Last week my preschool-aged son stayed all night with his grandma. She took him to one of their favorite places, Goodwill, and told him he could pick out a toy. Faced with an array of Hot Wheels cars and Lincoln Logs, he was inexplicably drawn to one particular toy: The Easy-Bake Oven. The box was […]
Don’t fill up on Dessert
February 26, 2010 by ·
My oldest was a natural born student. When I started homeschooling him for Kindergarten, he was already reading well. I had just one other child at the time, a baby. The meat and potatoes of our school day were easily and quickly accomplished, leaving lots of time for dessert: history, science and enrichment. Things have […]
Pressing On
January 25, 2010 by ·
It’s January. At this time of year I find my energy seems to wane. But I don’t want our homeschool to suffer from the winter blahs! Here are some tips which help to keep me going during the winter months: I start every week with a “must do” list. I write out a sheet which […]
Eastern Europe feast
January 20, 2010 by ·
Cabbage rolls in tomato juice My husband and I lived in Eastern Europe for several years when we were newly married. Although we weren’t huge fans of cabbage rolls at the time, I got a yen for them last week and decided we would have an Eastern European feast. I didn’t know that my hankering […]
Write Guide writing course
January 6, 2010 by ·
We’re finally getting back in the swing of school after the holidays. Time to start posting again! I love writing, and I am the happy beneficiary of several excellent writing courses taken in high school and college. Unfortunately, this has not translated very well when it comes to teaching my own children to write well, […]
Edublog Awards
December 16, 2009 by ·
One of my other websites, My Audio School, has been nominated for Best Educational Use of Audio in the Edublog awards! Voting ends TONIGHT, December 16th. If you haven’t voted yet, please take a second to click the badge and cast a vote for My Audio School!
Melting Snowman
December 12, 2009 by ·
When I saw this adorable Melted Snowman project on The Devine Home, I knew this would be perfect for our Georgia home. My four year old and I had lots of fun making it! First, pour a couple cups of sugar onto a domed cake platter. Then pick out 5 black and 1 orange button […]
Home-Spun Holiday Traditions
December 6, 2009 by ·
This post is part of the Home-Spun Holidays blog carnival, which is being held at Mentoring Moments for Christian Women. The theme of the carnival is to share the simple, inexpensive things you do at home to make the Christmas season memorable. On my Counter-cultural Mom blog, I’ve shared some of the ways we celebrate […]
Art: Studying the Masters
December 5, 2009 by ·
Pieter Bruegel’s painting The Land of Cockaigne depicts a legendary place, where food and drink could be found in abundance. As we read about an artist, I like to have the children work on a project which helps them gain some insight into his work. Often they do a work of art using the style […]
Twelve Days of Christmas 2009
December 1, 2009 by ·
December brings big changes to our schedule. And it is finally here! I’m so excited. We’ll be working hard to finish up any outstanding work from this semester so that we can phase in our favorite Christmas-related projects. This year, instead of making our traditional Gingerbread Houses we plan to do Gingerbread Castles (we are studying […]
