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summer: day 1
we went to Subway on Monday for a happy lunch…guess who else did the very same thing? yep! Rilla and Huck and Wonderboy! we live parallel lives i tell you. this lunch stop was after a morning spent...
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word + image
a few weeks ago Lori at Project Based Homeschooling mentioned Storybird. it’s a site that offers illustrations to go with *your* stories. you can also use the pictures as prompts for your writing....
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end of summer
if you keep track of the seasons using the old English reckoning, then August 2nd is the first day of Autumn. that might seem strange at first…isn’t August high summer? but really it’s the beginning...
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the magic of Shakespeare in the Park
we went to see a wonderful production of Midsummer Night’s Dream this weekend. the comedies are not usually my favorite thing to see. and i’ve seen this particular one way too many times. but the...
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first day of school gif
:: cooperative drawing with new Draw Write Now books :: we’re beginning our first year with two students! of course Nicolas has been learning right along with us for a few...
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homeschool :: two weeks in
still not quite up to full speed with our studies here. life just keeps asking to be lived. first we had a houseguest, so our learning year started a week later than i was planning. but that week...
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refreshed project spaces
ever since the baby became mobile–oh, a year ago!–i feel like i’ve been a little behind. he would gain a new skill, and i would scurry to move things to safer, higher ground. after a while i ran out...
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the grammar of housework
i am edging toward a cleaning routine, making time to keep house, encouraging our environment to support our work. last night i was giving the bathroom a once over and noticed that the tub wasn’t...
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saints among the animals
as part of Nico’s kindergarten year, we are reading storybooks and studying saints–one for each letter of the alphabet. it’s been more difficult than i expected to find saint stories for each letter....
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first day of school gif
:: cooperative drawing with new Draw Write Now books :: we’re beginning our first year with two students! of course Nicolas has been learning right along with us for a few...
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homeschool :: two weeks in
still not quite up to full speed with our studies here. life just keeps asking to be lived. first we had a houseguest, so our learning year started a week later than i was planning. but that week...
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refreshed project spaces
ever since the baby became mobile–oh, a year ago!–i feel like i’ve been a little behind. he would gain a new skill, and i would scurry to move things to safer, higher ground. after a while i ran out...
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the grammar of housework
i am edging toward a cleaning routine, making time to keep house, encouraging our environment to support our work. last night i was giving the bathroom a once over and noticed that the tub wasn’t...
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saints among the animals
as part of Nico’s kindergarten year, we are reading storybooks and studying saints–one for each letter of the alphabet. it’s been more difficult than i expected to find saint stories for each letter....
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Why Do You Use the Internet?
Jay Baer–some marketing big wig–says that the two reasons people use the internet are to find a solution to a problem or to be entertained. And while I certainly do ask Mr Google all sorts of...
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Lent Is For Art
Lent is a time when we tend to be a bit quieter, a bit more reflective. It’s a time when we might step away from the busyness of our days. Art can be a welcome addition to such reflection. Here is a...
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Follow the Drinking Gourd
Oh, about a month ago I picked up an early reader from the library called The Drinking Gourd. I didn’t have any real plans for the book. Just thought *our* early reader might pick it up, and we could...
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Beginner’s Guide to the Commonplace Book–A Giveaway
GIVEAWAY CLOSED–CONGRATULATIONS, JULIE from nurturinglearning.com! Yesterday I mentioned the upcoming webinar with Sarah Mackenzie and Andrew Kern called A Beginner’s Guide to the Commonplace Book....
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