Tag Archives: F
Unit Study: Explorers (Viking Coins and Marco Polo)
This past week the weather finely got warm enough for us to finish our viking “coins” I also had them write a couple of sentences about Leif Ericsson in their log books along with their own names spelled out in … Continue reading
Posted in Elementary Education, Elementary School Projects, History, homeschooling, Unit Studies
Tagged Elementary Education, Explorers, F, History, homeschooling, Su, Unit Studies
1 Comment
Create: Project Time
For quite some time I’ve wanted to have a regular space in our weekly schedule to work on projects with the older children. They both love to make things but aren’t yet old enough to do much unsupervised. I’ve tried … Continue reading
Unit Study: Exploration- The Vikings
The first explorers we looked at were Eric the Red and Leif Ericsson. The children colored a page from their “Exploring the New World” coloring books, while I read to them. This counts as art as well as history, so … Continue reading
Posted in Elementary Education, History, homeschooling, Uncategorized, Unit Studies
Tagged Creating, Elementary Education, F, History, homeschooling, Su, Unit Studies
4 Comments
Heard Around Here II
Bull likes to come downstairs in the morning and snuggle whoever is down here (usually S but sometimes me). This morning when he came down his diaper was very wet so I changed him. B: Mama, I loves oo, oo … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Family Lore, Heard Around Here, Memories, Uncategorized
Tagged conversations with F, conversations with W, F, Heard Around Here, W
Leave a comment
Unit Study: Exploration of the New World- Log Books
Over the holidays we finished up our study of the 50 states and their capitals. The children seem to have enjoyed it although we lost momentum several times and weren’t able to be as in depth as I would have … Continue reading
Winding Down to Christmas
School this fall has been a bit up and down. We got started nicely towards the end of August but then had a series of out-of-town trips, followed by a massive reorganizing project that took over our lives for about … Continue reading
Posted in homeschooling, preschool educcation, Reading, Uncategorized
Tagged F, homeschooling, preschool education, preschoolers, Su, W
Leave a comment
It Gets Easier
A year or so ago when W was approaching his second birthday and I was just entering my second trimester with J, I really wondered what it would be like to have four small children. Now I know. It has … Continue reading
Posted in Encouragement, Housekeeping, preschooler chores, preschooler cooking, Reflections, Thanks
Tagged cooking with preschoolers, F, homeschooling, housekeeping, Jack, preschoolers, Su, thanks, W
Leave a comment
Be Careful What You Say!
So I’ve mentioned several times in the past few months that the giant privet tree in the backyard shades my garden too much. Today F decided to do something about it. This is what happens when you let the children … Continue reading
Posted in free play, Gardening, Preschool Play, Sticks and Stones
Tagged conversations with F, F, free play, lifelong learning, preschoolers
3 Comments
Behavioral Charting
One of the things that I find most difficult as a mother is being consistent with child-training. Sometimes I feel like no matter how much I train on an issue it is not getting better (and may be getting worse) … Continue reading
Posted in Downloads, homeschooling, Organization, preschool educcation, Uncategorized
Tagged F, jobs, lifelong learning, organizing, preschoolers, Su, training preschoolers
4 Comments
Butterflies
The other week the children came in in great excitement with several “mellow worms” they had captured on the parsley plants. We put them into a large jar with some sticks and fed them quantities of parsley. I actually bought … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, homeschooling, Memories, preschool educcation, Science
Tagged F, homeschooling, lifelong learning, preschool education, preschoolers, Science, Su
Leave a comment