I took both kids to story hour at our tiny library last week. The librarians were shocked, delighted, and a little flustered to see us, because we were the first to show up, in FOUR WEEKS of story hour times being posted around town.
So Jubilee had a nice one-on-one story with the librarian, practically sitting [...]
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Local moms? Bueller? …Bueller?
Posted in Motherhood, homeschool on October 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Where do we fit in?
Posted in Motherhood, homeschool on September 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Went to local homeschool group for second time yesterday. Didn’t much like it, although my daughter loved getting to play with some little girls for a change. The moms all hung out at a picnic table away from the play area, all but one other mom who was old-fashioned like me and seemed to agree [...]
Getting ready
Posted in family, homeschool, organization on March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Nesting is in full force. I have lists, sub-lists, and some of the items on my lists say things like, “Make list for XYZ.” Yesterday I started out with the goal of washing all baby clothing, and ended up spending over two hours sorting through my daughter’s baby clothes and toys, throwing as many items [...]
Questions at bedtime
Posted in homeschool on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What are snakes for? For eating bugs and pests out of our garden
So mean snakes don’t live in our country? They don’t usually live in this part of the country. Mostly they live in the woods in our state.
How do I obey God? Loving other people
Well, Bubba (cousin) is mean to me, so I think [...]
Our Friday in pictures
Posted in Motherhood, homeschool on February 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday was a very homeschool-y kinda day. By that I mean, it is the kind of day I would like to have often, especially when I get over this silliness of agreeing to work twice as many hours as I want/ need to budget-wise. Jubilee was determined to sleep in, since she had stayed up [...]
Always check the website first!
Posted in Motherhood, homeschool on February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday was supposed to be one of those incredible parenting days. We talked for days beforehand about meeting up with grandma and going to the zoo with our new membership card. Jubilee was very excited, and really hoped that the zoo would have dragons for her to see. I told her Komodo dragons were a [...]
Permission granted
Posted in homeschool on February 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Since before Jubilee was born, I knew that I wanted to homeschool my kids. M. was always more or less silent on the issue, but in the past year or so, as she nears preschool age, he has had more and more negatives to say about homeschooling, mostly regarding socialization. I think most of this [...]
Homeschooling activities and plans
Posted in homeschool on February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I ordered several Sonlight curriculum books for Jubilee a few weeks back, and we have really been enjoying them. Or, I should say, we have been reading the Usborne Flip-Flap Body Book non-stop, to the exclusion of all else. Winnie the Pooh is long forgotten. We read through two or three of the other Sonlight [...]
Mama, I want to learn to read
Posted in Motherhood, homeschool on January 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Every time my a certain someone babysits (once or twice a week), I find letters written neatly on Jubilee’s chalkboard when I get home. This really irritates me, much as I love this person, because she definitely tends to “drill” kids. (She once admitted to flash-carding a child who was only 2 or 3).
Last week, [...]
Day of Questions
Posted in homeschool on January 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today, we looked at an ocean book together, at her request:
-Why did God make the ocean?
-Well, how did God make the ocean without getting his hands wet?
-I like the Pacific Ocean better than the Atlantic Ocean.
-Well, how do jellyfish swim since they don’t have any fins?
-Where are the jellyfish eyes?
-How do snakes swim since [...]
