We completed the World War I lapbook from Hands of a Child on Friday. I appreciated having their resource guide. I basically used their guide to teach the material. We listened to Story of the World, watched Sergeant York, and read a few supplementary books as well. This was the first HOAC lapbook that we …
I started the penguin lapbook from Lapbook Lessons a couple of months ago with my K son. We did most of the books that we were going to use and then I put them in my big folder and forget to make them into a lapbook. I’m sure that never happens to anyone else 😉 Last week, …
I have seen several people posting weekly reports on their blogs, and I finally found the source this week. So, I am going to attempt and join the ranks of the weekly reporters. This week was a good week for us. For Bible we are using Veritas Bible Cards (Chronicles-Malachi). This week we studied …
My sweet older daughter turned 8 on Monday. I hate to sound cliche, but I really don’t know where the time has gone. Children grow up so fast. It seems like it was just yesterday and at the same time it seems like I’ve had my children forever. Here are some pictures from the family …
I survived my week and of course it wasn’t nearly as bad as I feared it would be. My son tied for 3rd in our local homeschool group spelling bee. I was so happy for him. He says he wants to try again next year. I think he’ll be inspired to study harder. I obtained …
We’ve learned about sound this week and today we went over resonance. I can’t hear the word resonance without thinking of resonance frequencies and this famous bridge collapse. I figured surely it was on youtube and sure enough, it was easy to find. It is amazing to watch. For some reason, I can’t …
In honor of Valentine’s Day this month, I thought I would admit that I am in love with…. My mixer! My sweet husband gave my beautiful mixer for me for Christmas last year (2006). He saw me drooling over them in the sale sheets. (what a subtle hint) I had wanted a stand mixer …
This morning I took my semi-annual load of stuff to sell at a children’s consignment sale. This sale has been such a financial blessing over the years. I discovered it almost 7 years ago when my oldest children were 3 and 1. This sale is HUGE. The owner has 2 sales per year: one for …
I never got around to trying out Spelling City until a few minutes ago. I was cleaning out my inbox and found the link in the Freebie Fridays newsletter from The Old Schoolhouse. Apparently a lot of people tried the link immediately, because their server was overloaded. I have to say WOW. I can not believe …
We are starting a study of pioneers in history. Today I read Sod Houses on the Great Plains by Glen Rounds to the kids. Then we built a sod house from brownies. That project idea came from Projects About Westward Expansion by Marian Broida. A similar project can also be found in Great Pioneer Projects …
