This was a question asked recently at co-op. My friend’s question related more specifically to whether or not a child is ready to “move on” to the next grade level. Here’s the not-so-short answer I gave. I’m sure my friend would enjoy reading your comments, too. 1.) What grade you call a child is fairly meaningless…
I’m Baaaack! We finally bought a new camera yesterday! 🙂 I just haven’t been the same blogger since the old camera died. LOL Here’s the perfect moment caught on film, er, digital something or other….. Tonight was SO beautiful, we decided to take a short walk to the barn to visit with a couple of…
Thoughts of a 7 3/4-year-old boy on public school…. Mom, you know what I would like about going to public school? What? The school bus – and nothing else. Well, maybe the cafeteria, too. Why would you like the school bus? Because you don’t have to wear seat belts. Oh, and I like the brown…
I found the following quote on the Formation of a Habit page at www.charlottemason.com. “Charlotte Mason taught us that when you find yourself always telling (your children) to do the same thing, you have not trained them in the habits you wish they would perform.” Boy, do I find this to be true. And before I give…
I know I’ve said it before, but I’m part of a WONDERFUL co-op. Our leader, Cathy, is celebrating her 10th anniversary since starting the group. I’ve been incredibly blessed this year to help Cathy out by leading the Mom’s Room. The best way I can describe the Mom’s Room is in a series of words and phrases: prayer,…
These are the notes from a devotion I had the pleasure of giving at co-op this week. Living as Children of the Light Leads Children to the Light Read Ephesians 4: 17-32, 5:1-33 This passage gives us a very clear picture of living in the light vs. living in darkness. Light being things like:TruthfulnessPeaceHonestyWholesome talk…
Sometimes funschooling can be as simple as spending time in the kitchen creating super-easy themed food and reading a giant stack of really good books. Enjoy a laid back day of St. Patrick’s Day fun that will still go down as a wonderful memory in the minds of your children. This post contains affiliate links….
Have you ever seen Preschool Activies in a Bag? If you have preschoolers, this is a great resource!! Several moms from co-op each chose an activity an month or so ago. We made nine of the activity we chose then had an activity bag exchange this week. Here’s a peek at the wonderful activities waiting for Eli when he’s just…
I just wanted to share what a hit this math activity was last week. Using the information sheets that the website provides, the kids had to fill out a chart to show how many presidents have come from which states. Then, they used graph paper to create a bar graph to show the information from the chart. Fun…
Not a great picture (that new camera is coming one of these days), but it gives you the idea. They load up the 20 pound 14 month old into a baby doll stroller and whiz around the house as fast as they can. They’ve only overturned him once so far! He belly laughs the entire…
We’re having so much fun studying Medieval history! After reading about various aspects of life, we’ve been doing a project every day or two to go along with that aspect. The picture above shows the kid’s projects after learning about knights and armor. Sorry, but after that picture the camera pooped out again. The kiddos have also made…