Eli and I were home alone yesterday afternoon.  He went into the powder room to wash his hands so he could help me fix supper.  In the meantime, I buried my hands elbow deep in hamburger.  The water kept running and running and running.  I kept hollering, “Hurry up, Eli, mommy needs your help.”  The [...]

We’ve had a fun month studying Rodin (despite my preference for paintings over sculpture.)  I’ve been rather slow posting our projects, so here are two weeks worth of projects.
After studying The Hand of God and other hand sculptures, we completed 2-dimensional abstract hand drawings.  The kids simply traced their hands and used at least two [...]

Another unit bites the dust!    We’ve been motorin’ on the schedule so far and it makes me smile!
This unit took only two weeks.  We simply read a book everyday about past presidents, being the president, the White House and Washington D.C.  Each kiddo had to choose five presidents to research and complete a [...]

Last week’s nature study compared a new pond structure to the older ponds we have been studying.

The kiddos observed the differences in plant life, animal life, general activity and sounds.
We also compared how the new pond was man-made, while the others we have observed were natural depressions in the land.  You can see the bank [...]

Autumn afternoons are full of free time fun (and learning) for my children.  Below are just a few pictures from recent days.

Mahayla spends countless hours caring for her horses and pony.  She’s recently learned how to braid horse hair in various styles.

Another of Mahayla’s afternoon activities is photography.  Eli happens to be her subject most [...]