Our homeschooling and home building story.
Time for our annual visit to the pumpkin patch! We went out to our regular patch this year with our co-op friends. We enjoyed all the animals but especially the bee hive. I've been reading Bessie Bee to my kids every morning and so they were really interested in seeing the hive. They picked out... Continue Reading →
This week was nest week, with a broader intro to animal homes but the deep focus was on bird nests and the idea that God takes care of us like a parent bird takes care of its eggs and chicks. We played an animal home matching game where you match the animal to their home... Continue Reading →
It's Fall! And with that comes some fall fun! We've been to a Renaissance faire, attended a bike derby (Ari rode 10 miles!), visited my folks and navigated through a corn maze...and it's only October 2! Looking forward to more fall fun. Since I have spring allergies, fall is my favorite season. Watching the joust... Continue Reading →
We had fun with apple week! We bought several varieties of apple, compared and taste tested them. We learned about the fruit of the spirit and made apple tree collages. We played catch with an apple, tried apple crisp and apple pie, and ate caramel apples. We read books, our favorites were 10 Apples Up... Continue Reading →
L is for leaves! Most of the leaves around here are still green but we had fun with them anyway! We sketched trees, made leaf rubbings, leaf prints, traced leaves, pressed leaves, sorted leaves, made leaf crowns and leaf animals. We drew trees, observed what happens if you put a branch of leaves in a... Continue Reading →
Since we've been learning California history...it's nice to know some of your own family history in California. My husband was taking a group of academy students to a workshop at PUC in Angwin so the kids and I tagged along so I could show the kids some of their history. My grandparents, my parents, my... Continue Reading →
This week was M is for Moon week for Cas. We built the letter M with cuisenaire rods, we read books about the moon from the library, we made the phases of the moon with oreos, we built a rocket ship fort, sketched the moon every night to see how it changed, discovered how far... Continue Reading →
We started easing into our school year at the beginning of August. Here we are in September so I thought I'd share some of what we did. Cas' core is My Father's World Kindergarten. It has themes that go for about a week and a half based around a letter...after the intro theme which is... Continue Reading →
This year Cas will be in Kindergarten and Ari will be in 4th grade. I gave them both some choices in what curriculum they wanted to do this year. The subjects we will all do together are Bible, Science, some Social Studies, music, art, Spanish, health and nature study. I am also teaching 2 hours... Continue Reading →
Progress has been happening! This last month after all our trips, we've been spending a lot of time at the house. The kids have learned to saw through a 2x4 with a hand saw, and to put gold coat around a door or window frame, and to use an electric screwdriver, and to drive an... Continue Reading →
Returning to Paradise 