Category Archives: Elementary Education
This Thing We Do
Been reflecting lately on why we homeschool. It’s hard sometimes and definitely uses time that could be used for something else but we still find ourselves doing it year after year… So why? For the good days … Continue reading
Invitations to Play and Learn: Less is More
Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been working at reducing the number and variety of things available to the big children (7 and 6) in non-school hours and the little boys (4 and 2) during school hours. Part of … Continue reading
Wrapping Up: Glimpses of Our Week II
Busy, but good. Next week will be crazier as the big three start a Gym and Swim class at the YMCA and Bull starts dance on Monday with Mouse having … Continue reading
Invitations To Play And Learn: The Skeleton In The Sandbox
The big two are doing doing Story of the World Book One this year for their history. The book covers the ancient world from prehistory to the fall of Rome and begins with a discussion of where historians get their … Continue reading
Wrapping Up: Glimpses Of Our Week
And practicing Latin was a hit with everyone!
Invitation To Sensory Play: Small World Construction With Playdough
Playdough is big around here! I have a super easy recipe and probably make it about once a month. We’ve used it for sensory play with spices and sprinkles, for mortar for engineering projects with blocks, and for all … Continue reading
Evaluating The Past Year
Now that I?m home from convention and we have finished up our last few subjects my mind is turning to planning the new year and using all of the materials I purchased in June! This is our fifth year of … Continue reading
The Past Influences The Future: Individualized Assessment and Goals
The first thing that need to be done when writing an Individualized Assessment (IA) and setting goals for our children is to write a brief history of their lives to date. This doesn’t need to be a biography but a … Continue reading
Handwork: A Is For Apple
The toy carrots were so popular that I thought we’d continue with a food theme as Bull learns the letters of the alphabet. ?Since we’re learning the vowels before the consonants the next fruit to make was obviously an apple! … Continue reading
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Handwork: C is for Carrot
This was a relatively easy project aside from my hand getting sore from the hole punch! Materials: one sheet of orange felt green or orange yarn (I used green so our carrots could have tops.) scissors hole punch large … Continue reading