. Monday/Tuesday: We started out the week with our “work day”. Plus we had the addition of it being “testing time” here in our house. I have tested Chloe every year since 3rd grade, even though I only had to report them to the district in 5th and again next year for 7th and then […]
. Monday: Our bi-weekly Museum & Music lesson day! We were very excited for this one because the Colossal Dinosaurs Exhibit has come back to the RMSC. Ava is still pretty dinosaur obsessed and she was thrilled to see the T-Rex move and roar. In the photo below she is checking out the stegosaurus but […]
Over the past month we have been given the opportunity to try out Time4Learning. Each one of my children were given accounts that were set to their grade level. The first thing I liked right off the bat was that if we were working in a level and felt it did not suit our child, […]
Last week we stumbled upon an “accidental” science lesson/experiment. Sometimes at lunchtime I will read to the kids. Whether it be Fairy Tales, short stories, poetry, or in this case Aesop’s Fables. The fable that brought upon the science lesson was: The Crow and the Pitcher [image width=”296″ height=”353″ frame=”simple” align=”left”]http://www.startsateight.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/The-Crow-and-the-Pitcher.jpg[/image] In a spell of […]
Monday: Today was our busy work day of the week. We diligently worked most of the day on our “bookwork”. To my surprise we stumbled upon two unexpected lessons. The kids asked me to read to them during lunch so I picked out Aesop’s Fables. This led to a discussion about the lessons, or morals […]
I recently stumbled upon this great educational resource for the kids. I especially like it for the plethora of things that Ava is working on acquiring into her brain at this stage of her development. From recognizing numbers, to reading sight words for Ava, as well as things like continents, states, multiplication and division for […]
This week was an unusual one for us because all the local schools had their Winter Break. For us that means not hitting the museums and other local outings because they will be much busier than what we like. It also means that Chloe wants to fill her social calendar since most of her friends […]
A Monday: Today was a big day, for me anyways. I have had my blog for over a year now. But over the past few months I have been working towards making it geared more towards homeschooling. Both for myself to have easy access to all the links I love, and books I have read, […]
I came across Pick and Draw in November of 2010 while perusing through the many wonderful homeschool blogs out there. My husband and I tried the demonstration on their website and loved it! It wasn’t until after Christmas that I finally purchased it for my family. (After, of course, trying to win them on various […]
This month in our zoo class at the Seneca Park Zoo we talked all about animals that live in the cold. Upon walking in the door, the first thing we were able to see was a large stuffed polar bear. We talked about 4 differences between an animal more suited for the cold, snowy weather, […]
I have been working hard over the past week to develop a “Review” page here on my blog. I have a bunch of Reviews coming over the next couple of weeks. I am happy to report that amongst those will be a Review of Time4Learning. This one will come a little later, after we have […]
This is a lesson in teaching the color wheel. Not only do we cover the terminology but we also have some fun painting our own color wheels. Teaching the Color Wheel Using the color wheel print outs from Enchanted Learning, I set out to teach the kids about primary, secondary and tertiary colors, as well […]