Summary Writing How to for Kids
While I have always had my children keep a book log, rarely have I had them do any summary writing. I have to laugh because of how opposite my two younger ones are when they do this. Not surprisingly, how they went about summary writing reflects each of their personalities. When I set about to […]
Patriot Day: September 11th Resources
September 11th, 2001 started out as any other day for most of us. Everything changed at 8:45 a.m when a hijacked passenger jet, American Airlines Flight 11 out of Boston, Massachusetts, crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center. It is a day that forever changed America, and is now known as Patriot day in […]
Wordless (almost) Wednesday ~ Blue Crayfish
Blue crayfish is the same species as normal colored crayfish. Sometimes they are called lobsters as well, because everybody knows what lobster is and crayfish is something unknown, but it in not the same. Lobsters have two claws where each is of different size, but crayfish have claws of the same size. The blue color […]
Book Review ~ The Core
Title: The Core: Teaching Your Child the Foundations of Classical Education . Author: Leigh A. Bortins . Author Biography: Leigh A. Bortins is the founder and CEO of Classical Conversations, Inc., whose enrollment is 20,000. She hosts a weekly radio show, Leigh! for Lunch and lectures widely about the importance of home education at nationwide […]
The Simple Woman’s Daybook ~ July 27th, 2010
Simple Woman’s Daybook FOR TODAY: July 27th , 2010… Outside my window…the sun is shining, and it is looking like another beautiful day here in NY! Looking forward to some more sun and swimming today. From the learning rooms…still nothing formal going on. I am still working on filing away last years work, and setting […]
I ♥ Faces ~ Purple
This post originally went up on Monday morning without a picture. I had set the post to go automatically but never added a photo. So I scurried to add a photo that would meet the purple requirement! This one was taken of Chloe in February doing her “KISS” impression! When she pulls her hair out […]
Lap Robe Project Completion
. . As many of you know, Chloe and I have spent a good amount of the last 6 months or so knitting 5 x 5in. squares for a community lap robe project. One of our fellow homeschooling friends rallied a bunch of us together to make these lap robes that were to be collected […]
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 ~ A Time for Everything
A Time for Everything Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: ~ a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, ~ a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down […]
Book Review ~ Dewey the Library Cat
. Title: Dewey the Library Cat: A True Story . Author: Vicki Myron and Bret Witter . Copyright Date: 2010; Hardcover, 224 pages . Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers . ISBN: 0316068713 . Brief Character List: Dewey, Vicki, Kay, Spencer Town Library . Summary in my Words: This is a middle grade adaptation […]
It’s the Little Things Thursday
Last week about this time I was working on wrapping up my paperwork and binders for this past year. That includes closing out my Homeschool Tracker for the year, emptying binders, putting away work that was completed this year into a bin, etc. In doing this, I print out a Summary and a Report Card […]
The Simple Woman’s Daybook ~ July 20th, 2010
Simple Woman’s Daybook FOR TODAY: July 20th, 2010… Outside my window…SUNSHINE! I am so loving this new theme of sunshine and warm weather here in NY. Pools are warm and in use, tans are a nice deep brown, the garden is growing like weeds…what’s not to love? I am thinking…that travel soccer tryouts are fast […]
I ♥ Faces ~ Over My Head
“Over My Head” Think of anything that can be over a person’s head and incorporate it into your photo of a person! This could include a hat, balloons, umbrella, scarf…the sky is (literally!) the limit. We can’t wait to see how creative you are with this theme.
Book Review ~ The Girls
. Title: The Girls . Author: Lori Lansens . Copyright Date: 2006; Hardcover, 352 pages . Publisher: Little, Brown and Company . ISBN: 0316069035 . Brief Character List: Aunt Lovey, Uncle Stash, Rose and Ruby, Cathy and Sherman Merkel, Nick Todino, . Summary in my Words: This is Ruby and Rose Darlen’s story; at 29 they […]
It’s the Little Things Thursday
This past week we had friends over to play. It just so happens that Bryn and Jayden get along very well together. Bryn’s mom, Kelly, and I were laughing about how Bryn had asked to have a sleepover with Jayden a couple of weeks ago. Then this past week she had a dream about kissing […]