"Explorer Spirit…Servant Heart…"
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Feb 1st, 2009
I have packed up all our Sonlight curriculum, and have now learned that we will not be moving until March. (DH found a fabulous place, but it is not available until then.) So, instead of unpacking everything I have decided to pull out the book "Home Learning Year by Year: How to Design a Homeschool Curriculum […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Dec 17th, 2008
My friend, Heidi, was telling me about a neat project her son did at school. We decided to do something similar at home. For directions, go here. We made four pipe cleaner snowflakes… Placed 3T. Borax per one cup boiling water into a gladd jar and hung the snowflakes in the jar. The next morning… […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Dec 9th, 2008
We read about how a plant transfer water and nutrients up their stem (or stalk) to nourish their leaves. To show how this happens, we took a couple of stalks of celery and placed it in a vase with blue food colored water… after 24 hours… after 48 hours…
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Nov 22nd, 2008
(This entry is dedicated to my good friend and honorary Roots and Wings member, Jen Glover…) Kelsey Creek Park in Bellevue is a delightful place for children. Wide open spaces to run around, a barnyard petting zoo with a variety of animals, a playground, and an old pioneer log cabin makes for a fun and […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Oct 17th, 2008
Here is a piece from ‘A’: "It’s a restaurant with good ghosts coming to eat. There’s a guy running with a menu and two servers." A piece from ‘R’: " Policemen at a police station and this is a police car parked on the roof and all the people. There’s a refrigerator with watermelon and […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Oct 3rd, 2008
We took advantage of this wonderful weather and spent one day on the Twin Falls hike, and and afternoon at the Lake. We also had a playdate with our friend, "J2. Holz". But, we also managed to get some "real schoolin’ " in… Bible- Egermeier’s Bible Story Book: Moses and the Burning Bush/ moses and […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Oct 3rd, 2008
‘A’ asked today how matches are made. Here is an interesting video that addresses that. Learn How Matches Are Made – Click here for this weeks top video clips
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Sep 28th, 2008
We had a playdate with my friend Kathy and her four kids this week. I had planned on a nature scavenger hunt, but they were playing together so well, that Kathy and I were able to sit and chat instead. ‘R’ was sick with a fever on Friday, so we took that day off and […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Sep 24th, 2008
‘A’ was sick on two days this week. On the first day, I was able to do all reading to him in bed and skipped the workbooks/sheets. The second day, we took off. Bible Egermeier’s Bible Story Book – We read about Joseph, Ruler of Egypt. Joseph’s Brothers Return to Egypt. Joseph Makes Himself Known. […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Sep 16th, 2008
One of our lessons this week was on the parts of a buttercup. Instead of just reading about it in a book, and look at the illustrations, I decided we should go on a neighborhood walk and bring back a bouquest of buttercups to observe and dissect. Well, we saw a bunch of dandelions, but […]