Posted in Books on Feb 28th, 2007 2 Comments »
I was trying to do a weather theme with the kids this month, but the weather has been too crazy! We had a big calendar up, and we were putting little clouds, raindrops, etc. on the days to track the weather. Well, everyday it seemed like 20 minutes after we did our calendar, the weather […]
Posted in Domestic Bliss on Feb 27th, 2007 No Comments »
I’ve been wanting the perfect organizer for a while - someplace to keep track of household manangement things like bills, and menu plans, and school plans, and to do lists. What I’ve found in stores hasn’t been right - they make business planners and school planners for students and teachers.
So I made myself a planner […]
Posted in Homeschooling and Education on Feb 26th, 2007 No Comments »
As our Africa study continues, we’ve been listening to African music as much as possible. Sometimes we dance to it, sometimes we talk about it or look at maps to see where each type of music is from, but we also just have it on in the background a lot. My goal is simply for him […]
Posted in Daycare and Preschool on Feb 24th, 2007 No Comments »
I’ve posted a new unit study on my website: Trains
Posted in Homeschooling and Education on Feb 23rd, 2007 3 Comments »
Although we were told in the teaching program I attended that we should not teach cultures through “food, holidays, and costumes”, I still think those are great things for kids to learn about. I think the point the professors were trying to make is that you should move beyond those to gain more understanding of […]
Posted in Domestic Bliss, Parenting on Feb 22nd, 2007 No Comments »
How are we supposed to function during the day after a night of mom duty? My darling girl had a diaper explosion in the night, and then wouldn’t go back to sleep. From 1:30 to 5:30, she was awake. And for the most part, so was I.
I feel like a zombie. Progress so far: Up […]
Posted in Homeschooling and Education on Feb 21st, 2007 No Comments »
Here’s Carbon with the nkondi nkisi that we made as part of his Africa exploration. It’s a nail sculpture, meant to look like an animal. Ours is very simple, and we made it following instructions in this excellent book:
The book is meant for middle school kids, but we’ve chosen some of the activities anyway. It’s […]
Posted in Domestic Bliss, Parenting on Feb 20th, 2007 No Comments »
On Friday, I hosted a Family Game Night at my church, and it was so fun! I’ve been complaining with other parents that there weren’t enough social activities that were kid friendly at the church, and that I didn’t feel like it was a good place for me to make friends because of that. So […]
Posted in Domestic Bliss on Feb 16th, 2007 No Comments »
Posted in Holidays on Feb 14th, 2007 No Comments »
Being placed at the very end of winter, Valentine’s Day has always seemed to be about hope to me. Hope that Spring is just around the corner, that flowers and sunlight will be brightening our lives soon. And of course it is also about love - but the hopeful kind of love, or young love. […]
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