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, especially for my oldest, whose writing skills are advanced. I’m a bit of a “softie” and don’t […]
Math
October 31, 2009 by ·
MATH U SEE I have been using Math U See for 10 years. We love it! It is easy for me to teach, for one thing. I’m not really a “math person”, so that is BIG. The course comes with a DVD, and my sons watch the teacher on the DVD as he presents the […]
Apologia Science
October 31, 2009 by ·
We have used several of the Elementary science books by Jeannie Fulbright for our younger boys, and the Apologia General science by Dr. Wile for our oldest. Our first introduction to Ms. Fulbright’s books was Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day. This book was so interesting and engaging that two of my boys (then ages […]
Spelling
October 31, 2009 by ·
SPELL TO WRITE AND READ I started Spell to Write and Read (SWR) with a child in 5th grade, a child in 1st grade and a 4 year old child. The 4 year old was basically a blank slate…in fact, this year (Kindergarten for him) is the first year he is actively applying SWR daily, […]
Bird Garden wins at State!
October 30, 2009 by ·
Here are our two birding boys, with some of their favorite plush birds. They use these birds to memorize field marks and bird calls. I just have to share our exciting news! Our boys spent several months installing a Bird Garden in our side-yard. We were thrilled last spring when the project won first place […]
Costumes for the Medieval Feast
October 16, 2009 by ·
It took a bit of doing to pull the costumes for this feast together. But it really wasn’t too hard. My boys already had a good bit of what they needed in their costume bin. Our oldest son has a Scottish William Wallace Claymore sword from Vision Forum that he wanted to wear to […]
Recipes for the Medieval Feast
October 16, 2009 by ·
Menu: Wassail Selection of Cheeses Bread Potato and Leek Soup Pheasant from the King’s Forest (aka Roasted Chicken Legs) Wild Boar (aka Ham) apple tarts gingerbread Recipes: For the wassail, we just used warmed apple cider. You could put some mulling spices in it if you want to. Leek and Potato Soup One bundle […]
Decorating for the Medieval Feast
October 16, 2009 by ·
We celebrated our Medieval Feast last night! Usually our feasts only involve our family, but we did something on a slightly larger scale this time. Another family joined in, as well as my dad. The children from both families met earlier this week and prepared a program to present during the feast. It was […]
The Blind Leading the Blind: a tutorial
October 12, 2009 by ·
Technology comes easy for some people. But not for me. Everything I know how to do on the computer has been hard fought and hard won, usually learned one baby step at a time. That’s why I am so excited–so ECSTATIC–that I learned how to make a linked thumbnail image for my blogs, and […]
Writing with Ease
October 3, 2009 by ·
This year we are using Susan Wise Bauer’s wonderful new program, The Complete Writer: Writing with Ease. This curriculum teaches the elementary-aged writer (or struggling older child) how to express themselves on paper. I find this program simple to implement and enjoyable to teach. My children look forward to their daily copywork lesson, and […]
