In the 6 years that Greg worked from home, the girls and I had really gotten spoiled by having him around all the time, even if he was working. Now that he goes into an actual office, we really miss him during the day! One way he and I keep in touch sporadically throughout the […]
Category: Homeschooling
Zoo Day
One of the benefits of homeschooling – impromptu field trips! 🙂 When spring hits, especially when we have these mild Colorado days, we really struggle with Spring fever and the desire to be outside. Yet I keep looking at the calendar and comparing it with the number of lessons we have yet to do. Guess […]
Recent Writing / Artistic Activities
I love finding fun writing assignments online! My favorite sources are blogs of teachers, other homeschoolers and Pinterest. For most of her creative writing assignments, I do not help with her spelling. It is so awesome to me, as her teacher, to watch her spelling improve over time as we learn more spelling and phonics […]
Butterfly Pavilion & Colorado Symphony
This week was a busy week for us with two homeschool field trips. Butterfly Pavilion The first trip was with our Options group to the Butterfly Pavilion on Tuesday. This trip started with a 45 minute “class” about the different types of invertebrates, which included some live invertebrates that the kids were able to observe […]
Red Cabbage
I had to chop and boil a head of red cabbage today for our science experiment. Now the entire house smells of cabbage. Lovely.
Science With Dad
Enjoyed watching Greg and Adrianna work on a science experiment together this afternoon. I may have to have him teach all her science classes on the weekends.
Science Experiment (Atoms and Molecules)
In our science curriculum, Real Science 4 Kids Chemistry, we are learning about atoms and how they join together in different ways to create molecules. Adrianna particularly enjoyed the science experiment that went along with this chapter. We got to create molecules using marshmallows and toothpicks! And afterward, we got to eat our creations. 🙂
Smooth
I wish every Monday/school day/nap time could go as smoothly as today did. (I wish it was nap time for me! It was for Bree.) I was thrilled that she actually took a nap for me today. She often doesn’t, unless we are driving around in the car, so when she does, it is such […]
Autumn Art
I often peruse through teaching and homeschooling blogs to find ideas to incorporate into our homeschool day. When I find something that I or Adrianna might like to do, I “pin” the idea to my Pinterest account. (Pinterest is a visual bookmarking system.) One such craft that I recently pinned was an autumn tear-art picture. […]
The Caterpillar Story
One of Adrianna’s tasks today was to come up with a short story about a caterpillar. The Caterpillar Story, by Adrianna One day there was a caterpillar named Bob. Every day, Bob would eat. One day he turned into a chrysalis. Then he became a butterfly. After that, Bob had a different name. Bob’s name […]