Our homeschooling and home building story.
Technically it isn't time yet but...everything around here says it is spring. Our fruit trees are in full bloom as are the daffodils. The insects are back to trying to sneak in our screen doors and my nose has a hunch that the pollen is coming soon. We've almost finished our study of Africa. Tomorrow... Continue Reading →
It's been a bit since I wrote last...we were just finishing France and about to have our French feast. It was delicious. A cheese souffle, croissant and chocolate mousse with a strawberry. Yumm! Now we've about finished Germany. We'll have our German feast tomorrow. We've learned about Martin Luther, George Muller and John Wesley. We... Continue Reading →
Had another good week of Christmas school! We learned about how Christmas is celebrated in New Zealand, Brazil, Germany and the Philippines and about Hanukkah in Israel. We tried some traditions from those countries like spinning the dreidel, having a book flood, and making Christmas crackers. We got to try all kinds of different foods... Continue Reading →
We've had lots of fun over the last few weeks. I'm glad Brazil was given 3 weeks instead of 2 in our curriculum so we could touch on some of the other South American countries and we had some lighter days since we were substitute teaching for 3 days. We spent the fire anniversary discussing... Continue Reading →
Time flies anyway but now we're into the time of year when it really takes off. Kids have continued to hone their housekeeping skills. Helping cook, sweep, clean mirrors, do dishes and unload the dishwasher. They're also doing more grocery shopping this year. They each have their own list of groceries to collect at the... Continue Reading →
Returning to Paradise 