"Explorer Spirit…Servant Heart…"
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Sep 12th, 2008
This was our "official" first week of homeschool. The weather has been fabulous so we have had our share of breaks in the yard. Here is a recap of what we did this week: Bible Egermeier’s Bible Story Book – We read about Jacob’s dream, Laban tricks Jacob, Jacob and Esau reunite, the story of Joseph […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Aug 14th, 2008
Our Tuesday Time this week was with Suzy and her kids. We had the added bonus of Kathy and gang as well! Suzy and I decided to do a service project at church and weed the front garden. It was fantastic weather and the kids enjoyed seeing how long of a root they could pull […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Aug 11th, 2008
For our "Tuesday Time" (on Wednesday), we took the kids to Kelsey Creek Park. They are doing some major creek rehabilitation and the kids enjoyed looking at the heave construction equipment. Kelsey Creek Park had a petting farm, with horses, cows, sheep, goats, pigs, etc. The kids with a goat… The rabbits… Buddies 🙂
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Aug 11th, 2008
We are very lightly doing anything right now. Here are a few of the activities to recap: Vacation Bible School starts this week. I will go with them. We are all looking forward to it. Part of the writing and language arts lesson is to have them "Write It Big". Here they are writing one […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Jul 20th, 2008
Bible We are reading about the life of Isaac. Memory Verse "Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved–you and your household." Acts 16:31 I have come to the point now when I see a verse, I will look it up in the NIV Life Application Bible. The additional information provided enrichens my […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Jul 9th, 2008
Bible We are reading about the life of Abraham and Sarah. History/Geography We read about William Tyndale in England. Mr. Tyndale is responsible for getting the Bible (only printed in Latin) to be translated into English so the common man can read it. This was considered treason and he was burned at the stake for […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Jul 9th, 2008
Today, our group visited the Snoqualmie Fire Station. They were very accommodating with young children, and the kids had a fabulous time! This is the stained glass window in the lobby of the station…(our state (county?) require 1% tax dollars to go to public art. I like this one.) There are two levels to the […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Jul 2nd, 2008
Our homeschool co-op changed the structure of our group time. We have take our group time back into the home, and are pairing up families, and rotate each week. This is me and Linda… We did our time around firefighting in preparation for our field trip next week and R’s love of firefighters. We started […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Jun 28th, 2008
Here are some pictures of our group walking from Rattlesnake Lake to the Watershed Education Center. Enjoying the waterfall on the way… The creek at the Watershed Center… Playing a drum outside the Center. They have a bunch of drums that are struck by choreographed water spouts. It’s beautiful to hear. ‘AA’ learning about how […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Jun 27th, 2008
We have decided to homeschool through summer. We have begun Sonlight’s Core C this week. We are taking it slow and spreading one day out over 2-3 days for now. My niece, K, (and occasionally, P) is spending most of the week days with me over the summer. Here are some highlights of what we are learning right […]