Exploring Life In The Grit Of The Earth
Posted in General on Nov 29th, 2009
It’s been well over 5 years since my blog has seen an update… so I thought it was time for a new look. You like? I’ve also posted a page of my homeschooling resources at the top of the page. I’d love to hear about your favorite sites for homeschooling! I’m working on the side [...]
Posted in Home Schooling on Nov 19th, 2009
Kaia has just started getting into reading. She’s really not had much of an interest until I started introducing fun games and stories. I found this game through Pink and Green Mama (the original game is at The Snail’s Trail). It has everything my daughter loves… rainbows, paint chips, secret peak through windows, funny make [...]
Posted in Home Schooling on Nov 16th, 2009
Kaia and I took a little detour from our scheduled homeschooling (detours are fun!) to study a little about comets and meteors. The Leonid Meteor Shower is at it’s peak Tuesday and Wed. (I wrote a little about it at Homemakers Who Work), and we plan to set up a cozy spot outside tonight (well, [...]
Posted in Home Schooling on Nov 14th, 2009
Kaia absolutely loves to color! I think she spent most of her kindergarten year drawing rainbows! So, when I’m planning out our day, I try to make sure that she has time for coloring, and it’s even better if some of her actual ‘work’ (math, language…) has drawing required! Then she’s really happy. Frequently, though, [...]
Posted in Do It Yourself, Home Schooling on Nov 10th, 2009
I have great memories of my elementary school art class. The room was dark and and crowded, but our teacher always had the greatest projects for us. One of my favorites was linoleum print making. You trace a picture onto a linoleum block, carve it out, roll paint onto it and press it onto paper, [...]
Posted in Home Schooling on Nov 9th, 2009
We’ve been having so much fun homeschooling. Yes, there are those moments where I want to shut her in her room and turn the music up real loud to drown out the drama. But, I guarantee we would be having those moments if she were in school full time too. In just a few weeks, [...]
Posted in Chickens/Ducks on Nov 9th, 2009
Despite all of the garlic and pumpkin seeds that I’ve been feeding the chickens, it seems they have worms. Maybe that explains why I’ve been getting 2-3 eggs a day from 24 hens!!! I thought they were just taking a long time recovering from their molt. So, after dusting the whole hen house, laying boxes, [...]
Posted in Home Schooling, Mothering on Nov 1st, 2009
We’ve been talking for the past few evenings and Toby and I have decided that we are definitely going to homeschool Kaia next Jan. I did a general outline of topics today and it got Toby really excited too. From Jan. through May (at least) I would like to touch on (formally or informally): -Continue [...]