Yena’s Reads, December ’09 – March ’10 #1
Favorites: The Winter Wren
Migi’s Reads, December ’09 – March ’10 #3
These were rated "okay" by Migi, age 11:
Migi’s Reads, December ’09 – March ’10 #2
Liked these:
Migi’s Reads, December ’09 – March ’10 #1
I am way behind on documenting the children's books! So this will be a dump post, including everyting they've read since Advent. Favorites:
Higher Learning Indeed
Higher Learning? by Anne Hendershott As the mom of a college student (and more coming in just a few years), I keep my eye open for articles such as this which I see as a "state of the nation" type of report. As the mom of a previously-homeschooled college student, you...
Our New Library
Image: David Yung ... is open. It's beautiful! Spacious and sunny, layout well thought out, filled with books and books and books (of course!). It makes me want to go back to my old project (that will forever be unfinished) of going through every single picture book...
Cold and Flu Arsenal, 2009
this is for my friend D, whose son is away at college and has had a cough and cold that has his mama worried. i said i'd give her some recommendations of natural remedies, and since i've been meaning to do a post on what we use here, including some new ones i just...
September Reads, Paco (13)
August Reads
Yena: Aint' Nobody A Stranger to Me Migi: Lost In The Barrens Migi and Yena: Triss A Fruit Is A Suitcase for Seeds Blaze Shows the Way Elements and Compounds (Why Chemistry Matters) Louise, the Adventures of a Chicken Earth, Our Planet in Space (Seymour Simon) Amelia...
Shameless Bragging
Since this is my blog, I'm allowed to brag once in a while, right? I also post this as an encouragement to myself and other homeschooling mothers who worry about their children's writing skills. I don't know if I've mentioned it in the past but Aisa was very resistant...
More July Books
All: More Adventures of the Great Brain Migi and Yena: The Queen's Feet by Sarah Ellis and Dusan Petricic Blaze and the Lost Quarry Planet Mars by Seymour Simon Rocks in His Head by Carol Otis Hurst The Donkey's Dream by Barbara Helen Berger Blaze and the Gray Spotted...
More July Books!
Books We’ve Read So Far In July
(my boys didn't like that one much) baby's awake. more later!
Thinking About Thinking
It's summer, so a particularly appropriate time to think about thinking. This is the season when I usually go through past curriculum, evaluate what worked for us and what didn't, get rid of books taking up space in the shelves, buy books and materials that fit our...
Preliminary Confirmation Prep Plan for Paco
Study of the Saints Joseph of Nazareth -- read 5 pages daily and write in reflection journal Read and narrate books on other chosen saints: Mary: Mary, Mother of Jesus by Joslin, Mary by Brian Wildsmith, Mary: The Mother of Jesus by Tomie de Paola St. Francis of...