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, Homemaking, Homeschooling, Susanna on Aug 8th, 2013
I’m trying to get pictures up every day this week for Derek to see what we’re doing while he’s gone. Whew! There’s a reason I don’t blog every day anymore! Part of the girls’ “school” has been learning to sew. Susie is still working on cardboard lacing cards, but Elizabeth actually has a felt and […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Susanna, Tommy on Aug 1st, 2013
Because we’re doing a four-day week this year, we’re starting school today! The kids woke up to a new map above the table (we replaced the world map with a US map), biscuits with sausage gravy, blueberry lemonade (they NEVER get juice and all drank two glasses full!) and new art supplies to decorate their […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Tommy on Jun 27th, 2013
This is one of those art projects that kids love and parents hate. I can’t begin to describe how sticky. The kids had fun, but I’m not sure how soon before we do it again. Maybe we’ll try pudding next!
Posted in Homeschooling, Tommy on May 9th, 2013
(Dictated by Tommy:) We were subtracting with trains for school today. I took these pictures with Mommy’s camera. First, I got the subtracting cards. Then me and Mommy made an oval train track and put ten train cars on it. Then I got a card and did what the card said. These examples show how […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Tommy on May 8th, 2013
We had some friends from church over to play yesterday afternoon, and I promised the kids we could do a messy activity with Chloe and James. We decided to make Oobleck. I didn’t take too many pictures of the early stages (mixing the cornstarch with water, mixing in the colors), but here the kids are, […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling on Mar 1st, 2013
Derek has been staying closer to home this week, what with my constant contractions and all, and the other day, Elizabeth was so excited to do her preschool work (My ABC Bible Verses) with Daddy!
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Tommy on Jan 28th, 2013
The kids have been begging for weeks to paint. It’s hard to believe that I taught elementary art in a previous life, because these days, I avoid mess-making art projects like the plague! My excuse of late has been that it’s too cold or rainy to paint outside, and our house is too small to […]
Posted in Homeschooling, Tommy on Jan 21st, 2013
At the last library book sale (all the books you can fit in a bag for $4!), I picked up a children’s encyclopedia, and the kids found it before I managed to hide it away in our closet. It is the bedtime reading of choice for Tommy, who has constantly telling me facts like this: […]
Posted in Homeschooling, Tommy on Dec 17th, 2012
In my last kindergarten update post, I think I was still at the stage of trying to cut it down to the bare basics. For a month or so in there, we just did Bible, phonics, math, and handwriting, for a total of one hour or less per day. Tommy pleasure reads, draws, and builds […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Tommy on Nov 28th, 2012
This actually happened a couple weeks ago, but I never got around to posting the pictures. This year, we did a real Christmas ornament-making extravaganza. The kids love messy art projects, so I’m trying to get back into doing them now that I’m no longer tossing my cookies. We used the recipe and baking directions […]