Math Class
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna on Mar 23rd, 2016
I have so many little matters to tell you of, that I cannot wait any longer before I begin to put them down.
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna on Mar 23rd, 2016
Posted in Janie on Mar 21st, 2016
Our Jane-Bug turned three yesterday! She is getting so grown up. She still has little interest in the potty and wants to be carried places, but her vocabulary and attention span have matured quite a big this year. She tags along with most of the big kids’ school and activities, so she’s certainly getting the […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Mar 17th, 2016
We painted models of the planets in our solar system… …and enjoyed snacktime in the sun.
My laundry-sorting card table has been serving as the frame of a tent the last week or so. I came down this morning to find all the girls in the tent, listening to The Best Christmas Pageant Ever and sucking fingers/thumbs, and chilling out.
Playbased preschool=scissors, tape, and a cardboard box
Posted in Elizabeth, Family, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Feb 15th, 2016
Last week, it was lovely having another teacher on hand to handle the preschool contingent and do the reading aloud while my voice was still recovering from my cold!
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Family, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Feb 12th, 2016
Tommy making his sisters breakfast. Elizabeth reading to her sisters. Bliss!
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Family, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Feb 8th, 2016
Posted in Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna on Feb 6th, 2016
How do I homeschool the big kids while keeping the little girls occupied, you ask? Well, they insist on doing their own “schoolwork,” too. If Tommy and Elizabeth can play store to practice adding and subtracting money, Susanna and Bug can play store to practice counting money! I don’t have any explanation for their silly […]