My son loves baseball. He’s also excited about his new interest in learning to read. (Thank you, Lord!) So, we came up with a fun way to show his reading achievements – a “book”ball chart. Everytime he reads a book by himself, we’ll add a baseball to the field. We came up with the idea…
We made a solar oven today! It was so much fun! And easy! A pizza box, some aluminum foil, pencils, tape and sun are all you need to make the oven. Today was the perfect day to try out some solar s’mores with our good friends. A little swimming while the s’mores sat in the…
We finally did it. School started today. I’ve been wanting to start each Monday for the last three or four weeks, but too much kept getting in the way. So, today began a new year and it went pretty well. Eli is going to be a challenge, but I imagine he’ll get used to our school…
We’ve been gearing up for school around here this week. Much of our time has been spent in the schoolroom reorganizing EVERYTHING. It’s still not entirely finished. I’ll post pictures of the new, and hopefully improved, room soon. The week wasn’t all work and no play, though. My Granny, who lives in Alabama, came in…
This is the title of a workshop taught by Tina Burnell that I attended at the CHEK Convention. This post contains affiliate links. Let me first start by saying, Duh!! I have a master’s degree in education. I’ve studied in depth about teaching reading. I’ve studied in depth about reaching various learning styles. I’ve known…
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! …
Here’s the newest summer center at our house – Birds! The box of books on the right includes nonfiction books about all sorts of birds – everything from birds we see around here to penguins to toucans. I’ve also included some really good children’s literature that have birds as characters – Make Way for Ducklings…
A friend of mine sent me an email the other day with a few questions. I thought they were very important questions that deserved very real answers. Here’s a portion of the email….. ……I just want to know where you find all of your time! Seriously, how do you have time to read other people’s…
This year we’ll be doing a unit study about Kentucky. I found a WONDERFUL easyfunschool unit study online that I thought I’d pass along to all you KY gals. I also plan to use:
Caleb loves baseball. He’s been on a t-ball team for three years now and finally made the All Star team this year. We were very proud and he was very excited. Ball has always been fun, fun, fun for him. He plays pretty well, laughs a lot, jokes with his coaches and is good to…
A new baby has slowed me down in the planning department! I’ve been putting this post together for what seems like weeks, but I believe it’s finally ready. I’ll copy this to put into my planning binder as a record of our curriculum and goals for the 2007-2008 school year. Subjects we do together: Bible/Devotions…
This is how he looked as I dropped him off Monday. See those nervous eyes? Yes, I cried. Not in front of him, though. He was being brave, so I needed to. Right before I left, I introduced him to two little boys who were playing the ring toss. Apparently, that was a good introduction…