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 on Jun 30th, 2010
Tommy and I started homeschooling today. Lest you think I’m a crazy intense homeschool mom, let me reassure you that we’re just getting our feet wet. Back in Chicago, I got asked several times a week where Tommy was going to preschool this fall. I’m not really ready for him to go to preschool (he’s […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Tommy on May 22nd, 2010
Today we visited The Notebaert Nature Museum. As a homeschooling mom, I would give it 3/5 stars. I actually enjoyed the Planetarium more, but this has more potential educational value for younger kids. Key Age Range: PreK to elementary. Time: This morning we did everything except the water exhibit, and it took us an hour, including a […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Family, Homeschooling, Tommy on May 21st, 2010
Today we visited The Museum of Science and Industry. As a homeschooling mom, I would give it 5/5 stars (our favorite thing to do in Chicago)! We go several times a year, and we often take guests there. Key Age Range: PreK to Adult, with exhibits that can be enjoyed on a variety of levels. Time: […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Tommy on May 11th, 2010
With Daddy home this month, we’re going to try to take advantage of museum free days and library passes to hit up all the museums we’ve missed…and the ones we want to see one last time! Today we visited Adler Planetarium. As a homeschooling mom, I would give it 2.5/5 stars (worth a free day, […]
Posted in Books, Homeschooling on Feb 27th, 2010
Before the Johnsons sent me Home Education last summer, all I knew about Charlotte Mason’s educational philosophy was “living books”–the idea that kids learn things like history better from interesting, well-written literature than from dry, boring textbooks. I was definitely on board! But there’s so much more to Charlotte Mason. First of all, I was stuck by the […]
Posted in Friends, Homeschooling, Tommy on Jan 27th, 2010
This month the Museum of Science and Industry is free on weekdays…so we met Dana and Reagan down there this morning for an educational play date. The kids loved the tractors, cable car, and trains–and each other! driving a tractor… milking a cow… learning how to enrich uranium… watching the model train… Tommy shows off his […]
Posted in Children's Books, Homeschooling on Dec 31st, 2009
For fun, here’s a round-up of some of our favorite new discoveries this year… Best New Children’s Book—The Greatest Skating Race by Louise Borden This book combines all of my childhood passions–ice skating, the Dutch Resistance, and running away from Nazis. We discovered it at a random bookstore in Willmington, OH, because it was signed by […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Tommy on Jun 30th, 2009
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Posted in Homeschooling on Mar 26th, 2009
I’m working on my last lecture about regency culture for my Jane Austen’s England class. Just thought my readers would appreciate these fun facts about regency medicine: Gout is actually just arthritis, but it is exacerbated by heavy drinking (though often alcohol is recommended to sufferers). Someone who is extremely fat and short of breath […]
Posted in Children's Books, Homeschooling on Dec 10th, 2008
I’ve blogged a bit on children’s literature here, and it’s definitely one of my favorite topics of conversation with other moms/English majors/literature lovers. So tomorrow I’m condensing all of my thoughts over the past year into an online lecture for www.classicalhomeschooling.org, one of the groups I’m privileged to be a part of! The lecture is […]