"Explorer Spirit…Servant Heart…"
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Jul 28th, 2010
What better way than to while away a summer day swiming with friends? A group of us spent an afternoon on Lake Natomas! We are very fortunate to have access to a beach that is maintained by the Sac State Aquatic Center. You can rent kayaks, canoes, catamarans, aquacycles, etc. , or you can just enjoy […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Jul 28th, 2010
Officers ‘A’ and ‘R’ enjoyed experiments with magnets again. In this experiment, the boys taped a magnet to a pencil, and placed it under a variety of materials with three paper clips placed on top. they recorded which materials the magnetic force was able to pass through and engage the clips… For this experiment, the […]
Posted in FAMILY, HOMESCHOOL, SERVE on Jun 20th, 2010
Breakaway is our church’s Vacation Bible School. This year’s theme is “Arctic Freeze”. We were tremendously blessed with unseasonably cool weather and enjoyed the activities in the upper 70’s – low 80’s! I volunteered this year, serving with the Encouragement team. Our team supported all the volunteers by making and serving beverages and treats and […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Jun 9th, 2010
Today, my friend Tina and I, took our kids on a nature trail hike at the Effie Yeaw Nature Center. They have a little demonstration village that shows how the Maidu Native Americans lived. The grinding rocks where the Maidu ground acorns into flour… Huts made out of tule (a type of water reed) I […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Jun 9th, 2010
Every year, our homeschool network has an open house. This is a time when the kids can share with everyone else a sample of projects that they completed over the year. Kids who play instruments performed for us throughout the evening. Comment cards were provided for people to comment on the individual child’s project. It […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on May 28th, 2010
Todays lesson introduced us to the history of mosaic. The project wanted us to cut up a ton of pieces of paper and glue onto a piece of black paper. This just did not appeal to me, so we walked to the nearby Jo-Ann’s store and picked up a mosaic kit instead. The boys chose […]
Posted in FAMILY, HOMESCHOOL on May 8th, 2010
After delivering the baskets, I took the boys to Cain’s Crossing Renaissance Faire. A friend of mine found out that homeschool kids get in for free if you get a voucher ahead of time. They gave us a passport that had questions the kids were to ask at various stations. It was incredible educational; one […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on May 5th, 2010
For this lesson, we learned about the Romans and their sculptures. The boys decided to make dragons…
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on May 5th, 2010
Our neighboring town of Newcastle is home to a lovely little family farm known as Happy Kids Farm. They offer a few classes that introduce the joys and responsibilities of goat farming. We attended a class that taught us how to milk goats and then make cheese from the milk! This dog in the picture […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Apr 25th, 2010
On this day, the weather was gorgeous! A perfect day! I knew that the rest of the week was going to be rainy, so I decided that we’d spend the majority of our day outside. I packed up our homeschool books and we headed out to find a new place to spend our day. We […]