making a few changes to math and language arts and providing more free time for the things my children are passionate about: history and science. I mention all that to say this: if you have to drop a program or a certain curriculum that you think you […]
In Times of Discouragement
Times of discouragement are real. Very real. It doesn’t matter how miniscule the problem seems to someone else, discouragement and defeat can cloud your vision like nothing else. It can keep you from even wanting to get up in the morning to face another day. It can keep me asking myself over and over again, […]
Twenty-Eleven’s Top Ten
The boys and I tried to decide what makes our top 10 memories for this year. (Really, it went more like, “I don’t know, Mom-Mom. All I can remember is Christmas.”) But… after a bit of somewhat unlively discussion, we did finally think up some memories from before two weeks ago. Not listed in any particular […]
Christmas Traditions
Though all of me loves Christmastime for what it represents, the Aggie in me loves Christmastime because we have so many traditions to celebrate this joyous time of year! Making homemade gifts We make homemade gifts, usually ornaments, for Sunday School Teachers, co-op teachers, etc. We occasionally bake cookies (like the Pillsbury Reindeer cookies you […]
Chemistry Resources
As we look ahead to our upcoming study of chemistry, we look forward to using some of the following chemistry resources… The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments by Robert Brent contains over 200 simple science experiments that you can do at home. It includes a basic introduction to the science and history of chemistry along […]