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 Homeschooling, Tommy on Oct 30th, 2010
Earlier this week, my mom sent the kids a little “Jack and the Beanstalk” package with beans from her garden, soybeans, pictures of the garden, and a few other fun nature things. Tommy really enjoyed picking all the “bean seeds” out of the pods and observing the difference between green beans and soy beans! We’ll […]
Posted in Homeschooling, Tommy on Oct 1st, 2010
Have I raved yet about our continent puzzles? We love them! Tommy usually starts his Europe map from Italy or Albania and works out from there…
Posted in Homeschooling on Sep 30th, 2010
I’ve waited a bit to blog about this since we might change our minds, but I think we’re settled on what we’re doing for preschool this year. A few explanatory notes. First, many veteran homeschool moms have encouraged me not to overdo it in the early years. I figure if we keep it fun and easy […]
Posted in Friends, Homeschooling, State College, Tommy on Sep 7th, 2010
Yesterday was Susannah and Ellie’s official first day of school, so even though we’d been doing a bit here and there, we decided it would be our official first day, too. After doing school in the morning, we celebrated with a picnic lunch at Spring Creek Park! (I was the delinquent mom and didn’t bring what […]
Posted in Friends, Homeschooling, Tommy on Aug 25th, 2010
I’ve been wanting to try this idea for a long time, and when Susannah and Ellie came over this week, I decided that prepping art projects for three would be almost as simple as just for Tommy. I adjusted the original idea, and the kids had a lot of fun! They picked out their background […]
Posted in Homeschooling, Tommy on Aug 18th, 2010
A lot of the preschool workbooks I’ve seen seem to focus on patterns, but Tommy’s not ready to draw specific shapes, numbers, or letters. So I was overjoyed when I saw that Target’s dollar spot had a bunch more foam stickers this week. I picked up every variety, and we’ll be using them for “worksheets” […]
Posted in Books, Homeschooling, Tommy on Aug 11th, 2010
As we gear up to start preschool in earnest, I’ve been revisiting some of the books that shaped my philosophy of home education. My favorite, The Well-Trained Mind, is a must-read for any parents considering homeschooling (or even supplementing after school). Jessie Wise and Susan Wise Bauer are a mom and daughter who started homeschooling […]
Posted in Homeschooling, Tommy on Aug 5th, 2010
This blog gave me a great idea for how to practice with Tommy’s math skills. I was surprised that he gets it better than I thought, so we’ll keep going with some higher numbers next week! We also discovered that Tommy likes to glue!
Posted in Homeschooling on Jul 28th, 2010
Tommy and I have been doing a lot of preschool activity sheets together, and I noticed that he wasn’t as solid on recognizing his lowercase letters as he could be. So we’re slowing down this week to just work on that. He can’t really write or trace yet, so I pulled out some stickers for some […]
Posted in Homeschooling, Tommy on Jul 19th, 2010
Tommy has been LOVING his school time! I ran out of ideas and time last week to keep making up my own worksheets, so I picked up some preschool activity books that have pages on shapes and colors. He’s not ready for writing letters and numbers yet, but he does recognize them. He BEGS me to […]