Our homeschooling and home building story.
Exciting developments this week. The track did arrive at the end of last week and so Ari's room was put together this week. She was super stoked. Also our balcony railing and the inside railing were delivered and installed which means...I no longer have to hold Cas' hand when upstairs! He can explore more freely... Continue Reading →
This week went really well at home and at work. We had fun with my parents at the beginning of the week, I had fun discussions with my students about the second coming and heaven, Cas finished his math book, and we went kite flying. Good times all around. Cas and Ari exploring a root... Continue Reading →
The couple of months after Christmas are both the months we can tend to get the most done in school...and the months that I sometimes feel are the most dull and I start planning the fun ahead to help me get through them. Anyways, I am trying to figure out what we're doing next year... Continue Reading →
This week was rough for me. Found out at the beginning of the week that...they discovered some of our house materials were missing from the order. They contacted the company and they are going to reimburse but...the pieces are made to order...not in stock anywhere so...it's a 3 week wait on those materials. That plus... Continue Reading →
We have enough boxes around now that the kids get to pick which ones they want to do at box week. Ari finished her Italy box by learning the Calco painting technique and painted the colosseum. Cas chose his glowing animals box and made a firefly puppet (that glows in the dark). Ari chose the... Continue Reading →
And I took pictures this week! The sad news this week was...our property got like 6 inches of snow in one night for the first time since we've lived in the area and...we couldn't be up there to enjoy it!!! The happy news was, we went out for soft serve ice cream instead 😛 Ari... Continue Reading →
Because of the long weekend, this was a short week. I also didn't get many pictures. We did our regular school and we spent a week observing how the moon changes and reading some books on the moon. We watched a couple videos on Martin Luther King Jr. and we learned a bit about the... Continue Reading →
After last weeks "box week" we dove back into our school books this week. Math, handwriting, reading and spelling all had their place. And we still haven't finished our science advent calendar kit...so we did a science exploration almost every day. We also did our first art and bells lesson since before Thanksgiving so those... Continue Reading →
Went up to see the progress and...we have stairs! I happen to know...I went up and down them a bajillion times with my stair happy Cas. He was thrilled. Now we just need second floor floors and walls so he can go up and down those stairs himself without a hand-holder 😉 They expect to... Continue Reading →
box week! This first week back to teaching was a zoom week to encourage everyone to quarantine from any holiday travels. It went really smoothly actually. And we did a box week at home with Ivy Kids, raddish, continuing our science advent calendar and Koala Crates. Ari also started on cursive as that is one... Continue Reading →
Returning to Paradise 