I recently reviewed some curriculum from Moving Beyond the Page that included a Poetry unit.  Mahayla worked through the self-directed curriculum on her own and then completed a final project of sharing some of her own poetry in a coffeehouse setting.  Here are a few pictures from the “coffeehouse”. 

This is some of the [...]

This was our last official project of the 2008-09 school year.  Besides finishing up some math and grammar, we’re done!  WooHoo!!  We’re taking the next couple of weeks to tie up the loose ends, write report cards and pack up our work.  Of course, around here the learning never stops, it’s just less official.  (And [...]

Wanna fun project for a Dad and son to do together?  Building a miniature rocket is just that kind of project.

Building the rocket took only a 1/2 an hour on each of two days.  (It took two days because of cement drying time.)  This little rocket went something like 750 ft into the air!  Luckily [...]